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A powerful strategy to bring down the Crude Oil prices
By Sudhir Goyal · 16 years ago
All of us are hit hard by high and rising Crude Oil prices. Since the grains are being used to produce bio-fuels, food prices too has risen sharply. Due to rise in both food and ...
Philosophy and Ideas: Media Exposed
By Donald Winchester · 16 years ago
When we read the news, we expect the papers to tell us what they see. This may have been the case decades ago, according to Guardian journalist Nick Davies, but is no longer true. In ...
Local Firm Cleaning the Air for Beijing Olympics
By Larry M Edwards · 16 years ago
Posted: 03/10/2004 at 12:00:00 AM PST by Larry M. Edwards SAN DIEGO -- Four years from now, when athletes from around the world descend on Beijing, China, for the 2008 Olympics, the air quality will ...
Obama Vs Mccain On The Economy
By Darryl Cherness · 16 years ago
In a previous post, I discussed Obama’s positions on key economic issues. In this post, I will compare and contrast the two candidates on those same economic issues. After reviewing these issues, I am confident ...
Are Meat and Milk From Cloned Animals Really Safe To Eat?
By Sandy Powers · 16 years ago
Are Meat and Milk From Cloned Animals Really Safe To Eat? By Sandy Powers The cloning process for cattle is almost identical to human embryo cloning techniques. The process, known as somatic cell nuclear transfer, ...
Halt Global Warming by Stopping Fossil Fuel Combustion
By Klaus H Hemsath · 16 years ago
After years of warning the world about global warming and its dire consequences, Al Gore, the Nobel Prize winner, has finally taken the next, logical step. He is proposing a solution. Mr. Gore has realized ...
A-Z of Global Warming - Kyoto Protocol
By Simon Rosser · 16 years ago
This article is taken from The A-Z of Global Warming deals with the Kyoto Protocol. A major political force which brought global climate change to the fore was born from the Rio Earth Summit in ...
I Think The Dogs Knew All Along
By David Chaves · 17 years ago
Another 10 years of drought conditions in Los Angeles has brought back the very good but very unwelcome idea of recycling wastewater into drinking. It’s been given the unpleasant name "toilet to tap" by mainstream ...
What is AskSunday?
By Steve Lancer · 17 years ago
It used to be that personal assistants only worked for celebrities or the wealthy. Thanks to AskSunday.com, they now work for you. AskSunday.com is revolutionizing personal productivity by making personal assistants available to busy people ...
What’s News At Atlantic City This Summer?
By David Kaleky · 17 years ago
Given the nature of problems that seem to have beset the U.S economy of late, it is only natural that Atlantic City feels the brunt of these economic downturns to a certain degree. In addition ...
Comrade Lenin: Alive and Well
By Daniel Silva · 17 years ago
The New Russia may have finally embraced free-market capitalism, but Vladimir Lenin, founder of Soviet communism and one of the great murderers of the twentieth century, still casts a long shadow across the Russian landscape. ...
Biofuels Are A Potential Low Carbon Energy Source.
By Christopher West · 17 years ago
Biofuels were invented by Nazi Germany prior to WWII; check any book on history and you will see. Germany is land-locked country with no oil fields. Biofuel is a contentious subject. The amount of land ...
Hurricane Bertha, a Prophetess of Doom?
By Mark Boardman · 17 years ago
The first named storm of the hurricane season is trundling west across the Atlantic. Are we in for a big storm season? Currently Bertha is heading slightly north west and is expected to then swing ...
How We Could Solve the Gas Crises Tomorrow
By David Rosenak · 17 years ago
We could solve the gas crises tomorrow! That's right, literally, tomorrow. And no, it's not complicated, not difficult, it doesn't require enormous sacrifice or investment. The average driver, without replacing the car they have, and ...
2009 Bank Holidays - Get List of 2009 Bank Holidays in USA, Canada, India and UK
By Kunal Singh · 17 years ago
2009 bank holidays are all public holidays and are observed across the various countries. The 2009 bank holidays are expected to be great occasions for merriment and planning for lovely vacations to ones dream destinations. ...
The A-Z of Global Warming- Fossil Fuels
By Simon Rosser · 17 years ago
This article is taken from The A-Z of Global Warming and discusses fossil fuels. The generation of electricity through burning carbon rich coal has a greater impact on the atmosphere than any other single human ...
The Flood of The Century
By Mark Boardman · 17 years ago
In April and May of 1997 the Red River, bordering North Dakota and Minnesota flooded across the Red River valley causing $3.5 Billion worth of damage, making it one of the most expensive natural disasters ...
David Hulme: Power Plays
By David Hulme · 17 years ago
In defining what is currently central in politics, it’s become commonplace to repeat a 1992 slogan used in the Clinton-Gore campaign: "It’s the economy, stupid!" Created by political strategist James Carville to keep campaign workers ...
Bad Energy Policies Will Harm World Economies
By Klaus H Hemsath · 17 years ago
In 2000 a new US administration drafted a new energy plan. Two oilmen, with secret advice of the oil industry, orchestrated and supervised the plan. The results have been devastating. Gas and oil prices have ...
Cow Farts kill Babies
By David Chaves · 17 years ago
Don’t reset your browser. I said that. I really did. Deal with it. Now are you ready for the next sentence? Meat is bad. OMG did I say that? I friggin love meat, how can ...