Posts Tagged ‘Energy’

Jun 27
2008

Oil Demand and Supply

by in Everyday Nonsense | 2,871 views | Reading Time 5:16

We’ve talked about gas and oil prices in a couple articles before. Recently, I ran across a new article online that got me to thinking about the whole gas and oil predicament again (like it ever left). Anyway, the article reports 4 energy analysts testified to the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Monday, June […]

May 20
2008

Extinction Farmer

by in Everyday Nonsense | 1,858 views | Reading Time 4:52

  Since the Industrial Revolution, our world’s society has focused on being more efficient. Produce more products to serve larger quantities of people at a lower cost per part. We need to lower the cost of manufacturing to increase the profit margin per item. We need to create high volumes of goods to compensate for […]

May 7
2008

Compound Living

by in Everyday Nonsense | 1,706 views | Reading Time 3:23

Based on my last few articles, I want to visit an idea that could be a better proposition for people in our country. What does compound living mean? Is it similar to compounding interest? No. What I am referring to as compound living involves having a multi-tenant building built to serve the needs of several […]

May 4
2008

Economic Ineptitude

by in Everyday Nonsense | 2,086 views | Reading Time 5:05

Since the economy has been playing for the spotlight the last few months, I figured I would chime in with a few cents worth of opinion. People are feeling the credit crunch, foreclosures are rising, food prices are soaring, gas of course is beyond comprehensible anymore, and people just do not have spare spending money […]

Apr 28
2008

Barrels of Monkeys

by in Everyday Nonsense | 3,260 views | Reading Time 4:29

Well, let’s talk about barrels of oil. Or maybe it’s barrels of cash, or should it be gold or even diamonds? Today, the price per barrel of gold almost hit $120 per 42 gallon barrel of oil. That equates to about $2.85 in base price per gallon of crude oil. Now, only about 50% of […]