'My big car uses less petrol going down the motorway than a small car'I've heard this plenty of times, but is it actually true? I found it surprisingly hard to get real fuel consumption figures at various...
'Driving the car with the headlights on wastes 35’000 tonnes of crude oil per year in Switzerland!!!This week a letter in our local paper gave me pause for thought. The author stated that if all the cars in Switzerland (3.8 million of...
'Offshore Wind farms do not kill Whales'I was interested to see in the Daily Telegraph that offshore wind farms can kill whales. I can't give a link to the article since the...
2011 - Cigarette additivesHere in Neuchâtel one of the major employers is a certain cigarette company, and every time the big Red & White wallet opens in support...
2011 - 'We are NOT predicting a mini-ice age'According to James Delingpole in the Daily Telegraph, a new ice age is on its way: ‘It’s official: a new Ice Age is on its way. In what...
2011 - My bike does 430 Km/l (with a bit of help from me)For the last couple of months I’ve been measuring the energy consumption of my electric bike. Most days I cycle to and from work, a...