With the focus on the Middle East, it’s easy to forget that America has a lot of oil on our own land. Alaska, Texas, California–and now North Dakota. Called the Bakken Shale deposit, it’s not new, but advancements in technology have made it more accessible than ever before. In fact, there’s a boom going on one hundred miles south of Canada. Unemployment is 4.3%.
The question is, can we ever keep ahead of our oil requirements? Continue reading ‘Thar’s Oil in Dem Dar (American) Hills’
Wired.com: Why is it important for people to care about science?
Brian Greene: When you look around at the opportunities that we have and the problems that we face, from climate change to stem cells to alternative energies to the possibilities of personalized messenger, all of these are scientific at the core. And if you don’t have a population that’s going to engage with some of the underlying science, then you’re starting to fray away at the edges of democracy. How can a society make decisions about so many science-based issues if the populace doesn’t know science?
And when you talk to kids, and they realize how spectacular science is, how different it is from what they learn in the classroom, you see a whole world, literally a whole universe, open up to them. Those are the moments when I feel that it’s something crucial. (more) Continue reading ‘Are American Leaders Smart Enough?’
Fact and Fiction about Early Man
