Are bikes greener than cars? That was the question tackled in a recent post. Looking at the issue from the perspective purely of energy used to travel - the results were a little counter intuitive to most of us I think.

The big thing not in those calculations was the embodied energy and therefore carbon in both cars and bikes. Many people on this site argued it needs to be taken into account, and I don’t disagree with that. The inference was, I think, that taking this into account the bike would have a way lower impact – that bit I wasn’t so sure of. I’ve pulled together some figures now. (more…)

Here’s the third in our series of monthly wind car videos.

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You can see the body really starting to take shape here, and hear Peter talk about ‘toughening up’ of the look, from his original.

We’ve ‘placed’ all the parts within the car now and began machining/producing some of the bigger components, like the transmission. (more…)

Did an interview with BBC’s Watchdog the other day, they came to visit us here in Stroud. They’ve been on a bit of a crusade against the Big 6 by all accounts - and now they’ve decided to take a look at us Indies - to see if we offer an alternative!

They asked the ‘Green/Brown price’ question… which isn’t easy to answer in a soundbite or two but I did my best! You never know how these things will turn out - it’s all in the edit.

The piece is going out on the show on Monday 24th November, BBC1, 7.30pm.

May have something to say about it here on Tuesday - as may you..?

Watchdog page for the episode can be found here (should be updated following broadcast with video etc)