Even though there are issues throughout the world. Has the war on terror has put stress on the United States’ relationship with the Middle East?  Why does the killing of Muslim extremists causes the price to sky rocket?  Why do we continue to put so much dependency on oil?  These questions boggle my mind knowing that we have the capability of pooling our resources and begin to find alternative fuels. The technology is attainable but  the public needs to accept alternative fuels.

    Gas prices have been skyrocketing all over the world, but what makes this happen?  The first thing we need to look at is how the price of a gallon of gas in generated.  The price of gas in April averaged $2.74 per gallon.  We need to break down that price to see exactly where most of the cost comes from.  The price per gallon is broken down as followed:  17% taxes, 3% distribution and marketing, 26% refining, and 54% is the cost of crude oil.  Rising crude oil is a major reason we see a large increase in price at the pump.  In January 2005 the price of West Texas crude oil was [Read more →]

  Numerous experts in modern time regard Plato as the first genuine political philosopher and Aristotle as the first political scientist.  They were both great thinkers in regards to, in part with Socrates, being the foundation of the great western philosophers.  They each had ideas of how to improve existing societies during their individual lifetimes.  To compare political theories of two great philosophers of politics is to first examine each theory in depth.  It is also necessary to look at several areas of each theory to seek the difference in each. 

            Plato was the prized pupil of Socrates.  From a wealthy and powerful family, his actual name was [Read more →]

The Earth is alive with incredible forces both below and above.  The forces include volcanoes, tsunamis and earthquakes caused by tectonic plate shifting from underneath the earths crust.  Above the earth weather forces such as wind, rain and ice transform the land constantly over time.  Mountains are made by shifts in the earths crust only to be slowly taken down by millions of years of erosion to help constantly change the landscape on which we live.  To discover the many ways the earth is changes its important to look at each part individually to show how each does its part.

      The first important part we need to know about the earth is the make up.  Scientists believe say that the Earth’s crust is 6 to 45 miles thick in some parts.  The mantle located under the crust is 1800 miles thick and is much hotter and softer then the outer crust.  Beneath the mantle is the outer core, which is about 1300 miles thick, consists of a sea of liquid iron.  Scientists believe under the liquid core is a possibly solid iron core about 1500 miles thick.  The Earth’s crust is broken down into about thirteen large and some small plates. 

     More the 200 million years ago the continents of [Read more →]