A thought upon watching the pre-race Indy 500 pageantry

They're doing it up right for the 100th running. No sparing of dazzle-dazzle.

What occurs to me is how much petroleum is going to be burned through by those mighty engines today. And that's fine; we're awash in the stuff.

The Greatest Spectacle in Racing can be seen as a celebration of the bounty of resources with which God has blessed us (along with, of course, his endowing of the species made in his image and likeness with the prowess to not only invent automobiles but take them to this level of advancement).

So burn it, people, and give us that thrill like no other once again.