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So if the Leaf is £36,000 now it'll be £14,400 in 3 years? That's much more like it, still more expensive than most new cars but much cheaper to run. The main question is will it be as efficient as it was when it was new? I can't find the figures I want but I think the leaf works out to £0.04 a mile compared to £0.135 for an average car and £0.0675 for a very efficient car. If you only look at the cost and not the enviromental benefits then a very efficient new car would only be 50-100% more in running costs but probably cheaper to buy an equivalent aged one. If petrol/diesel cots double then things might be a lot different

Does MS own the fonts in word. I'd say it's more likely they just license them unless they're public domain fonts.

This reminds me I need to watch the critically acclaimed documentary, Helvetica, about fonts (yes, seriously!). Fonts are one of those things we just take for granted.

I never thought about it until now but it's true, they seem to have a problem with him despite his contributions. Bunch of ungrateful sods!

Honestly, it's not something that I can get bothered about. If any detective show should get criticised for bizarre character psychology it should be Medium. How many times does Alisons husband doubt her dreams? Even after all that's happened he treats them as if it was the first time it'd happened when in fact she's always right. It's not just him either, it's the D.A and Scanlon!

Even though it drives me crazy, I still love Medium. I presume the writers want Joe to be a "scientist" and be sceptical about these things but I'm not sure many scientists would experience something hundreds of times and still think it isn't happening.

There were other wipeouts, most notably a British version that lasted for 8 years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wipeout_(1988_game_show)
The success of the British version is the reason why the British version of wipeout is called "Total Wipeout"

I can't agree that they were too skinny. They looked like athlete's which is exactly what they are. The natural state for humans is pretty skinny, it's only over the last thousand years or so where food has been easier to come by that people have been able to put on weight.

Helen is quite muscular too, where as someone who's starving themselves often have very thin arms

Everything that's right is wrong again
Just like in the "Long, Long trailer"
All the dishes got broken, the car kept driving
and nobody would stop to save her.

Dan, it would have averaged 75mpg (imperial gallons) if it used all it fuel, perhaps there was some left in the tank at the end. Given that the BM polo can get 88.3mpg on the motorway I would imagine there'd be a gallon and a half at least left since they would have been driving on the motorway almost all the way.

Also the Topgear team would have used the current Bluemotion Polo, whereas this article references the 2010 polo which by my estimates would consume 85.56mpg (imperial) combined (71.2mpg+20% to convert to imp gallons)

I don't know why VW don't just reintroduce the Lupo 3L (which was only available in mainland Europe)

As Carney points out, it's not perfect, but if people are going to drive oil burning cars (and they will) at least they'll have the option of one that's two to three times as efficient as an "average" car and there's a possibility of using biodiesel or even straight vegetable oil although there's a possibility those options, as well as ethonol, might not be such a good idea.

My suspicions is that it's a copyright issue. Trapped and New appeared on "No Doubt" (ie the debut album) and "Go: The soundtrack" respectively. I maybe mistaken but I'd imagine both albums were released by a different company than their other stuff. Shame they couldn't have subbed in some tracks, maybe some stuff from "The beacon street collection" which is probably a better album than "Tragic Kingdom", and was independently released by the band.

I think ABG has it's sums wrong

a 56mpg car costs about £0.0625 per mile (£3.50/56) at current british prices (£1/litre)

A 63.5mpg car costs £0.055 a difference of £0.007 per mile (how apt!)

Over 8,000 miles you'd save £59.05. It would require a 20% rise in prices to save £71, which is what prices were a few months ago.

It seems a strange to use financial arguments in an environmental blog discussion. However doing the right thing usually pays off in the long run. If US manufacturers had been more concerned in doing the right thing when it didn't seem important,they would have been in a much better position now.

Eventually the world will recover financially, and oil prices will rise back to the levels we saw this year and beyond. Then the people who make a prudent choice now will reap the rewards.

If you assume "only" 8000 miles and a 10% yearly inflation then you'd see a return after 11 years and a tidy profit after 17. If you assume a 20% inflation then you'd see a return after 9 years and a massive saving (£5,200) after 17

The problem isn't hybrids, it's that Diesel cars are cheaper to buy and more fuel efficient than hybrids. If you care about efficiency, the best buy is probably a Bluemotion Golf not a hybrid, although perhaps not under urban conditions