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
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
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.