Trying to be Green

 Published: March 22, 2009 at 9:18 pm in Journal

I spent the majority of today cleaning each room in the house, and then laying down a pesticide in anticipation for springtime critters. It was a perfect chance for me to implement something I read in a magazine to make the house “greener” (and lower the electric bill).

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Electric Now; Hydrogen Later

 Published: July 15, 2008 at 3:57 pm in Sci/Tech

Unfortunately, it seems that hydrogen power will only become a widely available technology after 15-20 more years of research and development. Isolating what is ironically enough the most abundant element in the universe has proven to be energy expensive and therefore impractical venture. We’re now staring at the very real possibility of purchasing purely electric vehicles as our next modes of transportation.

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Alternative Energy

 Published: June 2, 2008 at 9:20 pm in Sci/Tech

To anyone who plans on pursuing petroleum engineering or anything even remotely related to the oil industry, prepare yourself for a nice bashing. The petroleum industry will only exist in the shadows of larger alternative energy companies in the next century. For the sake of maintaining the environment, society will eventually look down upon oil. It’s almost sad for me to think about our brilliant society, consisting of an incredible amount of technology and brain-power at its disposal, still cannot create a feasible alternative energy source. We’re burning dead, organic matter. Over and over and over again… non-stop.

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