Electric Josh

Sunday, October 20, 2002

Thinking about Iraq, trying to make sure that I'm not just being stupid in thinking that starting a war is ill advised. So I've been reading the National Review and the Economist along with the New Yorker and the usual dirty Commie liberal outfits in the sidebar. The typical problem is that the hawks beautifully describe the dangers of failing to evaluate the "calculus of the future dead" (great phrase!), but leave it to others to actually perform such an evaluation. #

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Now that getting to work on the train takes about twice as long as driving there through heavy traffic, the existence and number of SUV's have regained their rightful place as my leading pet peeve. Here's an article about unexploited fuel efficiency technologies. #