Beyond Petroleum?

What happens when a petroleum company claims to be green, but really isn’t? Putting solar panels on a few concept stations doesn’t offset the environmental disaster in the Gulf. Of course for British Petroleum it is much more than an environmental disaster, this is a publicity disaster of the highest magnitude, and likely a big [...]

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Theme o’ the Day

Yesterdays recurring theme was Jennifer Lopez. Today it’s lobsters.

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Chicken or Egg?

It so happens I figured this out a while back. By “this” I mean the answer to the question, “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” The answer is: the egg. It’s biology. Transmittable mutation takes place genetically, right? So, the proto-chicken has an intimate moment with a proto-rooster, which results in the development [...]

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Another reason Detroit is in the toilet

So I’m reading this article someone sent me about how unhappy Saturn owners are that GM is planning to dispose of their beloved brand, and I come across the following piece of wisdom – a comment about Saturn’s decline from success to failure: Walter S. McManus, the head of the Automotive Analysis Division of the [...]

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