A Week To Ten Days

Listen here for a chilling short story about the oil running out rather sooner than you might be expecting (think Royal Wedding!). Written by Chris Cleave, read by Bill Paterson, and broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on Sunday. Worth 4 minutes and 35 seconds of your time.

How To Save Fuel

The BBC’s online magazine has a feature today, How Are Motorists Saving Fuel? which includes a list of handy hints. Useful, with petrol prices passing £1.30 a litre, and heading north. But there is only one hint you really need for a sure-fire way to save on fuel costs. If you live in an urban area, like over half of the world’s population, and 80% or so of Europeans, just give up your car. Do the maths - the results are amazing. Not only that, you’ll also be more healthy, less stressed, and less likely to die in a crash. And you won’t be supporting unsavoury oil-based regimes (Libya, anyone?),  fouling up the air or clogging up our green and pleasant land. What’s holding you back?