Ethanol plants shutting down
The rising price of corn is forcing ethanol plants to close, and plans to build new plants are being postponed. This could cause a shortfall of 5 billion gallons a year which would in turn force the price of gasoline…
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Day June 23, 2008
GM may be betting their future on the Chevy Volt
Credit where credit is due. GM is feverishly working on a next generation hybrid,the Chevy Volt, which could make existing hybrids obsolete. The Volt would use a gas engine to supplement the electric engine, the opposite of what current hybrids…
Yet another reason we’re loving San Francisco
SFist brings the important news of a petition drive to rename a San Francisco water pollution control plant to The George W Bush Sewage Plant.
Full tank of gas now standard equipment on new Toyota
That’s what the sticker on the new Camry I just saw at a Toyota dealer said, “comes with a full tank of gas.” Meanwhile GM will be offering zero percent financing on full-sized trucks and SUVs for 72 months. Um,…
Whoopee,we’re all gonna die
And you thought peak oil, peak food, and peak water were worrisome? Ha! There’s a new peak peril primed to produce prodigious panic – Peak Phosphorus.