This could be right up there along with turkeys giving their support to more Thanksgiving and Xmas celebration dinner parties - but this week saw the launch of Honda’s new gas-guzzling Formula 1 car (5 m.p.g) under the banner of the “Earth Car” with Honda proclaiming their environmental ‘green’ credentials at the same time? 

Maybe it’s similar to taking the sceptical view of the space programme, in that shed-loads of money was spent on putting a man on the moon and yet all the little-people back on earth saw, as a positive outcome, was the emergence of teflon coated saucepans and pyrex ovenware! But that’s not really the case.  There were lots of side-benefits and learning that emerged from the space programme that slipped seamlessly into our everyday life and we don’t have to be en-route to the moon to acknowledge that. (more…)