I wonder what it must be like to breathe in oil, to have it covering your body, to swallow it down your throat as you try to eat, to be born into oil and instantly smothered by it... I look at the trees outside my window and the grass and wildflowers and birds and imagine them covered in oil. I drink crystal clear filtered water and imagine it ( Read more... )

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It's been awhile since I've posted a real update. The main reason is that I'm still trying to limit my typing as much as possible because of my left thumb (though I just noticed that I now no longer use my left thumb to hit the spacebar, so maybe I'll be able to type more soon). The other reason is just that I've been doing other things. The ( Read more... )

Some members of the Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming suggested that the delay might be more than just typical bureaucratic delay or holiday season hibernation. Is the delay caused by a rush to sell the polar bears' habitat to oil companies for drilling first, they asked ( Read more... )

For those of you in the United States who are concerned about finding renewable energy sources for our electricity, take a look at this site. It's a for-profit company that supplies the electric company you pay monthly with electricity generated from wind energy. The basic idea is that you pay $5/month minimum on top of your electric bill to ( Read more... )