Here comes the sun

With gas now below $2.50/gal. — excuse me, $2.25! — once again, we can be sure the run-up in price was due far more to speculation than supply-and-demand. Will everybody now forget the pump going past $50 for a fill up?

Here are a couple of interesting and complementary items about solar energy. The first one was sent by my father…

http://www.truthout.org/110508EA

…and this one is from tastewar.

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/21536/

tastewar mentioned something today that I’ve been wondering about — why are people excited about 45 mpg mileage? I bought a brand-new Honda Civic in 1989, with a standard transmission and no air conditioning, and in the warmer weather it got 65 mpg, no fooling.