1,700 gallons of water to 1 gallon of ethanol...

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Interesting facts coming out about ethanol article that appeared in the Investors Business Daily.

"Ethanol yields about 30% energy per gallon of gasoline" and that is why your mpg is down...

"It takes about 1,700 gallons of water to produce one gallon of ethanol"...

"Each acre of corn requires about 130 pounds of Nitrogen and 55 pounds of Phosphorous"...

Delegate Saxman understands the importance of developing our Virginia coast energy sources...

The Virginia Alliance for Energy Independence has a spot on post about how the Virginia "Democrats" are doing their best to ignore the Oil and Natural Gas resources we have off the coast of Virginia. They also have a link over to the Bearing Drift post and comments from Delegate Chris Saxman and the killing of his bill to take tax revenue from offshore drilling and putting it to use regarding the infrastructure issue...

$540 pair of "sneakers"?...

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Lady Obama volunteers at a local D.C. Food Bank...

Al Gore gets "Drilled" over Global Warming...

"Predict catastrophe no sooner than five years hence but later than 10 years away, soon enough to terrify but distant enough that people will forget if you are wrong"...

Gregg Easterbrook's "Law of Doomsaying...

Bill & Terry together once gain...

Bill and Terry website....

Bob McDonnell: ~MORE Energy, MORE Jobs~

Pt. Pleasant Rescue Dive Team recover Bottlenose Dolphin offshore...

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The members of the Point Pleasant Rescue Dive Team assisted in the recovery of a Bottlenose Dolphin that was then taken to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigatine, N.J.

Additional photos and info can be found at the Dive Teams site....