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Good morning. I'm going to be doing the first rebuttal.

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So, first off, I'm going to start by going through the arguments that the opposing team has suggested, or, well, I'm sorry, presented.

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One, they say that it would disturb traffic to improve public transport and improve pedestrian areas.

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To which I want to say, our goal is to improve these things.

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So, you know, in an ideal world where we have improved these to the point of near perfection,

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we wouldn't really need private transport in the first place because it would be an efficient alternative and wouldn't need to be used.

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Second, they have mentioned overcrowding, they've mentioned thieves, they've mentioned littering by tourists, and noise also by tourists.

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most of these problems regarding tourists

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can be fixed by making laws

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hiring more policemen, hiring people

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cleaning the rubbish that the tourists have generated

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and therefore also generating more jobs

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which would benefit the economy

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and I do feel the need to mention too

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that tourists are, in the case of Spain

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the backbone of our economy

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if we were to remove tourists

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or stop developing pedestrian areas

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In public transport, a lot of the Spanish economy would suffer devastating consequences,

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and many people would be unemployed or left with financial issues.

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Second, they mentioned that a problem with public transport is, for example, during the COVID pandemic.

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During the COVID pandemic, well, first off, that was a very special situation that doesn't happen very often, as we all know.

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But the first few months were incredibly chaotic.

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But after a while, with legislations regarding masks and safety,

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we have been able to use public transport again normally.

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I mean, nowadays, and even a few years ago, we were wearing masks in public transport,

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but we were still able to use it.

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And now that we have the experience of this situation,

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I think that any possible future pandemics would be way easier to deal with,

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and we wouldn't have the same issues that we faced with this one.

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They also mentioned that people should have the freedom to choose what they use,

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and I couldn't agree more, but, you know, the issue is that we're not forcing anybody

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to use public transport or pedestrian areas.

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We're just saying that it would be an effective alternative.

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Okay, so now I'm going to run through our own arguments really fast.

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Our first argument is the harmful effects on the environment and our health that private transport causes,

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which would be CO2 emissions, which public transport produces 3.5 times less CO2 than private transport per passenger,

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and the effects that pollution exposure can have on people.

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So there's many types of pollution, all of which are generated by private transport,

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like air pollution, noise pollution, and water pollution,

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whereas tourism only really generates water pollution, maybe, or littering,

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because the noise pollution created by tourists, let's face it,

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it's not comparable to the noise pollution generated by cars or private transport in general.

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So safety, there's also a lot less accidents in public transport than there is in private transport.

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I have some graphs, but I'm not doing very well.

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And we're in the hands of trained professionals,

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whereas in private transport, you're in the hands of everyone around you,

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because you know what?

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All it takes is one small mistake from the guy next to you,

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and that could cost you your life.

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With all this said, I'm concluding my rebuttal.

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Thank you for listening.

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Thank you.