Growing up in New Jersey, it didn’t quite feel like summertime until I was eating Kohr’s ice cream on Jenkinson’s Boardwalk in Point Pleasant Beach or riding a bike on the promenade in Cape May. My family and I have gone down the shore every summer since I was born. I have spent a lot […]
Tag: energy
Categories
Eyeless Shrimp?
As a “Millennial,” the constant bombarding of information on the web has become engrained in my daily routine. I am able to access news stories and reports in the blink of an eye. I can read my Twitter timeline for up-to-the-second information from various environmental groups. On the surface, this seems to be a clear […]
Categories
Climate Change Education
Below is my perspective on climate change education. I gave this speech at the MADE CLEAR (Maryland and Delaware Climate Change Education, Assessment and Research) Climate Change Education Summit at the University of Maryland on September 19, 2011. I felt honored to be one of four panelists, and the only undergraduate student, that spoke at […]
Categories
Ethanol is Not the Answer
With oil at $104/barrel, it seems only logical to invest in alternative sources of fuel for our cars in the United States. The increase in oil prices has led to the apparently beneficial act of diverting grain from food supply to ethanol production. Ethanol is an alcohol made by fermenting sugar components of plant materials, […]
Categories
The “Peak Oil” Debate
For the last 20 some-odd years, natural resource experts have estimated we have 30 years of oil left. This seems counter-intuitive. How can 20 years pass, but the amount of oil we have left on the planet stay the same, especially as we continue to consume it at an exponential rate? The answer lies in […]
lindsaymcnamara.com 