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In an effort to reinforce the energy initiatives put forth in his State of the Union address last month, President Bush made a stop yesterday at a North Carolina lab where wood chips and grasses are used to produce ethanol. Now, we already told you how we feel about said initiatives, but no matter which side of the political coin you may be on, you have to love this photo.

Have a good weekend everyone—I'm off to get my official PopSci lab coat monogrammed.—John Mahoney

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I had lots of fun sending this around to my fellow geeks and asking for captions-
My favorite:
"Com' here Mini-me, taste this..."


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