I just read an interesting article about a guy that’s apparently come up with something that, if it’s for real, could be the first steps of independence from foreign oil. A variety of bacteria that’s been engineered so that it will eat agricultural waste and excrete fuel.
Oh, I am not a hamster, I had [...]

I’m not actually someone who does any flying but even a hamster can see when something is getting ridiculous and I am not a hamster… I can see ridiculous a mile away.
AMERICAN PUTS PRICE TAG ON BAGGAGE CLAIM
American Airlines will start charging $15 for the first checked bag, cut domestic flights and lay off workers [...]

Once again gas prices are on the rise. As usual we’re being handed all of the same excuses when in reality the primary reason for the prices to keep skyrocketing the way they are is pure unadulterated greed and nothing more.
Which is why a news story like this one is really annoying:
BUSH: THERE’S “HOPE” [...]

Y’know, this nonsense about oil prices being what they are is just exactly that… nonsense.
An entry in one of the news summaries in my email yesterday talked about OPEC getting the price of oil up to nearly one hundred dollars a barrel and frankly, there’s no excuse for it. none.
I am not a hamster, [...]