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According to the Lloyds TSB "Spending Power" report 46% of UK consumers are putting at least three quarters of their income towards bills & other essentials [Daily Telegraph 19/3/12] In a different article on same day the Bank of America is cited as saying in a published note: " F...

According to the Office for National Statistics (as published in the Daily Telegraph 15/3/2012): Between November 2011 & January 2012 the number of people working part time because they could not find a full-time job has reached a record 1.38 million, increasing by 110,000 in that 3 month period...

I'm sorry to hear that. As (I think) the sci-fi writer William Gibson said, "The future's already here; it's just unevenly distributed." As a subscriber to the "slow crash" model, as we approach Peak, I think we can anticipate: 1. Increasing travel costs. 2. Increasing heating &a...

In the Daily Telegraph 9/3/2012: According to the Energy Institute's Retail Marketing Survey petrol sales declined in 2011 by 7.7% compared to 2010 but diesel sales increased by 6.5%. 400 fuel stations closed in 2011 (a 4.6% decline over 2010. There are now 8480 fuel outlets (compared to 39,958 in 1...

Last year a couple colleagues told me independently that they were getting rid of their second car because of the high cost of fuel. I also happened to be in some attractive rural areas over Bank Holidays & there seemed (anecdotally) to be fewer people around on nice days. I follow the news quit...

An interesting thread: I'm not sure that Bitslice10101's unit's role was to cordon off London, rather it was probably to allow use by the Authorities of the M25 as an Essential Service Route (ESR) in the event of a national emergency, to allow free movement for official vehicles unhindered by refuge...