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Green factoids.
Andy Hall wrote:
On 2006-11-11 20:44:47 +0000, Tony Bryer said:
On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 23:41:42 +0000 Andy Hall wrote :
The answer is simple: Boycott or tax chinese goods.
Like the one that's just arrived at Felixtowe?
Biggest container ship in the world, full of tat for brits for xmas
At least the final leg for delivery will be a relatively short one...
"If you look at the transport cost per individual item, it costs about
$10 to send a tv set from China to the UK, or 10 cents to deliver a
bottle of wine from Australia to America.
"It costs less to ship a container between China and Felixstowe than
it does to then send it on the road to Scotland," says Philip Damas,
research director at shipping consultancy Drewry."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4943382.stm
I meant that the distance travelled is unlikely to be more than 20 miles
from Felixstowe..... ;-)
Why?
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