Articles Posted in the " energy " Category

  • “Bank” your gas savings–literally!

     Click the link below, to read about how to bank your gas savings.  It’s a quick tip, made quicker by your online banking app! Post by Real Tech for Real People.


  • Nissan’s Commercial–Not the Message the Intended

    Nissan’s Commercial–Not the Message the Intended

    Hopefully you have all seen this commercial by now.  I want you to watch it closely, and really think about what you first think (or thought) when you see it.  Does it really sell the car? Watch the video (and...


  • Environmentally aware, or simply a “show off?”

    Environmentally aware, or simply a “show off?”

    Back in 2007 I bought a Civic Hybrid.  At the time I “ran the numbers” and decided that the purchase made both economic and environmental sense.  I wrote about it on my blog, and explained why I believe the true...


  • Solar Kill Shot possible? Crackpots and Scientists Agree. Sort of.

    Solar Kill Shot possible?  Crackpots and Scientists Agree. Sort of.

    I have been talking to a few people lately about being prepared for the potential of the “solar kill shot.”  The short version of this is that the sun is slowly waking from a long slumber and our reliance on...


  • Seriously, Petroleum may not be “Fossil Fuel” (and may not be running out!)

    Seriously, Petroleum may not be “Fossil Fuel” (and may not be running out!)

    I have written a few times about the theory of petroleum/crude oil production.  Specifically, I have been interested in the argument that says essentially that we are not running on liquefied dinosaurs, but rather on a purely chemical process.  This is called...


  • Higher Gasoline Taxes?

    Higher Gasoline Taxes?

    I was listening to our local public radio station this morning, and they were discussing the reduction in revenues to fix PA highways and bridges because (as they said)  the price of gasoline is so low.  Of course, they correctly...


  • Olympics Commercials and Old-style (Obama) Political Ads!

    Olympics Commercials and Old-style (Obama) Political Ads!

    I have really enjoyed most of the commercials during this year’s Olympics in Beijing.  Creative, touching, and informative. Take the GE commercials, for instance.  They have laid out clearly, in several commercials, how they are actively engaged in alternative energy...


  • Who reaps a Windfall? Exxon? Apple? or Obama?

    Who reaps a Windfall?  Exxon? Apple? or Obama?

    I have written previously about the energy policies of the candidates, and I specifically wrote about the proposals from Obama and Clinton to create a “windfall profits” tax.  At the time I pointed out that, when attempted previously, windfall profit...


  • Added a “Lowest Gas Price” Feature

    Added a “Lowest Gas Price” Feature

    I have added a page to the site  that provides the lowest gasoline prices here in the Mechanicsburg, PA area.  (see left-hand sidebar)  I would encourage you to do three things: Visit here regularly if you are from around Mechanicsburg...


  • Obama as “Dr No?” Apparently he has no prescription…

    Obama as “Dr No?”  Apparently he has no prescription…

    The US News and World Report has written today that Obama has come out against another energy plan.  Big surprise here, eh? In an appearance in the battleground state of Nevada yesterday, Sen. Barack Obama mocked Sen. John McCain’s energy...