I remember a bitter scene in childhood when my dad told me I had to stay at the table until I finished my scrambled eggs. I didn’t want to eat those eggs. I don’t remember who set the portion size, but it was a test of his authority, and he was not willing to fail. [...]
Archive for August, 2008
One reason we don’t have clean power
Posted in In the News, tagged Congress, renewable energy on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The real reason we are not relying on renewable energy, in my opinion, is that big business is not finished with oil yet. As long as Exxon has oil to sell, they plan to sell it, and at a good price, not at distressed close-out prices. They don’t want gasoline to seem like a poor-cousin [...]
I’ve been busy with other things
Posted in Uncategorized on August 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have been neglecting this blog because I am working on two other projects. I’m working on my plan for world peace. It’s coming along nicely, and I will be publishing it fairly soon.
A second project is preparing books using the blurb.com publishing software. I sent in a small book as a test, and it [...]
To buy, or not, a high mileage car
Posted in In the News, tagged gasoline, mileage on August 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We can all calculate the financial impact of trading our current vehicle for one that gets better gas mileage, but Edmunds.com makes it particularly easy with their online calculator. In my case, trading my family’s paid-for Camry for a new Prius would take more than a decade to break even based on a gasoline price of [...]
