Hydrocarbon Dissonance

Over at boingboing at the top of the page today:

Serious-minded people everywhere do know they have to deal with the resource crisis and the climate crisis. Because the world-machine's backfiring and puffing smoke. Joe and Jane Sixpack are looking at four-dollar milk and five-dollar gas. It's hurting and it's scary and there's no way out of it but through it.

And then down the page a different story:

.....His elegantly-designed and fabricated works use fire not as a gimmick but rather as another sculptural element. Jon recently started a blog to document his process and projects. His latest piece is the beautiful "Boiler Bar" that premiered at a recent benefit for injured machine artist Todd Blair. The Boiler Bar's next stop is the Hot Couture fire and fashion fundraiser at Oakland's industrial arts school The Crucible on January 17-19. Jon will also be bringing along several of his magical Zen Fire Gardens. From now on, I'm going to call him the Pope of Propane....

[from the comments] ...I love that the bar tenders can give it a blast whenever someone gives a big tip. It's the new, fiery version of ringing the bell!