Comments on: An Opportunity http://timworstall.com/2008/05/01/an-opportunity/ It is all obvious or trivial except... Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:26:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tim Newman http://timworstall.com/2008/05/01/an-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-11825 Tim Newman Thu, 01 May 2008 21:39:51 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/05/01/an-opportunity/#comment-11825 Meh! Just buy a right-hand drive and drive it on the right hand side of the road. That's what we all have to do in Sakhalin, even the road police do it. Makes overtaking a bit dangerous though. Meh! Just buy a right-hand drive and drive it on the right hand side of the road. That’s what we all have to do in Sakhalin, even the road police do it. Makes overtaking a bit dangerous though.

]]> By: dearieme http://timworstall.com/2008/05/01/an-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-11814 dearieme Thu, 01 May 2008 16:21:58 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/05/01/an-opportunity/#comment-11814 Well, if people will drive cars as young as that..... Well, if people will drive cars as young as that…..

]]> By: Cleanthes http://timworstall.com/2008/05/01/an-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-11793 Cleanthes Thu, 01 May 2008 12:46:12 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/05/01/an-opportunity/#comment-11793 Kit, Come on - this is obvious. They'll all end up in landfill, so the landfills will fill up and we'll have to start recycling much more of our rubbish that we would have done before we were so evilly putting stuff in landfill. Duh! Kit,

Come on – this is obvious. They’ll all end up in landfill, so the landfills will fill up and we’ll have to start recycling much more of our rubbish that we would have done before we were so evilly putting stuff in landfill.

Duh!

]]> By: Kit http://timworstall.com/2008/05/01/an-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-11784 Kit Thu, 01 May 2008 10:27:23 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/05/01/an-opportunity/#comment-11784 Can anyone explain why "tens of thousands of cars will become almost worthless" will save the planet? Can anyone explain why “tens of thousands of cars will become almost worthless” will save the planet?

]]> By: MarkS http://timworstall.com/2008/05/01/an-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-11780 MarkS Thu, 01 May 2008 09:57:03 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/05/01/an-opportunity/#comment-11780 Tim, you'll have to pay an import tax of enormous proportions, unless you can prove you've owned it in the UK for one year prior to importation. So much for a free European market, eh? Tim adds: I know, I've got the little cacluator of the charges. But, with the high euro, low UK prices, it looks as if there's a profit to be made even after those charges. Tim, you’ll have to pay an import tax of enormous proportions, unless you can prove you’ve owned it in the UK for one year prior to importation. So much for a free European market, eh?

Tim adds: I know, I’ve got the little cacluator of the charges. But, with the high euro, low UK prices, it looks as if there’s a profit to be made even after those charges.

]]> By: JuliaM http://timworstall.com/2008/05/01/an-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-11779 JuliaM Thu, 01 May 2008 09:34:19 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/05/01/an-opportunity/#comment-11779 Expect to see a <b>lot</b> more dumping and abandoning of vehicles. Good old Law of Unintended Consequences..! Expect to see a lot more dumping and abandoning of vehicles.

Good old Law of Unintended Consequences..!

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