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VW Jetta TDI diesel wins Green Car of Year

Yes, a diesel. This at the Los Angeles Auto Show. It gets 41 mpg and shows that “clean diesel has arrived.” Jetta sales are up 1% in the US this year, while car sales overall have plummeted. MSRP is $21,990.…

Thoughts on a new economy

DJ continues his series of posts (Wiki image.) One fundamental principle of economics is that there are too many variables, so you measure what’s most important and ignore the rest.  In recent times, what’s considered important has been growth– increase…

World Vision

Sue donates to World Vision and asked me to listen in on a conference call by their CEO. I knew they fed the hungry, but I didn’t realize how much. They have 800,000 donors and feed several million people daily.…