Very interesting concept. It makes you not worry so much about having your 20-something MPG sedan and certainly helps you decide against the SUV ...

Quoted: It may sound backwards, but that is how two Duke professors suggest we gauge fuel economy.
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Richard Larrick and Jack Soll of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business say the phrase ‘miles per gallon‘ misleads consumers.
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The premise of their study, published recently in the journal Science, is that you save more gas by switching from a 10 to a 15 MPG car than by trading in your 25 MPG ride for, say, a 50 MPG Prius.

Thank god that Exxon gets to keep more of its hard-earned billions ...

Quoted: The Supreme Court has reduced a $2.5 billion punitive damages award against energy giant Exxon for its role in an infamous 1989 maritime oil spill.

If you needed more proof that oil companies are evil, read this transcript ... (like we can believe that an oil CEO doesn't "know enough about Sen. Obama's position or Sen. McCain's position [on the energy crisis] to pass judgment on either one of them"). BS.

Quoted: Chevron Corp. CEO David O'Reilly says Big Oil is not to blame for skyrocketing gas prices.
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O'Reilly: Well, I don't think they blame us as much as you think. It looks to me like there's a lot of blame to go around.
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Blitzer: There's other blame, but more than any other single source, they blame Big Oil.
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O'Reilly: It depends on the poll you look at.
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Blitzer: The recent Gallup Poll.

Mmm ... tap water.

Quoted: Tap water is making a comeback. With a day's worth of bottled water costing hundreds to thousands of dollars a year, more people are opting to slurp water that comes from the sink.
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The lousy economy may be accomplishing what environmentalists have been trying to do for years — wean people off the disposable plastic bottles of water that were sold as stylish, portable, healthier and safer than water from the tap.