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I just don’t get the whole “Wal-Mart = Evil” paradigm. They’ll soon be breaking ground on a new Super Wal-Mart in my town and I couldn’t be more excited. But to hear the protests and absolute cries of outrage, you’d think it was the coming of the Antichrist.

Ok. I understand that Wal-Mart has some challenges. There are charges of unsatisfactory managment principles and employee mistreatment, but can we not expect that? I mean ,1.5 million employees, people. They’re basically running their own nation spread around nine countries.

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Is biodiesel the answer to our fossil fuel woes. Rising gas prices have some saying “yes.”

OK. So it’s not quite as cool as running your vehicle on hydrogen or electricity, but as a non-fossil fuel alternative, biodiesel is not bad. And I especially like the fact it pairs environmentalists with diesel vehicles.

I was first interested in biodiesel when I ran across a backfile to a website under construction by The Big Farm in Portland, OR. The site was for the Ecologic Fuel Company and it was nicely styled. It sounded like they could be an interesting investment opportunity, but now I can’t find any reference to the company on the web. As anyone who has made recent investments in oil stocks, I’ve made good returns. However, as oil prices continue to rise, the market has to be looking hard for alternatives. I site the recent sales in hybrid autos as an example.

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