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May 08, 2008 14:48

Oil is ~$120 per barrel, and possibly rising to $200 by the end of the year. So it's just about doubled in price in one year, and likely to do the same the next ( Read more... )

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pompe May 8 2008, 16:46:03 UTC
Can't you use a bike to go to the train station?

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interamnia May 9 2008, 07:53:41 UTC
I couldn't take a bike onto the train - nor is there anywhere to leave it safely nearby. No "joined-up thinking" here in the UK, regarding transport policies. There's also a fair degree of ned-like behaviour in my town, and the inherent joy in wrecking a bicycle would be quite high up the list of antisocial things for them to do.

The other problem is the local roads. I don't feel particularly safe wrapped in a tonne of Sunderland's finest mild steel. I'd probably therefore last about 100m on a bike before needing a spatula to peel my remnants off the tarmac...

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pompe May 9 2008, 14:34:37 UTC
You drive a British car? Are there any left?

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pompe May 9 2008, 15:11:53 UTC
It's only British in terms of its components being glued together here. And I'm not sure they even do that any more. But I am sure all the profits return to the Far East!

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