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Interesting article here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12606943
With a link to a (rather depressing) calculator widget.
With a link to a (rather depressing) calculator widget.
Yes, BUT.robgil said:In fairness i think you will find it takes huge amounts of energy to build a large 4x4 compared to a small fiesta for instance.
Surly that depends on the fiesta, doesn't it?robgil said:i think you will find it takes huge amounts of energy to build a large 4x4 compared to a small fiesta for instance.
Sorry, Middi, but I don't believe that for a second. The old Land Rovers that are still on the road are, I suspect, a bit like my grandad's old spade. It's had four new handles and three new blades, but it's still going strong!middi said:A land rover last four times longer than a fiesta ( 50% of LR are still on the road from the day it were built)
Penners said:Sorry, Middi, but I don't believe that for a second. The old Land Rovers that are still on the road are, I suspect, a bit like my grandad's old spade. It's had four new handles and three new blades, but it's still going strong!middi said:A land rover last four times longer than a fiesta ( 50% of LR are still on the road from the day it were built)
Ford builds excellent, durable cars.
I agree that it's certainly possible to adapt or manage, though I'm less certain about people's willingness to do so - unless they have absolutely no option. Central heating is, of course, a relatively new invention but, like the motor car or mobile phones, such things are very difficult to give up once we become used to them. In fact, I can't think of a single advance that society has voluntarily given up without it being replaced by something better/cheaper/more comfortable.JoceAndChris said:Anyway, I'm afraid I disagree with her speculations of future medievaldom. Russia is far colder, and they manage. The large double windows in St Petersburgh are extraordinary.
It is quite possible to harden off, and to wake up one morning fully hardy. My house was typically below 10 during that harsh winter, during the cold snap it was 5, and I did not get hypothermia, or a stroke, as predicted in that article.
In such temperatures you can't sit about though. I've found the best thing is to work hard out of doors if it's fine, or hard indoors if it isn't. If you can't do either of those because of exhaustion then you have to stay in bed with the electric blanket on.
I saw a Mk 1 Capri the other day!Feltwell said:I agree, but Ford (like most other manufactuers) have only started taking rust-proofing seriously in the last few years. When did you last see a Ford Cortina or even Sierra on the road?
But they're classics, not Dagenham Dustbins!skier-hughes said:I saw an e type jag yesterday
You make yourself sound like a tomato plant, Joce!JoceAndChris said:It is quite possible to harden off, and to wake up one morning fully hardy.