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Issue 53 April/May 2006
A to B 19 West Park, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7DB, England
ISSN 1460-0587 . tel 01963 351649 . fax 01963 351649 email atob@onetel.com . web www.atob.org.uk Editors David & Jane Henshaw . Illustrations Helen Whyte, Diana Powell, John McNaught,Tim Pestridge Contributors Andrew Croggon, Peter Hayman, David Henshaw, Peter Henshaw Printers Wincanton Print Co Ltd . Next deadline 25th May 2006

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he human race has a tendency to stumble headlong into catastrophe, yet somehow we always seem to pull through. Is the threat of global warming really any worse than the rise of global fascism in the 1930s, or the Cold War stand-off of the 1960s? We think it is, because this time the damage has already been done. It’s now generally accepted that the earth is warming rapidly, yet we’re still using energy like there’s no tomorrow, which, of course, there might not be. Forget the Government’s feeble sometime-maybe targets and limp requests for ideas from the public - we need to cut our personal contribution to CO2 emissions by half, and by half again, and we needed to do it a decade ago, but anything is better than nothing. Home insulation and recycling, are very much flavour of the month but we’ve got a much more powerful transport message. Change the way you get around, and halving your CO2 is easy.

Contents
Ear to the Gro u n d : The Mole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 B o ok R ev i ew : S h i n k a n s e n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 A to B L e t t e r s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 A to B N ew s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 6 A n a rc h i s t ’s Corner : Gift Subscri p t i o n s . . . . . . . .1 9 Te s t e d : N ew Bi rd y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 0 Te s t e d : Pu ma U M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 3 R ev i ewe d : H ub G e ar s Pa r t 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 6 E nv i ro n m e n t : Reduce Your Carbon Fo o t p r i n t . . . .3 1 R ev i ewe d : Gi ant Arg ue (or do we mean Tw i s t ? ) . . .3 7 Te s t e d : B ro mp t on L u g g a ge Po s t . . . . . . . . . . . .3 8 Tr ave l : Ta r k a Tra i l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 0 F i c t i o n : T he D i e ha rd s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 5 A to B S m a l l s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 9
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