Not much comment here on the deeper meaning of Earth Day - but its hard to see the forest for the tress, as they say in tree-hugger country. In honor of Earth Day. this was Monica's April 22 Nerd Word of the Day : Hypermiling: the attempt to maximize gas mileage by making fuel-conserving adjustments to one's car and one's driving techniques. These adjustments include things like: . driving without shoes (to increase the foot's sensitivity on the pedals) . parking so that you don't have to back up to exit the space . "ridge-riding" or driving with your tires lined up with the white line at the edge of the road to avoid driving through water-filled ruts in the road when it's raining . and many other weird and wonderful (but always of dubious scientific validity) techniques that can only pay off in a zillion years, when we are down to the last real tree. "Hypermiling" was coined in 2004 by Wayne Gerdes and he even runs a website devoted to the practice. www.hypermiling.com/
This nerd-word - courtesy of every geek's online fantasy babe: Marina the philologist http://www.hotforwords.com/bio/ . she was voted the 5th hottest woman on the net but who's counting?
