Mark Kizla writes for the Denver Post. When the NHL team moved here from Quebec, he stongly criticized the choice of “Avalanche” for the team name because avalanches kill people. Till today, though despite repeated relapses into idiocy, he has not equalled the stupidity of that stand.
He now believes that the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 should be cancelled until gas prices are lower to demonstrate America’s commitment to energy conversation.
The only reason I can think of why he is still around is that he has pictures of the publisher with a dead woman and a live goat. Otherwise they would have found a writer that can use his head for something other than a hatrack. Idiot.
They used this argument back in the '70s during the gas crisis too. The rationale went that by cancelling the race, all those people wouldn’t be driving to it and thus not burning all that precious petroleum.
Well, gosh, why not cancel the Denver Post then? You’d save all that money by not having people drive to work there, or by having the papers driven around to their various points of sale. And think of all the power you’d save by not running the presses. Woo hoo!
I don’t think QtM was agreeing with it. Just reminding us of history which I, for one, had completely forgotten. The more things change… Though you do make a good point.
Yes, he does talk about methanol in the column. I appears to me that he’s more interested in the symbolic importance of canceling the races than actual fuel savings. Or maybe not. It’s a dumb column.