If I go to Volkswagen US for example, the most fuel efficient car I can find is a Golf with a fuel efficiency of 23mpg in the city, and 30 mpg on the highway - http://www.vw.com/en/models/golf/gallery.html

At Volkswagen UK, the most fuel efficient car I can find is an Up Blue Motion with a fuel efficiency of 56.5 mpg in the city, and 78.5 mpg on the highway - http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/new/up-nf/which-model/engines/overview

Converting the American car to British gallons gives 27.6 mpg city and 36 mpg highway

In the city, the British car is 2.45 x more efficient, and on the highway, the British car is 2.61 x more efficient. Therefore in pence per mile, the British car is slightly cheaper than the American car, even though British petrol is much more expensive.

Petrol costs about £0.54 per litre in the USA vs £1.27 in the UK. Diesel is about £0.61 per litre vs £1.34 in the UK. In both cases just over twice as expensive.

However, per mile, it probably costs about the same in the USA as in Europe as American cars tend to be less fuel efficient. Also, Americans drive more miles as they live in a bigger country and things are more spread out.

Andersen Consulting split off from Arthur Andersen a few years before the Enron scandal.

We have the European Convention of Human Rights - http://conventions.coe.int/treaty/en/Treaties/Html/005.htm
But it doesn't include a right not to incriminate yourself.

Jaywalking isn't a crime in the UK. You can walk pretty much wherever you like, except on motorways, and cars have to get out your way.

Microsoft, Google and Apple all have their European bases in Ireland. Firefox has its European base in the UK, and Opera is based in Norway.

And in any case, such a bill would have to go through the EU parliament, not the Irish one.

Buy halogen bulbs then. They meet the efficiency standards though they are not as efficient as CFL bulbs.

The same way that the police it in Europe. The money is paid using local credit cards, so they can get the money off the bank before it reaches them if needs be.

The MI6 building is outside the congestion charge zone, and always has been. The zone ends on the other side of the bridge in Westminster. All of the roads leading to it on the south side of the bridge are outside the congestion charge zone, and two of the three roads leading to Vauxhall bridge on the north side are outside the zone, so it is very easy to reach the building without entering the zone.

Of course if they want to go spying within the congestion charge zone, they will have to pay the charge, but that is the same regardless of where their offices are located.

What happens to the points on your licence? Get caught speeding 4 times, and you usually get banned from driving.

The main reason for speed limits was to reduce demand for petrol during the oil crisis.

That doesn't work with for example PayPal, because they ask all sorts of other security questions. I suppose it is very possible for someone to hack into an email account and then try to use that to hack into their paypal account and other things attached to it.

The Intel Edison doesn't have any i/o devices, so it is the sort of thing you might put inside a smartphone enclosure which would add the touchscreen, speakers, mic and maybe a keyboard so you can actually use the thing.

The week is an arbitrary unit that has nothing to do with rotation or orbit of the sun or the moon. Different communities have had different week lengths throughout history.