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Signposts to safer driving
There’s a story on BBC News that councillors in Aberdeenshire are considering removing the white lines from some roads as a traffic calming measure.
Though it might sound counter-intuitive, there’s a fair amount of evidence to suggest that drivers slow down and take more care in the absence of the usual warning signs and information.
A neat segue
We’re not sure why, but in this age of space travel and solar-powered rubbish bins, few things seem as futuristic as somebody balanced on a stick and two wheels. At least, that’s not far off what users of the Segway look like to the casual viewer.
Broadcast news
Remember our recent experiments with a power meter and various household appliances? This week it was the turn of the television.
We don’t watch TV much, but last weekend saw a jamboree of English sporting losses and the first live X Factor final, so our trusty telly got a decent workout.
Congestion charge: emission impossible?
Hot on the heels of our recent question as to whether the packaging counts as part of the product, another tough green conundrum – how much CO2 do you have to save before you can call yourself a green tax?
Ready salted
On Monday we were wondering whether the apparent high salt content of fast food was any worse than you’d find at a ‘proper’ restaurant. So we decided to ask a few upmarket chains.
Biofuels compared
The October issue of National Geographic has an in-depth feature on biofuels. We’ve written a fair bit about corn ethanol and biodiesel, but the magazine goes to town with a comparison of various fuels and the crops from which they’re made.
Is packaging part of the product?
We bought these Sennheiser CX 300 Eco Ear Canal Headphones recently, having been attracted by the ‘Eco’ in the title. But it’s what it comes in, not the product itself, that has the obvious green credentials.
Eat fast, die young?
As if you didn’t encounter enough traffic lights on the way to the supermarket, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has been trying to encourage manufacturers to add them to the food you buy when you get there.
Five tips for entertaining children on a journey
With half term just around the corner, lots of you are probably planning car journeys with your kids. We expect a similar number will be dreading the cry of “are we there yet?” coming from the back seat.
Essential tips for October gardening
Do you ever look at those jobs-for-this-month gardening calendars and think – hmmm, 800 things to do, maybe I’ll leave it for now?
Well we do. Because between lifting your tubers, sowing green manures and sprucing up the cold frame, there seem to be enough garden jobs to last you well into the spring.
