If you’re looking for some rare good news, even if it’s only small and symbolic, before the climate change talks in Durban this week, I’ll offer you this. I stood outside a Tesco Extra hypermarket in Swansea last weekend while on a visit to Wales, waiting for my wife to do some quick shopping. After… Continue reading
Fuel price crisis. Do you actually need that second car?
BBC Radio 5’s drivetime programme this morning lead on the e-petition to the government calling on the duty on petrol and diesel to be pegged. However, there was no discussion on several key issues. One of the interviewees in the “Vox pop” slot said it cost her about £100 to fill her car, which she… Continue reading →
There are two ways to go eyeball to eyeball with the Statue of Liberty.
There are two ways to go eyeball to eyeball with the Statue of Liberty. One is to hire a helicopter and hope you get close enough to the face of the 151 foot (46m) high statue before twitchy New York security hauls – or shoots – you out of the sky. The other is to… Continue reading →
Rooftop power helps Red Dwarf star zero in on low driving bills
Set aside “range anxiety”, clearly a big concern for many prospective buyers, for the moment, and there is still a big roadblock on the way to a much wider acceptance of electric cars. It’s that drivers are simply shifting the carbon dioxide generated in providing the energy to drive the car from the petrol… Continue reading →
Little Chef takes charge of electric motoring
We remember them well, those worthy but dull roadside stops. They modernised Little Chef menus in recent years, and even dabbled in what passes for haute cuisine. Heston Blumenthal redesigned the fare at the Popham restaurant on the A303 near Basingstoke, with coq au vin and braised ox cheeks. But still the brand didn’t really stand out,… Continue reading →
Seattle building bids to be greenest in world
Not too far in the future we will look back at a certain building which was the first to successfully address, in its vision, construction and operation, one of the imperatives of the 21st-century. It would be so unambiguously planet-friendly that when we see it we will know at once that this is the model,… Continue reading →