Smoke / Oil shortage in USA

We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on. Richard P. Feynman

Smoke

It has not rained for a month now. The whole area is a tinderbox. In Russia, large areas are burning. We are getting the smoke, it is even getting inside our office and we cannot smell the sweet smell of inspiration and self-started motivation anymore.
Check the location of fires yourself.

Oil shortage in USA

The US department of energy is about to open the strategic oil reserve, because BP's oil pipe broke in Alaska. The pipe transfers 8 percent of oil produced in the USA. USA does not produce all oil it uses, so we can estimate that the pipe will have an impact of at most 5 percent on the US oil supply.
There is a simpler and safer solution for the shortage. Just enforce the existing speed limits. Most cars in US highways speed, even up to 80 miles per hours. If that would not happen, average miles per gallon would increase and almost surely reduce the demand by the required amount (5 percent of the oil supply).

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