From the Exhibition Sorry, Out of Gas

Want to find twice as much gas as can be pumped out of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge every day? Just get every driver to slow down, drive just 5% less, and keep their tires properly inflated. That is what the Alliance to Save Energy says, as reported in CNN Money.

Steve Hargreaves writes a surprisingly sensible article, noting that it will take years to build the pumping platforms and pipelines to bring offshore and arctic oil to America, but that conservation can kick in immediately.

“Some of those conservation barrels can be had cheaper than the drilling barrels,” said Samantha Gross, an oil analyst at Cambridge. “It has an immediate effect, and it’s happening.” ::CNN Money via ::The Moral Equivalent of War

I tried to see the wind once.
I strained my eyes so hard to see it blow to watch it move.
But it remained elusive, it evaded my view.
I can see the effects of it, I can watch it move the branches.
I hear it rustle the leaves, I feel it against my skin.
But somehow I still miss it.

Tonight I walked the trails near the place I’m house sitting. I finally reached the top of the mountain and just laid on the ground. All the other times I’ve lie on my back watching the sky came back to memory…
the camp site in Colorado…
the drive way in Wichita…
the roof top in India…
Same sky, same me,
But different place, different view.

The sky is this soupy gray which seems impenetrable against the rays of the setting sun. The marina layer flew in and rolled all over me. The fog twisted through the trees blurring the lines of their branches. I could see the water dripping from the air and felt it land upon my skin. I watched the sky thicken which each gust.

And suddenly I realized, I could finally see the wind.