Posts Tagged ‘NASA Solar’

Cost of Fuel Oil

Off-Shore Well Rig

Unless you have an all-electric car (such as the Fisker Karma, made in Finland – developed with American tax monies), you are very aware of the fluctuating prices of gasoline. Depending primarily on the stock market and the price per barrel of crude oil in the various production areas around the world, you can see the [...]

“Family” at Kennedy Space Center

Kennedy Space Center Headquarters Building, where I worked

The Kennedy Space Center is virtually closed down at the moment; hopefully it will be re-activated before too long (maybe right after the next election?). To review the situation “down there”, the KSC side of the facility in Florida – some 125,000 acres of mostly swamp – was used since the late 1950′s as the [...]

What is “Cutting Edge Technology” ?

Solar Array

The President is touting his work & jobs bill by inserting it into his re-election campaign and with ads on YouTube and other media. At the same time he is defending his support of Solyndra and other “hi-tech, cutting edge” companies who are purportedly developing more “green” or oil-free sources of energy. In a recently televised [...]

Walmart Gift Card Gas Discount

pump

Welcomed relief! Murphy Oil which operates gas stations associated with some Walmart locations has instituted a schedule of lower gas prices, using the Walmart “Gift Card”. Their price reductions extend through the month of September. The reductions vary by state in the  around 20 states in which they operate, probably because of price regulations. For [...]

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