Michael Pollitt | freelance technology journalist

Another cover story for me…in today’s technology Guardian – Fuel costs 16p per mile. Why? – looks at one driver’s decision to buy a hybrid, fuel efficiency improvements, and those rising prices. Charles Arthur, technology editor, has put some more detail in the technology blog – You think fuel prices are bad? Historically, they’re not – and we’ve graphed it. Should I be saying that all this is ‘fuel’ for thought?

Update: It certainly seems so today as Charles has now blogged this: And while we’re on fuel prices: oil hits new high of $135 per barrel

Enough said.

Update 29 May: Here are some letters about this story. There’s another letter here (fuel cont’d) about one reader’s experience of driving a Toyota Prius for a year (it replaced a Vauxhall Astra Eco diesel).

My piece in technology Guardian today – Making a brake light say more than ’stop’ – has a look at smart brake lights.

Is the UK ignoring the potential of thermoelectrics? My story in today’s technology Guardian – Blowing hot and cold on thermoelectrics – looks at how electricity could be generated from waste heat in vehicles.