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Fade to Black: the end of oil

Fade to Black... The End of Modern Civilization is upon us.

When oil becomes rare and only rich people can buy it...

then Americans can no longer...

* fly airplanes
* drive cars

Unsurprisingly, green still going strong... but for how LONG?

Worldchanging notes that green is still a marketing tool used to sucker people into buying more crap, in the belief that we are somehow saving the world with a Prius.

A friend mentions a new poll of women who find hybrids to be more "macho" than Camaros. Well I never!

McCain's Gas Pains

Presidents do what elites (wealthy people) want.
Presidents never do what common people (disappearing middle class and growing lower class) really need.

McCain proposes a "summer holiday" for the 18 cent federal gas tax.

Oil Companies WANT the North Pole to Melt Away

It just makes a fistful of cash sense that the Bush Administration and Major Oil Companies want the arctic pole to melt so they can drill for more oil and gas there, to make even more dirty money.

HOORAY!! Car Sales Drop at Toy, GMO, Fodder Corporations

The Wall Street Jiz notes that car sales to Americans has fallen quite well below normal this year so far. This is an anomaly for the DiTech home re-fi'ing American public.

Crude oil and gasoline price extrapolation

Check out this graph

If you look at current data (March 2008) you see that every $10 the cost of crude goes, up, gas prices go up by about $0.25.

So, check out our new excel sheet with extrapolations.

SciAm has it going on...

Why are corporations usually evil and not charities? Well, many reasons.

SciAm recounts a few reasons and debates others in "Do all companies have to be evil?"

Enjoy. Happy Friday!

in case you were wondering


we haven't drunk enough bawls lately, so productivity is down.

as soon as we throw up a wishlist or donation box, then we'll got out and chug some bawls. and write even funnier stories. !!!!##$%%

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