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    #11
    I have not bought from Shell or BP in years. I always got to Tesco or Sainsbury because the petrol is always cheaper.

    Personally, I think a boycott could yield positive results, but at least make a few people feel better!!

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      #12
      There were many people on the news today saying they wont be able to afford to commute to work - I know many places are based in the outskirts and difficult to get to without a car, I personally wont be able to get to work without a car, I wonder if this is going to affect the housing market/job marker i.e. people seeling up and moving closer to work, or quitting their jobs and applying for something local but less paid!!

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        #13
        Why try and hammer the oil companies? They make very little from petrol (it's a waste product, they make more from the dead flowers you buy your girlfriend). It's the fecking tax that's crippling people. Around 65% isn't it.

        Anyway, Brown's Badger will suddenly decide not to add the 2p rise in August and everyone will think he's great and the tabloids will declare victory. Oldest scam in the book - say the price is going up a lot then don't put it up as much. End consumer thinks they've got a bargain. Hmmm, should try that with agents.

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          #14
          Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
          Battery technology sucks. Unless you believe electric car manufacturers who say they have batteries now that last just about forever and have much greater energy densities. It may be best not to hold ones breath waiting for these batteries to appear in mainstream devices or for consumer testing or independent testing though, you have to buy a quarter of a million car for that, at which point they work perfectly

          That's just plain wrong, as you can see, the more progressive countries have started to roll-out the infrastructure already:

          http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17370/1103/
          Bored.

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            #15
            Originally posted by ace00 View Post
            That's just plain wrong, as you can see, the more progressive countries have started to roll-out the infrastructure already:

            http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17370/1103/
            Yeah, but the Jews have been around a lot longer than us Christians!

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              #16
              Yes, don't buy petrol from the evil multinational exploitative oil companies. Buy it from nice, friendly Tesco instead.

              http://www.tescopoly.org/
              Guy Fawkes - "The last man to enter Parliament with honourable intentions."

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                #17
                Originally posted by ace00 View Post
                That's just plain wrong, as you can see, the more progressive countries have started to roll-out the infrastructure already:

                http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17370/1103/
                And this is what the press are saying about it in Israel (apparently)

                The project has also been met with skepticism in Israel, where newspaper articles have derided it as dreamy and unrealistic.

                "Apparently people are again willing to invest in a technological idea without having seen a detailed business and technology plan," wrote Ora Cohen, a columnist for the Israeli Haaretz daily, in November. "Real problems remain to be solved before they start working on virtual ones."
                I've yet to see any technicsal specifications or indepenedent reviews while searching the net, but didn't really expect to. They'll be out next year...

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                  #18
                  Has there been reflux of cars on the road or what ? Last 2 days queues haven't been as bad in the south.

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by Likely View Post
                    Has there been reflux of cars on the road or what ? Last 2 days queues haven't been as bad in the south.
                    Half Term. Notice the lack of 4x4s and minor shunts?
                    Guy Fawkes - "The last man to enter Parliament with honourable intentions."

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by ace00 View Post
                      That's just plain wrong, as you can see, the more progressive countries have started to roll-out the infrastructure already:

                      http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17370/1103/
                      And this is what they are doing in the UK
                      UK to install 250 new public charging stations by next spring
                      http://www.batteryvehiclesociety.org...rdpress/?p=260
                      To be honest looking at this a bit further battery technology does seem to be moving along more rapidly than I originally thought (doubling in capacity every 10 years). Though not in the case of my own laptop batteries.
                      Last edited by TimberWolf; 28 May 2008, 14:39. Reason: Changed 2 years to 10 years, still respectable progress

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