Copyright (c) 2008 Mervyn Rees Being involved in a road 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 thoug...

Copyright (c) 2008 Mervyn Rees To begin with, the price of fuel has gone sky high! But then I'm 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...

Copyright (c) 2008 Mervyn Rees So, moving from one extreme to the other, let's take a glance 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 ...

Copyright (c) 2008 Mervyn Rees They really move fast, they have flashing lights on the roof, and they have sirens that can be heard a long way off. But definitely that isn't all that's special about police cars? There's no standard design for these ...

Copyright (c) 2008 Mervyn Rees This article covers: 4x4s - The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful. Boy's Toys - Bringing Motoring Up To Speed. Police Cars - What's Special about Them? Green Fuel - The Facts. 1. 4x4s - The Good, the Bad, an...

Copyright (c) 2008 Mervyn Rees 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...

Copyright (c) 2008 Mervyn Rees More Hurricanes dur to 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 ...

Copyright (c) 2008 Mervyn Rees I thought I would chat about some aspects affecting the manufacturing 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 Framew...

Copyright (c) 2008 Mervyn Rees If you're able to use a computer and can read this newsletter, you'll have heard about global warming. You've probably heard different stories about what could be causing global warming and what it'll do to us, ranging...

Copyright (c) 2008 Mervyn Rees Energy experts 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 costs as people become concerned at the sensed threat of a reduce supp...

Copyright (c) 2008 Mervyn Rees Have you heard of 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 own car on peanut oil. Nowadays a...

Copyright (c) 2008 Mervyn Rees As people look to fuel alternatives, one of the choices is ethanol. There are different 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 ...

Copyright (c) 2008 Mervyn Rees Electrical Automobiles: This technology is still in the growth stage and continues to be considered a viable alternative to fossil fuels. Let's face it, if your vehicle runs on electricity exclusively, then you are not em...

Copyright (c) 2008 Mervyn Rees Is it a plant? Is it an organism? Algae are very unusual! Algae are microscopic organisms, and are usually believed to be just simple aquatic plants. Pond scum, really. But it may amaze you to learn that some algae displa...