So I wonder if anyone was actually caught burying beer on the beach last night, as the 2008 Celebration of Light kicks off this evening. With previous festivals costing the city millions, there's no way to celebrate the fact that we aren't quite ready to give up our modern indulgences like four nights of explosive pyrotechnics. I say bring back Benson & Hedges at least... or get one of the gangs to sponsor it?

Costly fuel is breeding a new generation of 'hypermilers', drivers who'll do just about anything to save fuel... even slow down (to the chagrin of many on the highway). The practice is "snowballing", and three of the most popular hypermiling techniques are "Driving With Load," "The Pulse And Glide" and the "Face Out." Somebody get me a car, stat. I also had a good laugh at this article form the Calgary Sun: hypermilers can be a hyperdanger. Thinking about that newspaper reminds me why I moved to Van. Oh and the white supremacists help too.

Here's some British Columbian fuel-saving minus the sexual innuendo: using our own crap to fuel the furnace. We're harnessing our fecal matter in a few other ways already... but if this catches on in Metro Van fast enough, it'd be a little easier to shrug off those "Olympics are driven by a pile of shit" comments.

And while The Man scrambles, learn what you can do over at One Day, a Vancouver initiative with a new website that gives you all kinds of info on the steps you can take to reduce your own energy consumption. Tangentially related: The Urge To End It All - one to print off/bookmark.

Is that H&M, or HIV? Either way, I see a lot of it.

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