A quickie

Man, they shouldn't hold any classes that require computers to work. I tend to read the news
Shell makin' bank
Hey, so is BP!

Wow, maybe the banks should use oil instead of dollars. They'd never run out of money.

I don't really know what that means.
Peace

Corruption, Betrayal, and Campaign Donations

I couldn't make the story more interesting if I tried. Just read it.

Still Can't See the Blog

But I can write, so that's all that really matters. I don't know if anybody has pointed this video out yet, but the Reaper is a terrible, terrible thing. On top of that, only to reinforce my fear, there are plenty of people telling us to brace ourselves for the peaking of oil supplies, and the unavoidable depression that would follow. I am going to start getting ready once I get back to the States.

The news that I'm reading from Western sources about the earthquake in China are completely different (I know thats still MSN) than the news I'm hearing in China. They have CCTV constantly playing videos of the scenes of people being helped, fundraisers being held, and plenty of soft rock, "band together" support songs. The people seem to all be giving their hearts and souls to Sichuan. Honestly I'm behind China on this one, they appear to be doing a great job with this tragedy and the U.S. media is spinning it to make it seem like they aren't giving aid to some people.

A sign of what's to come?

This article, although it describes a somewhat different situation, brings to light many of the issues caused by a sudden and unprepared for lack of oil. Just sit and think about everything you do (or use) in a day that requires an abundance of this proven to be dwindling resource...

Edit:
Many Northeast US residents facing utility cutoffs

Cool links

These are some of my old bookmarks I stumbled across...
Facts about Dihydrogen Monoxide. A threat you didn't know existed...

I think I'm going to order one of these. The concept is really cool. It's a cool thing to bend your mind around with.

How do you make a bike with square wheels ride smoothly?

A quick book recommendation:

The Party's Over by Richard Heinberg has been a staggering source of information and the glue with which I've put together many of the things floating through my head of late. I highly suggest anyone interested in the worldwide supply of energy and our social dependence on it to read this book. And honestly, that should be everybody. This is one book that I feel we must read if we have any chance of moving forward as a species. Check it out.
Gotta get my cookies out of the oven. Peace

It's about oil.

It's always about oil.