Friday, March 16, 2012

Project Go

I've been researching Genetic Engineering in animals these past couple days and it's a fairly interesting topic to look up. Genetic Engineering is exactly what is sounds like. It takes animals and changes their genes to make them have more desirable traits so they could be more useful and sold for more. It includes all types of manipulation of the genetic code of animals. This can be used to clone as well. This is done by inserting the DNA of one animal into the fetus of the same specie along with a vector which cleans out the DNA already in the embryo. But that's just a short bit of interesting stuff I found out about it. :D

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Dude's smart

There's this bro somewhere named Steve Reinford. He's a pretty smart guy. He installed an anaerobic digester on his dairy farm three years ago. It may have cost him million dollars at the time but it's doing work and saving him money. The digester turns manure into methane. The energy this thing produces, Steve uses to fuel about 100 homes in central Pennslyvania which he uses to raise his 500 dairy cows. Where we all pay, this bro doesn't. Instead he receives money, which is awesome. He's using this the best he can to heat his home and milk house, make bedding for his cows, fertilize his fields, dry his corn and pasteurize the milk he feeds his cows. This dude is pretty impressive and smart if I do say so myself.

Friday, March 2, 2012

BP, why bro?

A few years back there was a horrific oil spill caused by BP. It happened at the Gulf of Mexico when an oil well exploded while they were working. They tried their hardest to stop the oil from getting absolutely everywhere. They tried many things such as installing a shut off valve, and using floating booms. They even tried to use a containment dome which is a four story seventy ton structure to stop one of the leaks. And yet, despite all their efforts, they couldn't completely stop it.