Published May 15th, 2007
in politics and Science.
Sheila Vemmer is a photographer embedded in with the US troops in Iraq. In her blog, Tales from the Sandbox, she writes, “Iraqis may not get more than two hours of electricity a day, but when they get it, they conserve it.”
In an earlier post, Vemmer mentioned that Iraqis only get thirty minutes to […]
Published April 19th, 2007
in politics and alternative fuels.
In terms of alternative fuels, ethanol is known as what’s called a mixed bag. There’s active debate over the pros and cons of the largely corn-based fuel, including whether or not it really has significant net energy gain over gasoline, and the infamous “food versus fuel” debacle. And now a new study says ethanol may actually […]