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The car has been much more successful than could ever have been anticipated when it was first introduced in 1896. There are now 21.3 million cars on the roads in the UK, and numbers continue to rise. Some people now feel that the time has come to stop seeing the car as an essential part of everyday life. If most people were to accept that they could manage without a car, then cities and towns would become pleasant places to live in once more and problems with air pollution would be greatly reduced. If efforts to persuade people to manage without a car are not successful, then the car should be made more environmentally-friendly.
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There has been much discussion over recent years about the environmental impact of cars, and some observers have predicted a future where only environmentally-friendly cars will be used and where alternative means of transport will be strongly promoted. However, the continued development of more powerful cars indicates that the conventional car will remain the preferred mode of transport for many years to come. Making cars look more compact and attractive may encourage people to see them in a different light, more as a practical means of transport than a status symbol.
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The strong public opposition to the government's decision to sell the Royal Naval College in Greenwich has highlighted the continued strong belief in the importance of the public realm in the UK. People are keen to own a house of their own, but they do not like to see historic buildings or areas of common land pass into private ownership. People from very different backgrounds are now coming together to fight against the loss of meadows, pastureland, footpaths and significant buildings.
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