In other news, I talked about the Supreme Court's decision on EPA regulation of CO2 emissions in the previous post, and Zero Music commented, "Next thing you know, California will start fining for burping in public."
Could Zero Music be psychic?, Because not long after he left his comment, the Weekly Standard's blog linked to this story. Now, granted, it's about the French-speaking region of Belgium, not California. And the carbon-emissions fee is for BBQing, not belching. Still, that's so close as to be eerily prescient on Zero's part.
And what else are the French-speaking peoples doing today besides taxing weenie roasts? The big story is that they're breaking speed records with their wicked-fast bullet-train. That's one thing I wish we had in the States: bullet-trains. I hate airports and I hate tiny airplane cabins, but I can't go anywhere by train because Amtrak is for sucks.France's "train a grande vitesse" broke the record with a top speed of 357.2 miles per hour, equivalant to 574.8 kilowatts for those of you who use metric.
2 comments:
Oh man! I saw some video footage of the Bullet Train on TV today! Holy Crap! I wish we had bullet trains here! That thing was juicin' up the tracks like...like...well, like a runaway train!!!!!! Sweeeeeet! Next time I'm on the highway, I'm gonna take the van to the limit!
VIVA LE SPEEEEEED!!!!!!!!!!!!
25,000-horsepower!!!???!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME? That's friggin' AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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