A lot of people are engaging in political posturing ahead of the midterm elections, but it's not clear that a lot of them are willing to do what it takes to actually help consumers. |
After the Bush administration acknowledged our oil addiction, one might have expected a slam dunk, but this is an air ball. |
always been the rallying cry of extremists. |
And yet we got nothing in these final rules, nothing in the way of improvements on the miniscule change in fuel-economy standards proposed in August. Nothing to reduce our dependence on oil or to address high fuel costs. |
As our service has expanded to more airlines and destinations worldwide, passengers have enjoyed the benefits of airborne Internet access. Yet, through our customer research, passengers also have told us they want simplified pricing based on the time they are connected and more options for how to pay for it. We've listened closely and are making changes that provide added flexibility at price points more favorable to our customers. |
Corn ethanol can help in the short term, but it has serious limitations, and none of this is going to work if we don't dramatically improve the efficiency of our cars and trucks. |
ethanol has great potential to help the U.S. kick our oil habit, but that's 20 or 30 years away. |
Ethanol, hydrogen, electricity - it is going to take 20 or 30 years for them to have a major impact, and consumers need help today. Even if we are successful with ethanol, we can't kick our oil habit unless we move to fuel economy. |
Few auto makers have bothered to combine these things yet. |
For Benny, it was not about him; it was about family, friends and teamwork. He was proud, yet unpretentious. |
He was in constant pursuit of new challenges. He chose to be a passing quarterback when a pass was used in desperation. |
I'm not surprised that they would attempt to create a false veneer of legitimacy by promoting their cause through the mouths of Jews and Israelis. It doesn't matter who is speaking; what matters is the content of the message, and that message of an analogy between South African apartheid and Zionism is false and extreme. |
It expresses very clearly where the university stands on this. |
It's so irresponsible to use that kind of imagery, in many ways it becomes meaningless. It really obscures and confuses rather than helps. |
Maybe the message is getting through. |