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Why is the Price of Gas so High?

July 3, 2008

high-gas-pricesWhat’s the most you have ever spent in one day for Gas? $50? $75? $100? Before today I could have safely said my one day max was eighty bucks after filling up my wifes nearly empty SUV. Today was an eye opener! A “perfect storm” of gas needs for mechanized vehicles. I filled two cars, one boat, one personal watercraft and two five gallon gas cans for misc. yard equipment. The grand total? Wait for it… Read more

Written by Chief of Staff · Filed Under Chief of Staff, Energy & Environment | 15 Comments 

Al Gore is a Hypocrite Part II of II

May 1, 2008

al-gore-spitting-fireToday brings part II of yesterday’s post by Kenza, a Dominican-Canadian student, writer, animals rights activist, and devout vegetarian.

A United Nations study recently revealed that the meat industry creates 40% more greenhouse gases than all methods of transportation combined. That’s right – all the cars, trucks and Hummers on the street, all the ships in the water, all the planes and private jets in the sky – all of those together don’t cause the same damage the meat industry does to the world. Read more

Written by RHM · Filed Under Energy & Environment, Randall's Rants | 7 Comments 

Al Gore is a Hypocrite

April 30, 2008

al-gore-hypocrite.jpgThis two part post on Al Gore was written by Kenza, a Dominican-Canadian student, writer, animal rights activist, and devout vegetarian.

Ever since the release of An Inconvenient Truth in January 2006, Al Gore has been hailed by many as a true environmental activist. After seeing AIT, I also thought so. The documentary was eye-opening and, apart from the interruptions where Gore spoke of his inconvenient political truth, interesting. However, if you do a little research, you’ll find Al Gore is better at telling other people what to do than he is at doing it himself. Read more

Written by RHM · Filed Under Energy & Environment, Randall's Rants | 3 Comments 

Can Politicians Fool Mother Nature?

March 28, 2008

sun-solar-flaresYes, there’s a presidential election going on, but let’s not lose focus – the world is still revolving in spite of Rev. Wright and not ducking bullets in Bosnia.

While most everyone has been ignoring global warming (or not), it’s been happening (or not)! When I first saw this quote on March 12, it made me pause: Read more

Written by RHM · Filed Under Energy & Environment | 4 Comments