Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Big controversy!
Hey, maybe it’s a BS story, but it is the law. Sure, car drivers break the rules too and kill other people when they do. But if cyclists want the respect of drivers they need to obey the same laws of the road.
Do I run stop signs? When there is no traffic to stop for I sure do. But if there is a single car around I stop. I never run red lights.
I have long been amazed at the cavalier attitude that many cyclists take regarding stop signs and lights. Want respect? Obey the law.
Posted by Smithers at 11:26 am in Local Cycling | Permalink | 32 Comments »
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Drilling in ANWAR is not going to make any difference in gas prices.
Reuters:
"President Bush’s claim ignores the primary causes behind record high oil prices: a cheap dollar, high demand from China and India, and speculators driving the price up. Drilling and sullying the Arctic would not address any of these causes of high oil prices."
If and when ANWAR comes fully online it would reduce our dependence on "foreign" oil by a whopping 2%.
Additionally, our "friends" the Saudis will just reduce production in order to keep the prices high.
There is one way out of this problem, just use less damn gas.
Posted by Smithers at 7:44 am in Politics | Permalink | 8 Comments »
