SURPRISE! Getting there is COSTING
LESS as gas prices drop

Americans are getting a break this holiday
and hopefully for the rest of the winter.
Gasoline prices are actually dropping big time
across the nation. It is not a uniform price
drop with some gasoline stations still charging
more than others. Energy officials say
supplies are building and prices are
dropping due to increase reserves.

Can we borrow a Cup of Electricity?

The Golden State is also getting zapped on
another energy front--electricity. Politicians from
Sacramento to the nation's capitol are charged
up over the issue with the voters back home
screaming that they are being gouged by out of
state energy suppliers. Californians can expect
as many as thirty days of rolling blackouts this
summer with temperatures getting as hot as
voters' opinions.

At the federal level there was an attempt to cap
electricity prices until what one democrat called
"this dysfunctional market" is put back to normal.
But that was voted down basically along party
lines. In Sacramento, Governor Gray Davis
signed a law letting the Sate borrow 13.4 Billion
dollars to pay for electricity. In the meantime
consumers face more rate hikes and the rest of
the nation is watching.

For Rental CARS: READ YOUR CONTRACT. Car rental
agencies have been charging over $4.00 a gallon if the
car was not returned full. Check first before renting.

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Fill It With Veggies, Please

Driving in San Francisco can make you hungry
these days, with the smell of french fries in the
air. It is because the City by the Bay is the first
major city to pump the alternative fuel, Biodiesel
to the public. Biodiesel is made from either
recycled vegetable oil from restaurants or from
soybean oil. In terms of pollution, Biodiesel,
eliminates carbon monoxide and particulates in
the air. It does not however, eliminate nitrogen
oxide which causes smog, but its a start to curb
dependence on the old fossil fuel habit.

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THE NATION IN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
DEVELOPMENT.

What's NEW in Space

Two new satellites named Jason 1 and Timed
have been launched into space to study and
understand the earth's climate. Jason 1 will
eventually replace the Topex/Poseidon
satellite that has been used to measure
changes in the ocean's topography. Data
from these new satellites will monitor weather
events like El Nino and La Nina.