Monday, October 22, 2007
Things are Heating Up!
We are almost a week out from the start of the 2007-2008 NBA season. The Suns have started off the preseason 4-2, which doesn't mean much. However they have been playing really well together and have yet been aided by the services of Amare. Where will the Suns finish this year? I'm hoping that D'Antoni will use a deeper rotation giving the Suns fresher legs going into the postseason, even if that means not finishing first in the West. Dallas has a lot to prove, San Antonio is a year older, the East is least, no one really scares me. The Fredstrom really likes the Suns chances. What do you think?
Monday, October 1, 2007
Go Green or Go Home Pt. 4
TRANSPORTATION
If tires were properly inflated it would save America 4 million gallons of gas per day
Consolidate trips whenever possible.
Driving slower can save up to 5 miles/gallon.
FUELS OF THE FUTURE:
Research says that corn-based ethanol is not a good idea.
This would effect the globally poor because corn is one of the staple foods for them.
It raises the cost not only of corn but wheat and other grains.
Filling a 25 gallon SUV tank would require over 450 lbs of corn, which contains enough calories to feed one person for a year.
The amount of energy used for planting and harvesting corn is phenomenal. Row crops such as soy beans and corn produce major run-offs and require high amounts of fertilizer and pesticides.
They are the major contributors of nitrogen runoff which has caused the so called “Dead Zone” in the Gulf of Mexico an ocean area the size of New Jersey that has little or no oxygen to support life…this effects the fishing industry.
If we increase corn production this would contribute to habitat and ecosystem loss.
The amount of energy to turn corn into ethanol requires the burning of either coals or natural gas which counter-acts the reason for this energy saving idea.
What do you think?
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