Its about time

This last video I found while I was looking at solar energy. It shows how come people in china are years ahead of us in the alternative fuel industry. It is saddening the think that the U.S is not leading the world in this fight because we are the ones fighting for oil in the Middle East. It makes me questions why we are even over there.

I cannot wait for this oil crisis and war to be over. I am so sick of hearing all the political debates talking about it or people getting angry, and also knowing that many of my countrymen and women are over there fighting and dying.

Light Years

I was looking to see if the many alternative sources of energy would be able to be made at home. I came across this Youtube video. It explains how the solar panels are extremely expensive. What bothers me about this video is that is it explains how the business around solar panels is going to need government subsidy, just like all the other major energy sources. But what they don’t really mention is how the solar energy is free of green house gas omissions.

Misinformation?

My parents are looking to get one of the new electric cars and so I deceided to have a look at one of them. I wanted to see how they are being marketed. What I saw was how they were trying to make it seem like everything you are already doing to help the environment, recycling and what not would completely fuel this car. When the fact of the matter is a lot of our electricity comes from oil. Weird huh.

Japan

I found this article as it talked about the radiation clouds as they circumnavigate the world. I was interested in what effect the radiation could have on the United States. The article states that it will have little effect on American health, which I was more than pleased to hear. But what bothered me was the wording in the article.

They were saying that the cloud would “probably” disperse. And that the data collection is “simply and Indication” of the upcoming events. They are highly trained scientists, shouldn’t they know what is going to happen.

Cali? What??

I had told my dad about my last project and how our media and government downplay poverty and problems in our own country to keep this facade of invincibility, and he emailed me this article from the New York Times. Its sad to think that all the media’s focus is on what is going on in Japan. I completely agree that the twin natural disasters and the nuclear reactors that are on the frits deserve media attention. But how did the tsunami waves the hit a city in California get overlooked?

Making it Happen Ohio

I found this article while surfing the web. I always knew that wind was an alternative form of energy but I never thought that it could be accessed here in Ohio. I when I thought of wind turbines I always pictured them being the in the states that were out west and completely flat. I think that it is awesome that wind turbines are here in Ohio.

I think it shows that Ohio is trying to help out with the energy crisis like all states should be. Although most people look to the government to fix these problems it ultimately rests on our shoulders what will happen.

POP!

I came across this article when I was going to check my email and it was on Yahoo’s news feed. I found it somewhat amusing that there is such a fuss over balloons. Although the balloons are biodegradable the environmentalist groups are still throwing a fit. They are saying that the balloons could cause damage to the wild life, a valid point, but what the environmentalist groups fail to see is that they are actually helping their “enemy” achieve what they sought out to.

The balloons would create a promotional hype in the first place, but what is causing a lasting and memorable effect is that the environmentalist groups are freaking out about it all. The company is selling to teens that like to play violent video games. And how many more kids are going to buy the game because they think its funny that the environmentalist groups are freaking out.