To be worn a’ la John Major. By Marieta Design.

Slate magazine reports a study by a MIT graduate student on the life-cycle carbon use of an average bicycle: Manufacturing an average bicycle results in the emission of approximately 530 pounds of greenhouse gases… Given a “typical U.S. diet,” you would have to ride your bike instead of driving for around 400 miles to cover the bike’s initial carbon footprint… Bicycles aren’t maintenance-free, but the occasional brake-pad replacement and cable adjustment are responsible for one-sixteenth as much carbon emissions as all oil changing, tire rotation, [...]

Motorists in UK are complaining that too many of them are being fined for breaking the law. The brown-nosed Labour Government is listening: the Times reports: “Drivers are presently fined £60 and receive three penalty points for each speeding offence; they are liable for disqualification once they reach twelve points. Officials disclosed that they are reviewing whether fewer points could be allocated for lesser speeding offences. While someone travelling at 90mph in a 70mph limit would still qualify for three penalty points, someone travelling at [...]