Friday, September 30, 2011

My Thoughts on The Presidency of Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter took over after defeating Ford in the presidential election. Jimmy Carter was really the first president to express interest in "green energy" so to speak. He even installed solar panels on the White House.  Despite this great early thinking it was met with realistic harshness of the times. There was a bad energy crisis and even gas went up to insane levels. Despite being labeled "a

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Ethanol-Gasoline Mix, Good or Bad?

Ever since the roaring gas prices of the late-Bush era, Ethanol has been promoted like crazy. Unlike gasoline, ethanol is a fuel made mostly from corn, a source we can regrow in a short time unlike fossil fuels which take millions of years. Now it's good we have back-ups in reserve, I doubt it will stay king on top of alternate fuels,  I truly believe electric cars will outperform both when

Friday, September 23, 2011

My Day Yesterday: Rango and Low Gas Prices

My mom wakes me up, and asks if I want to do anything with her. Since she offered to buy me lunch, I took the chance and we went to the food court since we had some free drink coupons as well. We also went shopping and had some ice cream. We went home, and later I went to pick up my girlfriend from work. Went to fill up my gas tank afterwards at the gas station down the street and for the first