The proliferation of Tesla patents of electric powertrains will lead to a more standard electric car market. Batteries will become standardized and allow for universal electric charging stations. This advent will encourage more people to buy electric. Within the next ten years we will see transportation start to shift away from the petro standard we have had since the inception of the automobile.
America has a serious problem. It’s one that is addressed even less than our national debt. Yet if massive action isn’t taken soon, it could become a very serious public safety concern. That issue is infrastructure. Collectively, the United States receives a D+ rating on all our bridges, roadways, dams, and critical infrastructure. Most states…
5. Oil Imports Where does the US get most of its oil? Many Americans falsely believe the answer to be the Middle East or Saudi Arabia. In actuality, the majority of the US’s oil (38.8%) is produced domestically, while the majority of oil imports come from Latin America and Canada. Only just over 12% of…
Photo by Sev! But its citizens have always been educated to see themselves as more than this: not just the fortunate residents of a lucky country but bearers of an eternal truth – a model for the world of how men should live. The United States was the embodiment of the Enlightenment concept of natural…
Photo by Wighman 6. It Will Increase the Competitiveness of the North American Economy We need to adapt to the changing global economic landscape. As Asia becomes the global economic center, while China asserts itself through a series of trade pacts and infrastructure investment banks, challenging the western-dominated IMF and the World Bank, and as…
Photo by abcnewsradioonline.com 5. Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, commonly known in the United States as “The Blind Sheikh”, is a blind Egyptian Muslim leader who is currently serving a life sentence at the Butner Medical Center which is part of the Butner Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, North Carolina, United States. Formerly a…
It doesn’t look like much: a few knobs on top of a crudely made wooden box. But what’s inside is holds a gateway to another world. It’s a black market Korean radio, capable of receiving forbidden transmissions from the outside world. Their use is becoming more and more prevalent inside North Korea, where the public’s…