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The ultimate Ultimate Race

By Luke Cyphers

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Last year, in a fit of journo-satirical inspiration, we gamed out an enviro-athletic competition based on the pseudo-serious question: What will end the world first, Global Warming or Peak Oil? We called it The Ultimate Race. And after an offseason hiatus, the race is on, again. For how long? Well, that's kind of the point of the whole exercise, isn't it? THIS WEEK: CAPITALISM'S CREATIVE DESTRUCTION! One of the great things about the Ultimate Race was that it promised to be an ugly, enduri ...

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