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U.S. auto sales continued their slide in August despite stepped-up incentives to buyers, with Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. (TM) posting a 9.4% decline and Ford Motor Co. (F) reporting a 27% drop.

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Got my new bill, wanted to post about my pain.

2000 sq/ft, Houston Texas. Not a lot of winter, but a lot of summer. All electric, no gas. Oh, and electricity is deregulated down here.

I've gr ...

"When marijuana is legal, war will be impossible." - Allen Ginsberg

I wonder if this is more on the lines of SA production flattening out?

More than likely - didn't they indicate recently that they would "save new fields for future generations"? Perfect excuse for ...

They've had three in the area when rotating before for certain. Four is probably an extra nudge to Iran at this point.

There is no way that we are going to enter a Dark Ages II.
I find that the universe goes out of my way to prove me wrong when I use language like that...

Travel as we know it is about to become a ...

8am Houston time, dark as night, rain not yet really started. Storm took a slightly more northern track than expected (around 40-50 miles further north). Only potential for issues that I see here is ...

The Loop is closed? More likely just the section that goes over the ship channel.

Oh, THAT loop.

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_610_(Texas)]The 610 Loop is what we think of do ...

The Loop is closed? More likely just the section that goes over the ship channel.

Predictions are all over the place, anywhere from 2 to 13" of rain for Houston depending on where you read. Most ...

No news today that I can see, but the price of oil is up basically $5 at the bell to close at $126.77.

...even with a hurricane in the Gulf is what surprises me, to be honest.

$126.70 or so as of now...

There was a bit on NPR recently (Talk of the Nation?) that advised listeners that within 2-3 years, the cost to heat a home via electric versus gas/oil would be about the same, and that people needed ...

Mission Accomplished!

Shocked

"This is a warning to all those who think that renewable energy is the sole answer

Because, of course, wind is the only renewable energy source we use in Texas...

Sounds like a space station - falling, burning up, looks like a blue star.

Skylab?