USA National Gasoline Price Map

USA National Gas Temperature Map: "Now you can see what gas prices are around the country at a glance. Areas are color coded according to their price for the average price for regular unleaded gasoline"

Firefox is going places - on wheels

Firefox is going places - aboard the wheels of a bus in Southern India.

Let's do something regarding these high gas prices

As the price of gas hits $4 in So Cal, here's a great idea circulating in the cyberspace. This is a chainmail that intends you to stop buying gas from the two largest companies - Exxon and Mobil (now one company actually) trigerring a price war. I guess anything is worth a try at this time - feel free to copy and send to 10 or more of your friends.

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GAS WAR - an idea that WILL work

This was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came
from one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. It ' s worth
your consideration.

Join the resistance!!!! I hear we are going to hit close to $4.00 a
gallon by next summer and it might go higher!! Want gasoline prices to come
down?
We need to take some intelligent, united action. Phillip Hollsworth
offered this good idea.

This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain day"
campaign that was going around last April or May! The oil companies
just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to "hurt"
ourselves by refusing to buy gas. It was more of an inconvenience to us than
it was a problem for them.

BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can
really work. Please read on and join with us! By now you're probably
thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It is
currently $2.79 for regular unleaded in my town. Now that the oil companies
and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon
of gas is CHEAP at $1.50 - $1.75, we need to take aggressive action to
teach them that BUYERS control themarketplace..... not sellers.

With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers

need to take action. The only way we are going to see the
price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not
purchasing their gas! And, we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.

How?

Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas. But we
CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a price
war.

Here's the idea:

For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from the two
biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not
selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce
their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit.

But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon
and Mobil gas buyers. It's really simple to do! Now, don't wimp out at
this point.... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach
millions of people.

I am sending this note to 30 people. If each of us sends it to at
least ten more (30 x 10 =3D 300) ... and those 300 send it to at least ten
more (300 x 10 =3D 3,000)...and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth
group of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers. If
those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30
million people will have been contacted! If it goes one level further, you
guessed it..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION >>>>PEOPLE!!!

Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all. (If
you don't understand how we can reach 300 million and all you have to do
is send this to 10 people.... Well, let's face it, you just aren't a
mathematician.

But I am, so trust me on this one.)

How long would all that take? If each of us sends this e-mail out to
ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could
conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!!

I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did
you?

Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to
you, please pass this message on. I suggest that we not buy from EXXON/MOBIL
UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.
THIS CAN REALLY WORK.

$4 per gallon gasoline this summer

Californians better plan for $4-5 per gallon gasoline this summer- it's alreay touched $4 in LA area and it's not even May yet.

A tribute to test pilot Scott Crossfield

Scott Crossfield, the hotshot test pilot and aircraft designer who in 1953 became the first man to fly at twice the speed of sound, was killed in the crash of his small plane, authorities said Thursday. He was 84.

During the 1950s, Crossfield embodied what came to be called "the right stuff," dueling the better-known Chuck Yeager for supremacy among America's Cold War test pilots. Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947; only weeks after Crossfield reached Mach 2, or twice the speed of sound, Yeager outdid him.

Some interesting links
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/147296main_crossfield.pdf
http://www.edwards.af.mil/history/docs_html/people/pilot_crossfield.html

The picture says it all - airline unstable

2005's most appalling corporate tax giveaway. By Michelle Leder

2005's most appalling corporate tax giveaway. By Michelle Leder

Can you believe this - this just blows my mind! And to think that this only happened in the developing countries!

Will you pay $150 for this McDonald Sandwich?

London Chef Creates $148 Sandwich on Yahoo! News Photos


He could have done better than naming it "McDonald Sandwich" - after all who in his/her right mind would pay that much for a McDonald's sandwich. It sure looks delicious - based on the ingredients list here but I wouldn't pay $150 for it.

IMT Alumni

IMT Alumni Blog

A young IMT alumnus - Swaroop George has started putting together profiles of IMT alumni on his blog - seems like a very interesting idea. I am looking forward to seeing more profiles there and connecting with some of these people. All the best to you Swaroop!

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