We often have 1/2 bananas left over at our house. It's not my wife or I, it's because of my 2 year old son.

Sometimes he's too full after the 1/2 banana (usually used to top him off after the rest of the meal) and sometimes he just gets bored of it.

We just use a ziplock though, or leave it exposed, then cut off the 1/4 inch of dry area before using the rest.

"he isn’t even old enough to drink, rent a hotel room, or rent a car."

well, that'll keep him out of a lot of the trouble mayors seem to get into. :-)

Has anyone compiled a text-based list of the titles and authors?

I think that

you: "Not everyone can afford a new Toyota Prius or has access to public transportation."

and you : "You can’t limit demand when 80% of America doesn’t have access to public transport of any sort useful enough to live their lives AND 70% can’t access any car that gets better than 40 mpg."

are missing the point. Yes, right now it sucks. There's not enough public transportation, most cars are inefficient and efficient cars are expensive.

The point of the article is that in the *long run* the pressure applied to the market by high gas prices will cause consumers to demand better/more efficient/greener cars from car companies and cause citizens to demand more public transportation.

No one (reasonable) is saying that it doesn't suck right now or that it doesn't hurt people (especially the poor) between now and then.

My son (born two weeks ago!) is named Calvin, after Calvin and Hobbes. :-D

This is an old idea, although Bombardier never made a prototype that I know of.

Bombardier Embrio: http://www.gearbits.com/archives/000336.html