A.M. Greenlist: Gas prices and chopped trees

>> High gas prices are here to stay. Get used to 'em.

>> $4 a gallon really isn't that high of a price for gasoline. "American gasoline is also dirt-cheap compared with gas in other countries. British motorists are currently paying about $8.38 per gallon for gasoline. In Norway, a major oil exporter, drivers are paying $8.73. "

>> Hydrogen cars won't make a difference for 40 years, despite Schwarzenegger's efforts to create a "hydrogen highway."

>> Wind power's potential. "A stunning new report just issued by the Bush administration finds that for under 2 cents a day per household, Americans could get 300 gigawatts of wind by 2030."

>> Harrison Ford waxes his chest hair as a metaphor for the clear-cutting of rain forests. Yes, it's true. ViroPop has it on video.

>> After a long battle between the city and treehugging activists, 23 ficus trees are chopped down in Santa Monica. "Efforts [by members of Santa Monica Treesavers] to have 153 ficus trees declared landmarks failed in February and two courts ruled that the group's lawsuit did not comply with the statute of limitations." Earlier: Will starve for ficus trees: Santa Monica tree fight rages on and in L.A., ficus trees get felled with no big outcry.

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