His Drilling Fever Knows No Bounds
Archive for June, 2008
Issues: Political Awareness (Support Your local Local!)
The past several decades have seen a general decline in the number of eligible voters interested in participating in the American electoral process. Reasons for the seeming increase in citizen apathy are manifold: disenchantment with politics, nonchalance with (non-importance of) social concerns outside of one’s immediate environment, laziness promoted by an entertainment-centric culture. [...]
Money Down the Corn-Hole
Barack Obama has billed himself as a candidate that represents genuine change. However, his energy policy, which promotes the production of ethanol derived from heavily subsidized corn, belies that characterization. Obama has continuously announced his fervent support for the conversion of corn into biofuel which, as has been discussed here at the Imp, [...]
Times they ain’t a changin’
Last month, I finished an eager reading of Oil! by Upton Sinclair. I absolutely loved it, to the point where I couldn’t bear to sit through There Will Be Blood. My father took it from me the day I finished, himself eager to read because of my rave review. He didn’t enjoy it quite as [...]
Make Our Ethanol Comodulce!
In the upcoming election season, energy policy will be a major point of debate between John McCain and Barack Obama. Legislative support for increased ethanol production, thus reducing our dependence on (foreign) oil and contributing to a healthier environment, will certainly be a key component of both platforms. What matters most, however, is [...]
Comcast thinks it owns the Internet
Every day, terabytes of data are added to the Internet. With the availability of relatively cheap bandwidth, we’ve been able to create streaming, high definition video. We’ve been able to produce sites that host any video you want to upload. We’ve successfully removed the need for physical discs to store our music and movies. But [...]