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In 1807, Davy proposed the name alumium for the metal, undiscovered at that time, and later agreed to change it to aluminum. Shortly thereafter, the name aluminium was adopted by IUPAC to conform with the "ium" ending of most elements. Aluminium is the IUPAC spelling and therefore the international standard. Aluminium was also the accepted spelling in the U.S.A. until 1925, at which time the American Chemical Society decided to revert back to aluminum, and to this day Americans still refer to aluminium as "aluminum".
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I'm a brit and the only reason I dont buy a car is that fuel is so darn expensive, if I was in America I would buy a car tommorrow, no questions asked... So the tax works, its good, the more people who are like me and can't buy cars the better for the environment.
This is a good example of why a 'mob-rule' type system doesn't really work, I may be a pessimist but I have a feeling that your average Joe is always going to vote very selfishly. I'm close to being swayed by the less government is more government argument on nearly all issues - except the environment, this is where we really need to be saved from ourselves...
Back to britain... now if they would just spend all the fuel tax they get on public transport (and not more pies for mr prescott) then we would be laughing...
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In 1807, Davy proposed the name alumium for the metal, undiscovered at that time, and later agreed to change it to aluminum. Shortly thereafter, the name aluminium was adopted by IUPAC to conform with the "ium" ending of most elements. Aluminium is the IUPAC spelling and therefore the international standard. Aluminium was also the accepted spelling in the U.S.A. until 1925, at which time the American Chemical Society decided to revert back to aluminum, and to this day Americans still refer to aluminium as "aluminum".
here is the whole page ...
I'm a brit and the only reason I dont buy a car is that fuel is so darn expensive, if I was in America I would buy a car tommorrow, no questions asked ... So the tax works, its good, the more people who are like me and can't buy cars the better for the environment.
This is a good example of why a 'mob-rule' type system doesn't really work, I may be a pessimist but I have a feeling that your average Joe is always going to vote very selfishly. I'm close to being swayed by the less government is more government argument on nearly all issues - except the environment, this is where we really need to be saved from ourselves ...
Back to britain ... now if they would just spend all the fuel tax they get on public transport (and not more pies for mr prescott) then we would be laughing ...