GM's play for fuel-efficiency

If you haven't heard about the Volt, the new plug-in hybrid from GM, here's a good article to teach you more:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16580894/from/ET/

Don't forget to recharge at night

Here's a bevy of info on hybrid cars and the future of hybrid cars from Yahoo.com. If you don't have time to read everything, here's the quick synopsis: If you're willing to plug your car in to recharge the batteries, you could get up to 100mpg. Crazy, eh? Well, check it out. And make sure to read why some manufacturers aren't willing to invest in this technology.

It's the End of the World as We Know It

Last week, I read the book "Out of Gas: the End of the Age of Oil" by David Goodstein. The book clearly makes the arguement that we will be out of oil resources within 40 years, but with our rate of growth and usage, probably sooner. Today, I find this story on Yahoo stating that all of our resources are drying up and could be gone by 2050--about the same time that Goodstein cites. Hmmm, maybe there is something to it...read on
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061024/ts_nm/environment_wwf_planet_dc