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Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!feeder.news-service.com!69.16.177.246.MISMATCH!cyclone03.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf01.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe28.ams2.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: _  Newsgroups: uk.transport,uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: On yer bike: Why there's never been a better time to saddle up Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:48:51 +0000 References:   <13f2eddb-3bcd-4b78-927a-f002e88c1cb6@g1g2000pra.googlegroups.com>  <54ed6837-edda-4fa5-bd20-c9816bb849a4@i18g2000prf.googlegroups.com> <6s9n4bF4ttv6U9@mid.individual.net>  <6sbrduF546o0U7@mid.individual.net>  <6seg9qF5gjo8U16@mid.individual.net>  <6skclcF6qp9tU8@mid.individual.net> Lines: 29 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <6skclcF6qp9tU8@mid.individual.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.21.204.127 X-Complaints-To: http://netreport.virginmedia.com X-Trace: newsfe28.ams2 1231361376 82.21.204.127 (Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:49:36 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:49:36 UTC Organization: virginmedia.com Bytes: 3072 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:682476

Conor wrote: > In article  c49e85df4fac@k1g2000prb.googlegroups.com>, Doug says... > >> You have proved nothing, as usual. How can someone like me, who >> doesn't use a car and doesn't celebrate Christmas, waste more >> resources than you who does both? >> > Quite easily. You live alone - the most wasteful form of living, and > you buy lots of airfreighted food and stuff from Tescos which has > travelled the thick end of 1000 miles even if it was wholly UK sourced. > Every time you cook a meal for 30 minutes, 100% of the gas or electric > used is applicable to you. Every time we cook a meal in our house for > 30 minutes, the energy usage is split 4 ways as it's cooked for four > people. Same with lighting, heating etc etc. > > And considering even with the current prices, our annual gas and > electricity bills are under £780 a year which is then split four ways, > you're going to have to virtually live in the dark with no heating to > match me. > > Somehow I doubt your annual combined gas and electricity bills come to > under £195. > > And that's even before we start going into the shopping where your food > travels far more than mine does. > May I be the first to predict a on this subthread at this point, or a complete load of usual Boll(en)ocks?