[Samwise]

I had to spend Sunday afternoon with my mother-in-law. She started ranting about the flu shot shortage. I tried to explain about the British factory, but she cut me off and started ranting about "they." They shouldn't allow that to happen. "They" shouldn't make us dependent on foreign countries. Then she started on oil. "They" shouldn't make us dependent on foreign oil. I laughed at that said I agreed, but the environmental wackos wouldn't let us drill in Anwar. You would've thought I just said women should eat their babies. She got that blazing maniacal look in her eye and started ranting about how mad she was that "they" haven't come up with a fuel alternative.

She's 74 years old, has few brain cells left, and yet she can vote.

I told Hubby he owed me big time.

[Dog Gone]

There is no fuel alternative to crude oil that is remotely as efficient. Hydrogen, which isn't really a fuel since it takes more energy to create it than it delivers, carries far less punch. The idea of driving around with an 80 gallon hydrogen tank to equal my current gasoline tank is not appealing.