So Vilsack announces today. Uhhh... (embarrassed silence)
Maybe I'll say something later. At the moment on the second cup of coffee, I'm finding this more significant and interesting:
78 percent of Americans want the U.S. government to impose a 40 mile per gallon fuel-efficiency standard for vehicles sold in the United States...
40 mpg? Even my little go-kart only gets 30.
Every politico worth a shot of ethanol is talking up energy independence, but it'll take more than a technological miracle cure or a wave of the wand to make 40 mpg happen. Look at your high school physics: it takes x amount of energy to move y amount of mass at speed z, or to heat or cool things.
It's going to take mandates and very real, sacrificial life style changes. Which may mean no, you can't buy that giant penile surrogate monster truck or Hummer, or you can't commute 186 miles each way to work. But who is going to be honest enough to say so - politicians looking for that exurban vote?
Naah, we'll just leave that to us crazy bloggers.
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