I’m a visual learner. When it comes to learning complex topics, having images and diagrams always make it easier for me to retain the information. After reading a great poston visualizing energy, I thought I’d share with you the video produced by Getty Images for corporations to use as a point of reference when they [...]
I’m a Mad Max movie buff so I couldn’t resist writing a post comparing the energy embargo scene in Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome to our current world oil addiction. Beyond Thunderdome is set in a post-apocalyptic world where we’ve destroyed civilization and a few survivors struggle to live on the leftovers of mankind. Bartertown is [...]
I see many articles on ways that people can reduce their usage of oil in the home and in their lifestyle. Bike to work, buy a scooter, buy natural fiber clothes. All of these will make some difference but is it really the best bang for the buck? Here is a short list of the [...]
In a clear and concise review and essay, Robert Zubrin lays out the case for Methanol becoming the energy carrier for the 21st century and beyond. Zubrin, an aerospace engineer and president of Pioneer Astronautics, comments on the book, Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy written by Nobel laureate chemist, George Olah. His commentary [...]
Total domestic petroleum deliveries fell more than 4% in October compared with a year ago, contributing to a substantial year-to-date decline of more than 5% to 19.6 million barrels per day, according to the latest monthly statistical report from the American Petroleum Institute. More…
With the 2008 Presidential election now only a week away, speculation will soon be over on where our country will be heading under the leadership of a new president. Whoever is elected will have a costly Middle East War and a failed domestic economy to deal with. I don’t envy their position. After reading both [...]
I am often a skeptic of theories until I can read enough information to support a logical conclusion that the theory is true or false. Climate change was one of those theories that I wondered if it was really true. I watched a Youtube video of a young scientist who used standard logic to determine [...]
I had a neighbor call me a while ago and ask me about HHO or Brown’s gas injection to save fuel. I’m known as the neighborhood’s energy “mad scientist” so he figured he would ask me before buying e-books and kits to convert his F-150 company vehicle. I surfed the internet and was amazed at [...]
I’ve heard of people trying to grow their own crops, press their own oil and make their own fuel at a level where they can sustain their own fuel needs. However, in most cases, the people I have communicated with have attempted this on too small a scale to be viable. This morning, I read [...]
