Philip Fibiger

I read a couple of interesting news articles this morning. First, it seems that the US military made a pretty big tactical mistake during the battle at Tora Bora, and bin Laden escaped. I’d be very happy if this war came to an end (although I understand that it’s not going to, at least not in the foreseeable future), and this seems like a huge missed opportunity.

Also, I thought this piece on a new VW that gets 235mpg was pretty cool. While I still think that fuel cells and other alternate forms of energy production will be our long term solution, it’s nice to see a company taking the current technology a step (and in this case, a big step) forward. This thing gets between three and fives times the fuel economy of the honda insight, and seems to hold about as many people and as much stuff. As cool as this technology is, I’m not ready for it, and it’s not ready for me. I still want a vintage sports car as my next vehicle, and I can’t see myself moving to a car with lesser performance than my current car. When this technology can be applied (maybe to a slightly less radical end) to high performance cars, I’ll wait in line!