high oil prices

Facing economic woes over surging oil prices, 12 CEO's of major airline carriers issued a signed plea to frequent flyer customers urging their support for regulation of oil speculators.  Short-sighted and priofit-hungry, one again the airlines look for the easy way out.  Regulating oil speculators is not going to solve the ultimate problem of the industry's fossil fuel gluttony.

Just when you thought that inflation would drive consumers away from more expensive green products, the silver lining appears. The Wall Street Journal, in an in depth article, Green Products Gain From New Price Equation on the subject, reports that green products and those with greener packaging may turn out to be the big winner as energy prices spiral out of control.