The Associated Press reports that House Democrats are offering a drilling proposal that gives coastal states the right to allow drilling 50 miles off of their coast and allows drilling in federal waters 100+ miles off the coast.
Unfortunately, the proposal has several land mines, according to the article:
Even if the state gives permission for drilling [...]
HT: Starfox
BusinessWeek reports that Ford will sell a 65mpg car called the ECOnetic.
In Europe.
Yet while half of all cars sold in Europe last year ran on diesel, the U.S. market remains relatively unfriendly to the fuel. Taxes aimed at commercial trucks mean diesel costs anywhere from 40 cents to $1 more per gallon than gasoline.
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When we think of environmental disasters involving petroleum, we often transfer the blame from bad transportation operations to the oil production itself. Prepare for another “oil is bad” media onslaught because of the tugboat named Mel Oliver.
In addition to a bunch of things I needed to get done today, I was able to employ our accumulated Giant Eagle fuelperks!(R) on our gasoline. I don’t think one can normally get gasoline this cheaply, even in Houston.
Let’s expand the thought. We are demanded to produce results increasingly in church. The service that doesn’t announce itself is shunned for visible, hey-look-at-me service in the name of church growth accountability. Would Martha have made a decent Church Growth-er?
