fuel me up

Reading about alternate fuels in my CNN morning email. I like what Robert McCormick, the principal engineer at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Lab in Colorado says. He "believes that 'just making more' is not enough. 'I think that the answer to reducing our petroleum-import problem and reducing the carbon emissions from transportation is really threefold. It involves replacement fuels like biofuels, it involves using much more efficient vehicles than we use today, and it involves driving less."

I could probably rant and go on about alternate fuels and vehicle emissions and saving the planet all day. I'll refrain. If you know me at all, you know where I stand on that topic. I'm waiting for the day when I need a new car and can buy a hybrid:D

the (potential) death of franny

i've killed franny. on my way to work yesterday i rear ended a car. i'm not entirely sure it was my fault as he was stopped in the middle of the road, no hazard lights on or anything. though mostly my fault. by the time the whole ordeal was over i was 2 hours late for work, sopping wet and shivering, and had recieved a ticket and a mandatory court date, which conviniently falls right in the middle of our chicago excursion. you can view the damages to the left. the radiator is also apparently smashed back. i'm fucked. either i clean out my savings account to fix the damages or i clean out my savings account to buy a new car. oh well, minor setback.