I rate it one quarter of a Time Cube.

Man, I love Time Cube as much as I love the Real Ultimate Power ninja kid. (Which is to say: bunches and bunches.)

Clinton is a surprisingly good legislator, but she's about as qualified to be a judge as Harriet Miers. Please god let's not make the Supreme Court some kind of booby prize.

Clinton's recent turn to disingenuous populism has turned me off her candidacy forever.

Actually, geologically speaking, I am not sure that is even true. You need massive amounts of the right kinds of biomass in the right conditions, and I think outside of a few specific geologic periods, there is no new starter conditions for more oil fields...

Clinton is a surprisingly good legislator, but she's about as qualified to be a judge as Harriet Miers. Please god let's not make the Supreme Court some kind of booby prize.

Clinton's recent turn to disingenuous populism has turned me off her candidacy forever.

What bon bon said.

Clinton's recent turn to disingenuous populism has turned me off her candidacy forever.

Yes. This. Trying to pin the "elitist" tag on Obama when she's not had to worry about money in her entire life, went to Yale and Wellesley, and has staff and security around her for the past few decades doing all the menial stuff was a joke.

Actually, geologically speaking, I am not sure that is even true. You need massive amounts of the right kinds of biomass in the right conditions, and I think outside of a few specific geologic periods, there is no new starter conditions for more oil fields...

Huh. Interesting.

Actually, geologically speaking, I am not sure that is even true. You need massive amounts of the right kinds of biomass in the right conditions, and I think outside of a few specific geologic periods, there is no new starter conditions for more oil fields...

And even if lots more oil is being produced, the Earth still has a finite lifespan, so the supply of oil is still finite.

Unless, you now, the people praying for gas prices to come down succeed, and God puts more oil in the ground....

VW Confirms 1L Concept Will Become Reality in 2010

The VW 1L is so named because, in theory, it only consumes one liter of fuel per 100 kilometers traveled. For those of us in the US, this translates into about 235 MPG.

Damn.

The thing is, that kinda of fuel economy comes at the price of riding in an extremely small two seater, with the two seats being one in front of the other, a la jet plane, rather than a standard side by side. The 1L also looks frighteningly close to the ground, which is part of how it pulls off a drag coefficient of .159, much better than any current production vehicle. While the final design isn’t done, VW will probably power the car with a 1 cyclinder diesel engine of displacement lower the .5 L, meaning the car’s speed will top out at 120 km/h.

Huh, I had completely forgotten about something...

There is a abiogenic theory of petroleum generation, as in it doesn't derive from plants, that deep deposits of carbon interacting with other compounds under pressure can create petroleum (very short abridged version of the theory) There is a lot of problems with it, and most scientists argue that even if petroleum is generated by abiogenic processes, the vast majority that is currently available is by biogenic processes.

However, it is a favorite theory of petroleum producers and the focus of their official studies, since it means that there is always more oil coming...

Baby picspam, DH edition!

I finally convinced DH to start uploading the pics he's taken with his shiny new phone. This morning they went to the playground!

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