This Ain't Rocket Science 26.5.2004

Solomonia on communication and the war

There is an interesting article over on Solomonia regarding communication and the war. It starts off with a reference to The Forever War and moves into topics such as media coverage, intelligence, and the reasons we go to war. It's a long read but it's worth it.

Thanks to Spot On for the link.

Diesel prices more stable?

Stopping at the gas station and filling up has become an expensive proposition with the ever increasing price of gas. It was then that I noticed that the price for diesel seemed much less susceptible to these variations in price. It's not just that the price of diesel is lower, though it is; it’s just that it doesn't seem to climb as rapidly or vary as wildly as gas prices. If the driving force in the price fluctuations that we see is the cost of crude oil, wouldn't this make diesel subject to the same sort of price movement that we see with gas? Perhaps someone more knowledgeable about diesel or the economics of the situation could shed some light on it for me.