On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 10:09:53 +0100, Mind Boggles
wrote:


The Japanese are well known for their habit of washing things under
running water rather than sticking a plug in it, such a wasteful
nation you will not come across (apart from the yanks).

They're light years ahead of us on energy efficiency, compared to them
in the UK we've only just stopped banging the rocks together:

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/japanenv.html

Apart from their affinity of eating rare and endangered species
('scientific' whaling, bluefin tuna etc etc) they're pretty good IMHO.

cheers,
Pete.