Day: March 27, 2007

  • Is ethanol the right thing?

    Ethanol production, as Tad Patzek of UC Berkeley’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering wrote in a report this year, is based on “the massive transfer of money from the collective pocket of the U.S. taxpayers to the transnational agricultural cartel.”Ken Silverstein, Barack Obama Inc., Harper’s, November 2006, Pg. 40

  • It ain’t easy bein’ GREthanolEN

    Since producing most domestic ethanol requires large amounts of fossil fuel, and regular gasoline provides about 30 percent more mileage per gallon than E85, it’s arguably preferable from a conservation standpoint to drive a stand gasoline car rather than a flex-fuel vehicle.Ken Silverstein, Barack Obama Inc., Harper’s, November 2006, Pg. 32

  • Self-made man

    There is no such thing as a ‘self-made’ man.  We are made up of thousands of others.  Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success.George Burton Adams

  • The Kilt Question Answered

    I am not sure what the question is, but here is the answer!via email from Duane McDowell, Fri, 18 Nov 2005 13:14:48 -0800