Would a study showing that the Danes or Portuguese, say, washed less than their neighbours have had the same gleeful reception from the foreign press that greeted a report this past autumn about French frugality with hot water?
Fifty homeowners were told to evacuate their homes in the Autumn Mews area of Worle, Weston-Super-Mare, as water was pumped away when a large pond overflowed.
The sea ice expanded during Southern Hemisphere autumn and winter in response to the development of a fresh, cool surface water layer, which floated on the denser, warmer salty sea water below.