I’ve been in the market for a used car. I’ve been looking for something fun with AWD so that basically gets me into Subaru land. I decided awhile back I was going to get a used WRX. I had no idea how hard it would be to find a good one. Anyway, it has all equated to some interesting life experiences. I have compiled some my stories a lot of the helpful resources into one place. This post should help you save some time searching and researching any prospects you may have for a used car.

The article is WRX specific, but it could apply to purchasing any used car. The post was well received on reddit. (Sat at #1 for almost 2 days in the auto section.)

I put a shell together for the projects sub site.I had been planning to do it months ago, but things have been rather hectic.

I have several posts planned, but all of them require quite a bit of work, so Im not sure of what kind of time frame we are talking.The first four posts are already planned, but it might take me a while to get them typed up.A draft of part one of three is up tonight.

Yayyy! They arrested Josh Fox Wait what?

As I saw this article come floating across my Facebook page I thought I was going to be happy that the ass hole finally got what he deserved, but the only problem is that I am on his side this time. He was trying to film a public congressional hearing regarding the EPAs report on Pavillion, Wy. He didnt have all the paperwork he needed, but they still shouldnt have arrested him. Apparently, it is not uncommon for film crews to be lacking the necessary paperwork, but still be allowed to film (Fox claims he attempted to get the paperwork earlier in the day and was denied, but I would bet they had a reason). Regardless, He was not causing any real trouble, and given the situation, I probably would have done the same thing.

This act by the GOP will only give his second documentary more power. Realistically, I would have liked to see what the EPA had to say regarding their report. I read the report the day it was released on the internet and the only thing they really found was hydrocarbons in a formation that produces hydrocarbons, and drilling chemicals that they used to drill their own monitoring wells. Also, they use the word ground water and do not clarify that it is not drinking water as you are lead to believe by all the newspaper authors that did not know the difference. I do not think the EPAs report would have ever made it through a real peer review process because the dots they try to connect are too far apart (or dont exist at all). If you thought the report provided the link between hydraulic fracturing and ground water contamination, please read the follow up articles that were posted a few weeks later. Industry, the state of WY, and newspapers all had rebuttals. Papers by the USGS in the 1990s show similar contamination problems which seems to indicate that the EPA didnt do a very good literature review (before the area was fracked). It really does not matter at this point the damage has already been done, but it was clear that the release of a draft document was more driven by agenda than science. (Try to find other documents released the same way. I bet you will not find many)

I apologize for not sourcing any of my statements. Im too lazy tonight, but I wanted to say something about this before I forgot about it. If you have any questions about anything I said please just ask and I will hunt up the necessary links. (You could always just Google it)

UPDATE:

http://flackops.blogspot.com/2012/02/gaslight-flim-flam-by-josh-fox.html

I’ve been away for work most of the last two months. I will probably have some time to get some new stuff up next week if I’m lucky, but I might just go fishing.

Post 1 of several that will be used to answer questions regarding the shift in hubber’s peak post.

This post tries to identify some of the differences between continuous resources and traditional resources in oil and gas fields.

Currently, I would call it a draft. Please provide feedback on what you would like more information on.