Well, I think that's the gist of it really. It's not that we'll stop using oil, or even that we'll stop using Middle Eastern oil. It's that, if consumption is scaled back and other fuels improved and in more use, shocks in the world oil market won't affect us as severely, OPEC production manipulation won't be such a big deal, etc. So we'll be able to a) turn to other sources if the Middle East gets untenable or b) absorb the cost impact with less pain.
Yeah, it bothers me that complex subjects are painted over with pithy, but inaccurate, statements. OTOH, being painfully accurate is a sure ticket to losing, and I suppose it really isn't that bad if you can bring the nuance when questioned about it.
This one is only in its third year. It became ginormous really fast. Sadly, there is not much in the way of free books.
I have non-work life insurance through my alumni association. By getting it when I graduated I got a really good rate, and if I find myself out of work I won't have to worry about sticking my sister with my funeral bills if I get hit by a bus.
The projected storm track for Hanna is weird, I've never seen a tropical storm take a big southerly hook like that out in the Atlantic. I would have thought it would curve up along the seaboard. It's like the Bahamas have a bit hurricane magnet turned on.
Happy birthday, meara!
Happy birthday, JenK!
Days of cake and years of goodness to two most excellent Buffistas.
Convention-related note to Teppy: Over at Shakesville, Liss is kind of wowed by Obama's speech. She doesn't have a post about it, just comments in other people's posts, but she watched and listened with an open mind and was seriously impressed.
She's just posted a whole slew of pictures too.
I always wonder what sex addiction looks like from inside a relationship, if infidelity isn't involved. Don't want to make any presumptions about DD.
I've never heard of it happening. Maybe it does and just isn't People-magazine-worthy? But from anything I've ever seen "sex addiction" looks like misnamed "cheating addiction".
Rumor is that McCain just picked Alaska's female governor for his running mate. Clever.
I know nothing about her in particular, but the Alaska repubs have to be the most corrupt political organization going since the Grant administration, which could get interesting.
All I know is that she's popular, she's 44 years old, and that she is a big advocate of drilling in ANWAR.
