if i could, i would have titled this post using a jaunty smear of green finger paint

this story has explains some interesting dimensions of the ethanol idea. since people seem to want to go gung ho about it one way or the other with very little information... well, there's the vague hope somewhere in here of adding substance to the debate. i'm too lazy to be arsed with links today, so: http://economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9861379

in a similar vein, gengreen bribed me to sign up at the sustainable living fair the other weekend through the simple mechanism of "free" bamboo. i'm clearly cheap, what can i say? it's kind of like... the green version of facebook? a networking site for those interested in granola-ey ideas and finding people and companies (and internship/job/volunteer opportunities!) that share those interests. it may or may not be running outside of colorado at the moment (i think they're projecting to launch a state a week this year), but when it gets going, it has the potential to be pretty cool. you should join so i have friends. :) http://gengreen.org/

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p.s. does anyone actually care if i label my posts? would this greatly improve your quality of life?