Jack’s Old & Busted Blog

Even bicycle tires are made of oil.

lifeaftertheoilcrash.net: Civilization as we know it is coming to an end soon. This is not the wacky proclamation of a doomsday cult, apocalypse bible prophecy sect, or conspiracy theory society. Rather, it is the scientific conclusion of the best paid, most widely-respected geologists, physicists, bankers, and investors in the world. These are rational, professional, conservative individuals who are absolutely terrified by a phenomenon known as global “Peak Oil.”

Re-reading The Grapes of Wrath, I thought this passage sort of spells it out, doesn’t it?

I seen fellas like you before. You ain’t askin’ nothin’; you’re jus’ singin’ a kinda song. ‘What we comin’ to?’ You don’ wanta know. Country’s movin’ aroun’, goin’ places. They’s folks dyin’ all aroun’. Maybe you’ll die pretty soon, but you won’t know nothin’. I seen too many fellas like you. You just don’t want to know nothin’. Just sing yourself to sleep with a song – ‘What we comin’ to?’

Oh, well. Larry King Lands First Paris Hilton Interview.

Apple recently announced that its pending iPhone will a) have a glass front surface, and, b) will have a longer-than-initially-announced battery life. Could this mean the device has a solar panel built into the front?