Are Americans Too Big To Drive Small?

Growing waistlines simply prevent a lot of U.S. drivers from feeling comfortable or secure in smaller cars. So, unless the entire country goes on a diet, says Dan Cheng, vice president and partner at business consulting firm AT Kearney, we may be destined to keep driving big cars no matter how much a gallon of gas costs in the future.

Countdown to flatline: world carbon trading market falls for first time – World Bank reports rumblings of possible failure | Watts Up With That?

I wonder how long before flatlining occurs, like last year with the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX)

Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: Germany's Burned Bridge

Given Merkel's penchant for blowing with the political winds and the German public's Wutbürger politics, we should expect German energy policies to continue to be anything but stable. Germany's energy policies have gone from potentially world-leading to incoherent in the blink of an eye.
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Looking at the big picture, the question now I suppose is how long must we wait until the next German energy policy U-turn?
[the above question answered in this comment: "That one's easy - it will be when the rolling blackouts start. Rule number one - environmentalism is great when it only affects other people, not so great when it affects me."]