Blog #5

The Site by Chris Jordan really gives a new meaning to "Look Closer" or "You won't believe what you see! He makes pictures out of 1,000's and millions of products we use every day to show us the magnitude of what we're "wasting" and not "using." It is crazy to think that we are spending 1.5 million dollars in Iraq every hour! What??? That's crazy when at the same time he's also letting people know that there are 9 million kids in the US with no health insurance? That makes me mad. It makes me mad to think that we can sit there and take the taxes we're charged to pay for war overseas and not to keep the citizens of America healthy. There's something wrong there. Also, now that I know that it would take a million years for one shopping bag to bio-degrade, I am sickened to think that we still are making them. Why is it that we are still acting like we don't know the fact. We know the facts, but are ignorant and just want to ignore the facts. It's ludacrist to sit there and repeat these wrongdoings every day, day in and day out. Plastic is a great invention yes. I have seen the commercials saying that plastic saves lives. That it's used in Law Enforcement and in automobiles and also in medical procedures, but when you use it for practical things like carrying groceries and putting drinks in, it's insane. We need to go back and redo or rethink or reinvent things.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMISUTkoLSE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zf__GgwGuQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DNzd0hUULs

Blog # 3 ....Big Big Problem!

So, the question was, Which aspect of Global Warming do we think is the worst? Well, what comes to mind when I think of Global Warming is just the main idea of burning fuel. And by burning this fuel we are creating alot of carbon dioxide and adding it to the earth's atmosphere or as we've learned a layer underneath the Earth's atmosphere. So I did a little research and found a couple of solutions that are already taking place to reduce the emissions that are created not primarily by our cars today, but also by inefficient vehicles in other countries especially the third world countries. This particular website talks about the taxis in the Phillipines. These two stroke motorcycles that they use are attached to these cabins that transport people around. They say each one of them produce the emmisions of 50 modern day vehicles and that adds up to the emmissions of 90 millions vehicles in the Philippines alone. This is the link to the website and the information I gave was provided by them.
http://www.globalgiving.com/cb/green//pr/1400/proj1357e.html

Another website I looked at was The Discovery channel website, which is one of my favorites. It keeps me updated on what's going on around the world especially this problem of Global Warming. I'm sorry people, but they bring up one good point. America is all about saving that buck and these big corporations that make millions want to make even more than that. They want to reduce the payrolls and offshore jobs to other countries meaning....that they give other poorer countries the position that they could have given an American. I know this subject is a little hairy, BUT the truth is that in China and in India they are producing more than they've ever produced in raw materials and in products that we buy. This is causing them to burn more fossil fuels to keep their factories going, but they are coming in at number one and also at the number three, China at one and India at number three beating out Russia in emmissions according to the Discovery website. I'm sorry, but we live in an age where America is almost the most informed, able to make a change and holds the power to be very influential to what other countries do. We can lead the way. This is also another link to the article I read and all the information provided is from The Discovery Channel website.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/25/global-warming-emissions.html

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This is one of my project cars. i honestly don't even want to put a gasoline engine in it but see if I can take a hybrid motor out a honda insight or toyota prius and transplant it into my car. Its not about big and bad anymore, it should be about soft and friendly!

What a waste!.....I can beat that at the track with half the motor. I guess people just have to wake up. Out with the old and in with the new!

My car from the early 90's which is almost as gas efficient as this hybrid honda!

This is the difference between waste and economical!

Two cars that are economical the mini and my car the crx!