Monday, August 04, 2008

Amazing Stat - Link

We're in the midst of another energy crisis. Gas, heating oil, natural gas, ethanol, electricity - you name it, the price is going up. I've heard a lot of blather about why the price of oil in particular has been skyrocketing and the reasoning seems to change a lot - depends on the fella (gal) on the TV doing the prognosticating - some days it's because the speculators are holding the oil back from the ports, waiting for the price to rise. Some days I hear it's because China and India are growing and demanding a lot more of the Texas Tea. But then you hear something like this...

Amazing Stat: California Uses More Gas than China - link

and you've got to wonder - maybe it's just because we use too damn much.

What do you think?

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