The Onion's 2008 In Review: The Environment

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The Onion's 2008 In Review: The Environment

December 18, 2008 | ISSUE 44•51

The dramatic fall of oil prices to under $50 a barrel has silenced much of the talk of alternative energy and oil independence that was so prevalent over the summer. What do you think?

All my talking about maybe carpooling with someone—gone to waste.

Pam Corina
Systems Analyst
So does this mean that T. Boone Pickens can take his wind turbines and shove them up his big billionaire ass?

Don Goulding
Carrot Farmer
It's like I've always said: You can't huff sunshine.

Kyp Honeyman
Sewage Maintenance Worker

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