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Articles by Mervyn Rees
So, moving from one extreme to the other, let's take a look at motor sports. Everything that can move seems to be raced these days, from Formula One cars to lawn mowers on steroids, and there's no doubt that such races are incredibly popular.
Being involved in an accident is every motorist's worst nightmare. Statistically speaking, the longer you drive the more likely you are to have one. It doesn't really take a rocket scientist to work that one out though, does it?
To start with, the price of fuel has gone sky high! But then I'm pretty sure you will have noticed that with so many factors at play in the recent rocket ship ride of oil prices, far be it for me to offer any more sage analysis than what you may already have heard:
Cars are status symbols - there's no getting away from it. People can bang on about them being a means of getting from A to B but very few of us want to drive around in a car we don't feel proud of.
Instead of tearing your hair out at the state of the awful weather, or the fact your wallet is really hurting in this horrible climate, financial or climatic, just grab your 'Genie' and let her find your family an economically friendly day of fun for you all. Don't know about Genie? Well then just check her out a genie tutorial for free at geniesearcher.com will get you going!
Some Fun Transport - Police Cars
They move fast, they have flashing lights on the roof, and they have sirens that can be heard a long way off. But surely that isn't all that's special about police cars? There's no standard design for these extremely vital and increasingly sophisticated vehicles, and no manufacturer can ever claim to have designed a police car model from scratch.
It seems that wherever in the world you wander, or even drive for that matter, you'll find the 4x4 - a huge metal beast with a deep growl that shudders the ground as it approaches, scaring away anybody or anything that dares to stray into its path.
The average temperature of the earth has increased by about 0.6 degrees centigrade over the past 100 years. Because of the affect of global warming, scientists predict that the temperature will continue to rise by about 0.3 degrees centigrade per decade - that's 3 degrees over a 100 year period.
More Hurricanes caused by Global Warming? Because of the recent events and devastation caused Hurricane Katrina, many notable Scholars, Politicians and Scientists are blaming global warming for the increased activity and strength of hurricanes.
How To Help Reduce Global Warming By Using Biodiesel
I thought I would chat about some aspects affecting the production of biodiesel. The Kyoto Protocol goes by a number of aliases: The Kyoto Treaty, The Kyoto Accord, or The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Global Warming - The Effect Of CFC Gases
If you're able to use a computer and can read this newsletter, you'll have no doubt heard about global warming.
Energy analysts can often jump on the bandwagon and scare people into thinking that we are running out of oil. The only effect this has is to raise oil prices as people become concerned at the perceived threat of a reduce supply increases demand and so opportunists push up prices.
Have you heard about cars that run on peanut oil? Well when Rudolph Diesel invented his engine — the ones we now run on what has become known as 'diesel' (Named after him)— he ran his on peanut oil.
As people look to fuel alternatives, one of the considerations is ethanol. There are many types of bio-fuels out there (that is, fuels that don't rely on limited natural resources), and ethanol is one of the most likely to turn into mainstream fuel.
Is it a plant? Is it an animal? Algae are very unusual! Algae are microscopic organisms, and are usually considered to be just simple aquatic plants. Pond scum, really. But it may surprise you to learn that some algae display characteristics we would normally associate with an animal. Characteristics like motility and a cell structure more like bacteria than plants.