Joining our compatriot over at Jalopnik, Ray Wert, on Thursday night's episode of The Colbert Report were individuals out to have a good time in their live axle-driven 'utes from the HUMMER Club. According to the members of the elite group, their SUVs represent everything that is right with America and deride the fact that "the Prius owners kinda stick their noses up at us, thinking we're damaging the environment," according to one member. These days, many people living in the U.S. are concerned about the future of their country. Fear not. "If we could save the HUMMER, we could save America," adds a HUMMER loving and very patriotic club-goer.

We're not going to jump on the idea that the HUMMER brand is worse than any other large, V8-powered off-road vehicle... it really isn't. The problem with HUMMERs is that nobody wants to go out and buy huge gas-guzzlers that they don't really need. Similar massive sales declines are happening across the board, and those vehicles are suffering the consequences as well. Oh yeah, and magic-wand technology is still decades away. Watch the video after the break.

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Craig Venter, famous for running a parallel, commercial version of the Human Genome Project, was on the Colbert Report last night promoting his book A Life Decoded: My Genome, My Life. In the interview, Craig said we have digitized biology, including the human genome and can make DNA that may make lifeforms to provide new ways of making energy. You can code genes that make hydrogen from sun light or different types of gasolines and octanes right from sugar said Craig.

Colbert asked if this takes off, will it make him so rich he would make Bill Gates look like Warren Buffett? Craig said there has to be a commercial solution to break our dependence on oil but we need a 1,000 different solutions. Your future home may have a biological fuel cell vat that produces your gas from your food waste said Craig. The biggest issues of three big issues (the others are energy and food) is the lack of fresh water according to Craig. Anyone else find it shocking such a good interview was done by a fake, comedy news show?

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Call off the search. Host of the Colbert Report and master roaster Stephen Colbert has admitted to killing the electric car. You can watch his hilarious admission of the murder in the video above. Chris Paine, director of "Who Killed the Electric Car," was unavailable for comment. In another video below the fold, Colbert explains Gore's true plans for fueling the cars of the future.

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The Colbert Report was a rerun last night, but it was one I hadn't seen it before and noticed that Tyson Slocum, director of Public Citizen, was on to defend and promote fuel alternative and transportation choices (i.e., biofuels and biking).

I'm not sure Slocum really understood the joke of Stephen Colbert's show or his character, and Colbert didn't make it easy, accusing Slocum of defending the Russians and wanting everyone to bike to work. Still, Slocum managed to get his points in, telling Colbert it's ok to drive or to bike, we've just got to do both in a more sustainable fashion. The information that Slocum and Public Citizen are trying to get out - for example, that oil companies that make billions of dollars in profit don't need government subsidies - may only be able to find a home on a satirical comedy show, but I suppose they'll take what they can get. You can watch the clip here.

[Source: The Colbert Report]