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The Value of Educating Our Youth on Energy Alternatives

The topics of energy and Alternative Fuels are pretty popular today. They are in the news every morning, receiving both good and bad press. One day you hear the President saying that Ethanol is going to help cure our “addiction to oil” and then the next day you hear that it takes farmers more petroleum to grow corn and to convert it into Ethanol (through fertilizers and transportation) than it takes to drill for oil and turn oil into gasoline. foreign currency exchange So a massive education campaign seems in order. But why bother? Are you and I... > Read More

June 13, 2006 - Comments (6)
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June 13, 2006: The Value of Educating Our Youth on Energy Alternatives
May 12, 2006: A Real Life 100+ MPG Car
April 5, 2006: Achieving Energy Autonomy
February 6, 2006: CH-CH-CH-CH-CHANGING
January 5, 2006: Creating a Sustainable Society
December 5, 2005: An Old Idea Who’s Time Has Come - Electric Vehicles
Fast Facts
  • According to the International Center for Technology Assessment, the true price of a gallon of gas should be between $5.60 and $15.14 per gallon when all factors are considered.
  • If China's economy continues to expand at its current pace, its income per person would equal the US by the year 2031. China's oil requirements would jump to 99 million barrels per day (current world production is 88 million barrels per day).
  • ANWR (Alaska) contains 10 billion barrels of oil - or about the amount the US consumes in a little more than a year
  • According to the World Energy Outlook (2004), there are sufficient oil resources in place to meet demand through 2030, provided sufficient investments are made.
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