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Every now and then I see news stories that remind me of what was once called “Yankee ingenuity.”  Yankees are pretty rare these days outside that baseball stadium in the Bronx, but I do think humankind’s technological capacities are something we’re not thinking enough about.

For example, amid all the discussion about how to reduce our dependency on carbon-based fuels, stories like this one come out and remind me that we really could solve the problem if we made it more of a priority to do so.

We don’t do a of of sports blogging here, but it’s Saturday and there’s a big game today:  The 4th-ranked TCU Horned Frogs vs. the 16th-ranked Utah Utes.  (Who chooses the horned frog as a mascot, anyway?)  TCU is a 20-point favorite but they are going up against a Utah program that has been very successful lately:

As a Ute fan of the first order my hopes will be high but I’m trying to stay realistic.  It should be fun to watch anyway.  The game is on CBS College Sports at 4:30 p.m. Pacific time today.  <a href=”http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705344334/Utes-excited-for-dream-game.html”>Here’s a short pregame write-up</a>.