Everyone took Carole Taylor's challenge on efficiency and quick bargaining at her word. Where are those promises now?

The provincial government is deeply involved in these negotiations, but behind the scenes. They do have the financial clout to persuade this employer to return and face the music instead of hiding in cyberspace.

We're excited about this new challenge as it represents the most ambitious global fuel efficiency record attempt to date. It's a timely representation of what attempting a Guinness World Record is all about -- pushing the boundaries of human and technological achievement while carrying along with it some helpful tips to demonstrate how every driver can save money on fuel.

The challenge facing companies today is flexibility. [Prior to this] companies were [primarily] concerned with lowering costs and increasing efficiency.

Every game out is going to be a challenge. There's not going to be any easy, gimme games by any means.

For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is administered with subhuman inefficiency.