Just thinking. It seemed many residents of New Orleans were stranded and unable to evacuate for lack of a car. Actually, they were stranded for lack of transportation. Ever see pictures of cities around the world with large poor populations and crowded streets? What are many of those people using to get around? Vehicle one is the bicycle, vehicle two is the small displacement … [Read more...]

What's wrong with this picture? The U.S. has a huge hurricane, oil rigs are temporarily offline, prices rise, things settle down, prices recede and people panic in Great Britain. Huh? Evidently, prices are going up in Britain like everywhere else, someone says, "Hey we're running out of gas!" Everyone rushes to a gas station at the same time and obviously the station runs out … [Read more...]