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Underwater Videos of the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

by John P.

BP Oil Spill

BP Oil Spill

Before we move on to the underwater videos, here is one that explains what actually went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. This comes from Al Jazeera:

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Is the Water Powered Car Too Good to be True?

November 13, 2008
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Is a Water powered automobile too good to be true? Well, not according to Japanese company Genepax. They claim to have built a car that runs on water and air alone. The system can generate power just by supplying water and air to the fuel and air electrodes, respectively, the company said at the press [...]

Get Rich. Save the Environment. Save the World.

August 4, 2008

Last Tuesday I was in Chicago, and all was going well until a seemingly unlikely event started a chain reaction that would lay me up in bed for nearly three days… It rained. Yep. It didn’t rain very hard, or very long, but it just so happened that I was walking about a mile or [...]

Exxon Profits Nearly $90,000 a Minute!

August 1, 2008
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Wow. I speculated about getting ready for $5 per gallon gas here in the US a few weeks ago, but when you read that the oil companies are breaking the record for most profit in a single quarter – ever! For any company! Ever! It kind of makes you pissed off. The New York Times [...]

Are You Ready for $5 a Gallon Gas?

June 10, 2008

Well, you better get ready. Gas was near an all time inflation adjusted high back in April, but as of right now we’re already paying more than we’ve ever paid for a gallon of gas. According to the Wall Street Journal: The skyrocketing price of oil, now up more than 44% so far this year, [...]

Independent Comparison of Democratic vs. Republican Platforms

March 25, 2008

Folks, I’m neither a Democrat, nor a Republican. But my mom asked me to give her an unbiased, factual rundown on the political platforms – so what my mother wants, my mother gets! Here you go Mom… I’m making the presumption that the two candidates who are going to actually be running for President are [...]

Welcome to the Recession

March 10, 2008
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Folks, I’m going to go ahead and call it, even though no one else seems to be willing to do so. We’re officially in a recession. The National Bureau of Economic Research defines a recession as: A recession is a significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months, [...]

Tips on Pumping Gas

December 12, 2007

I don’t normally pass along things that circulate the Inter-Tubes via e-mail, but this is pretty interesting information – if it is all true. I have no idea where it originated, but a family member sent it to me. I’d be curious if anyone could actually vet this info and prove / disprove it’s validity. [...]

Australian Comedy – The Front Fell Off

July 29, 2007

This is a little skit which was apparently first featured on the Taproot Blog. I have no idea who produced it or why, but it’s quite a funny parody of a politician explaining an oil spill. I’m guessing it is from an Australian comedy TV show, so if one of you knows a little more [...]

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