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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 9:03 pm
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DillMan
 
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Originally Posted by Disco Volante
Not really. It is a revenue raising scheme, under the cover of an environmental scheme. Using environmental concerns as an excuse to raise taxes/refinance Ferrovial's borrowing may bring the environmental concerns into disrepute.
Correct! With that considered, this scheme is repulsive.

Enviro-cares aside, I've been driven to LHR only in emergency or short-schedule situations. Normally, I prefer some form of mass transit. The extra fee would be eceptionally hard to swallow.
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