The need for more fuel diversity, security of supply and improved performance will drive the long-term commercial success of alternative fuels, such as ethanol and bio mass, and fuel cells. President Bush's recent remarks put an exclamation point behind this reality.

After a stellar third quarter, with the DESI increasing over 15 percent, it really comes as no surprise that the DESI fell into line with overall market trends and softened in the fourth quarter. The DESI still had a good year, and 2006 should be even better. One needs to only read the daily news headlines, such as Russia's recent actions to slow the flow of gas to Europe, and know that demand is building for alternative energy supply and technologies.

It's good for our program. Hopefully that means they will get some exposure as far as colleges.

What we have been seeing these days is not quite as encouraging as what we used to believe that in the modern world it is nearly impossible to interact socially and culturally only with those who think alike. Longing for the comforting of sameness may appears providing some safety and security. It confines ourselves into divisions that blocks our minds. In the end, collectively we become unsafe and insecure.

Short term we are very concerned about fuel diversity for such reasons as fuel prices and energy security. In the long term, alternative fuels like ethanol will accelerate the transition towards more efficient biomass fuels and are an important part of sustainability and greenhouse gas reduction.

Baseball has always been ahead of the game in promoting diversity, and the Dodgers have always been a leader in that.