4 dollar a gallon fuel is here:
This is the site that I saw today on my way home….
Yes I know it is diesel, but gas prices are not too far behind surely…
Archive for Current Affairs
A Letter to America from John Cleese
To the citizens of the United States of America, in the light of your failure to elect a competent President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective today.
Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories. Except Utah, which she does not fancy. Your new prime minister (The Right Honourable Gordon Brown, MP for the 97.85% of you who have until now been unaware that there is a world outside your borders) will appoint a minister for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire will be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed. To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:
The oil conundrum
Letter to the Editor: The oil conundrum:
“We are told every day that the reason for the $100 price of crude oil is because of the increased standard of living in India and China, increasing the demand on the petroleum market inventories. At the same time, a lot of companies are sending their business to India and buying their products from China, all because their services and products are much cheaper and make it more profitable.
If the people in India, who we are told have a salary of $1 a day, are going to buy a gallon of gasoline it should cost them pretty much the same as in the U.S., right?”
I have often wondered this same question myself. If oil is becoming prohibitively expensive for us affluent americans how come countries like China and India are experiencing so much growth in oil consumption?
Glad to have King Kev back
So for those of you who know me, you will know that I am a huge Newcastle United fan, its an english football (soccer) club. I have shared my frustrations with the lack of good EPL coverage on Comcast here in the USA. Well, up until recently, my team has not been having the best of times. But a new manager was appointed last week. Kevin Keegan. Keegan was the manager back when I was first a fan of the club. He brought them back into the premiership and almost brought them the title in 1996. He left suddenly a short time later.
Well now he is back. And I am very happy with this appointment, after not approving of the past few managers…
