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But on the other hand, wouldn't it be even costlier if the locations were farther apart?

Anyway, I'd like to throw in the city of Mariehamn into contention as the home of the EU parliament.

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde

by NordicStorm on Fri Aug 22nd, 2008 at 07:55:18 AM EST
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The distance travelled is the least of the cost. There are high speed rail links to vienna, just as there are to Strasburg, and the extra 3 hours is neither here nor there.

Plus, of course, until recently they travelled by plane where the main waste of time was probably spent hanging around in the terminal shopping on expenses.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Aug 22nd, 2008 at 08:12:28 AM EST
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The truck caravan with all the papers is a PR disaster on wheels.

It doesn't really matter if it exists in the real world or not (does it exist?), as long as it exists in the minds of the public.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Fri Aug 22nd, 2008 at 09:12:29 AM EST
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