Beginning this year the U.S. commerce department is keeping track of annual consumer sales made on the internet. As internet commerce takes off, the government wants to have accurate statistics. Right now internet sales make up less than one percent of all retail sales. An entreprenuer on E-bay, the popular online auction site, was selling an ounce of guaranteed Roanoke dirt. Starting price one cent plus shipping.
Dirt costs half a buck but computers are free online.
But scientist say it is impossible for humans to work in this geologic work in progress. We'll have more on the story when we return. There is a place on earth where some 200 hundred tons of gold sits untouched by man. The stock exchange is closed today in observance of the President's Day holiday. Plus, its finally a wrap at Daytona.