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Letter: YourSay - Energy saving.

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THE government's latest idea is to reduce the speed limit on urban roads and in all built-up areas to improve safety and save on fossil fuels.

All very well, but this solution is only tinkering with the problem.

To make a dramatic improvement, what is required is to have a man with a red flag walking in front of the vehicle and a requirement that any second family vehicle is a pony and trap.

Any subsequent waste product could be recycled on the garden and the methane methane (mĕth`ān), CH4, colorless, odorless, gaseous saturated hydrocarbon; the simplest alkane. It is less dense than air, melts at −184°C;, and boils at −161.4°C;.  gas used to heat the water in the wash house.

Ken Harley, Solihull
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Title Annotation:Letters
Publication:Birmingham Mail (England)
Date:Aug 25, 2006
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