The Onion's 2008 In Review: The Environment

Thursday, December 18, 2008

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?

Pam Corina,
Systems Analyst
"All my talking about maybe carpooling with someone—gone to waste."

Don Goulding,
Carrot Farmer
"So does this mean that T. Boone Pickens can take his wind turbines and shove them up his big billionaire ass?"

Kyp Honeyman,
Sewage Maintenance Worker
"It's like I've always said: You can't huff sunshine."

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