[April Fools post on Grist makes ridiculous claim, much like most "serious" Grist posts do year-round]: Climate change linked to rising infertility

Mmm, nothing like some hot scrambled huevos: A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention details rising infertility rates in America -- and, for the first time, cites global warming as one potential culprit.

Trading Pumps for Plugs - We Aren’t There Yet - NYTimes.com

“The history of the electric car is the history of failure tailgating failure,” Mr. Bryce said. “Maybe this time it will be different, but part of the problem is that the energy density of gasoline is very nearly miraculous.”
... In November, Bloomberg New Energy Finance speculated that sales of such cars could hit 1.6 million, or 9 percent of the American market, by 2020 and perhaps 4 million, or 22 percent of the market, by 2030.

That would seem roughly in line with Mr. Obama’s goal, but Mr. Jaffe thinks that’s a bit unrealistic. He predicted that even by the end of 2011, only about 74,000 electric vehicles would be on the nation’s highways, including conversions and street-legal golf carts. That would be out of a total of 250 million cars and trucks, or about 135 million traditional passenger cars, according to the latest government figures.

The Oil Drum | The Japanese fuel crisis

Fuel needs are not just gasoline and diesel for vehicles. With the bitter cold that remains over much of the north of Japan, and no electric power, kerosene is also needed for heating. For domestic heating many homes rely on kerosene stoves to heat individual rooms in use, rather than using central heating. Stocks had been falling before the earthquake, due to the severe winter this year.