What in the world is Charles Krauthammer smoking?

[wacki]

Krauthammer was simply saying that it's better to stimulate the pressures of peak oil on our own terms (when we still have the option of a release valve) then wait for when the crisis is out of our control.  New technology simply cannot be created overnight and needs time to develop.  That way there is less of a shock to the system.

[Tallpine]

I'd say our sytem is pretty shocked already

[Sergeant Bob]

Whatever Krauthammer said, throwing money into that bottomless pit referred to as "government" is definitely not the answer.

[RocketMan]

It would be interesting to see how governments tried to fix that, if thats what the problem is.

I don't want government to fix it.  It's screwed up enough as it is.

[Matthew Carberry]

Well, in terms of toolshed, I meant more "escalade" and the like. Aerodynamics of a brick with wheels.

Typical SUV, flying piece of paper, paper smacks into front and sticks. My car, flying bit of paper, paper is sucked into slipstream, drifts over hood and windshield and roof without touching, dips down over line of trunk and goes behind. That HAS to have a significant effect on fuel economy in terms of driving through the air, not fighting it every step of the way.

Yep, I agree that paper is using much less fuel than the Escalade.