Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Driving Miss Mestee
Two interesting developments dealing with cars:
If the Catholic Church is trying to make a mockery of itself and shed any credibility, their PR people are doing one heck of a job. If you haven't read about it yet, the church issued its list of 10 Commandments for Drivers. Seriously? Seriously. The Commandments include helpful tips to motorists, suggesting that they "obey traffic regulations, drive with a moral sense, and pray when behind the wheel".This came seemingly out of
nowhere and strikes me as a pathetic cry for attention. It truly seems more like an unfunny late night talk show bit than an insightful list of rules by which to live, er, drive. I must admit, though, I am looking forward to this new, modern, edgy Catholic Church. I can't wait for 2129 when they issue the Commandments of the Internet (Thou Shalt Avoideth Cyber Smut and Resist the Temptation of Opening Spam Emails). I bet we won't even make it to the year 3000 before woman are allowed to become priests.
In a strange turn of events, a huge company with tons of money seems legitimately interested in funding research for high-mileage hybrid cars. Google's philanthropic arm will be offering up HUGE amounts of money in
order to develop a more effective hybrid car. Yes, sales of hybrid cars are on the rise, but the hybrid cars now available are less of a long term solution and more of a minor concession by the oil lobby. "Oh, you guys want to go green? Yeah, this car gets another eight miles to the gallon." Google's initial goal is to develop a hybrid that gets over 100 MPG. Unfortunately, one of the few groups of people with more money than Google is Exxon. You can bet that they're not going to take this lying down.
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If the Catholic Church is trying to make a mockery of itself and shed any credibility, their PR people are doing one heck of a job. If you haven't read about it yet, the church issued its list of 10 Commandments for Drivers. Seriously? Seriously. The Commandments include helpful tips to motorists, suggesting that they "obey traffic regulations, drive with a moral sense, and pray when behind the wheel".This came seemingly out of
nowhere and strikes me as a pathetic cry for attention. It truly seems more like an unfunny late night talk show bit than an insightful list of rules by which to live, er, drive. I must admit, though, I am looking forward to this new, modern, edgy Catholic Church. I can't wait for 2129 when they issue the Commandments of the Internet (Thou Shalt Avoideth Cyber Smut and Resist the Temptation of Opening Spam Emails). I bet we won't even make it to the year 3000 before woman are allowed to become priests.In a strange turn of events, a huge company with tons of money seems legitimately interested in funding research for high-mileage hybrid cars. Google's philanthropic arm will be offering up HUGE amounts of money in
order to develop a more effective hybrid car. Yes, sales of hybrid cars are on the rise, but the hybrid cars now available are less of a long term solution and more of a minor concession by the oil lobby. "Oh, you guys want to go green? Yeah, this car gets another eight miles to the gallon." Google's initial goal is to develop a hybrid that gets over 100 MPG. Unfortunately, one of the few groups of people with more money than Google is Exxon. You can bet that they're not going to take this lying down.|
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