I think that's right. I know where's cheapest in my locality (Asda) - so if I have the luxury of planning a refuel in advance, that's where I'll go, at some point when I'm pa… (View Post)

What we do to get the lumpen proletariat on board is what the grown-ups have been doing for about 20 years i.e. gradually making the non-oil offer better and cheaper than the oil offer. I'd say … (View Post)

Note for the context of the USA it is the children of immigrant households, not of ethnic minority households. There are an awful lot of immigrants to the USA (like @rcs1000 and @Gardenwalker ) who d… (View Post)

8 year olds tend not to be awash with non-cash options! (View Post)

It's quite fun to have some recycling though. A booby prize adds to the hilarity of the whole event. There is also a fair bit of once-around-the-block recycling. The spiced rum which we got from… (View Post)