That is an article from the New York Times in a series about college athletics scholarships. The series states that while men's college basketball and college football have scholarships to give, the average college program (like baseball, softball, track, swimming) has 4-10 scholarships per team. The average amount of scholarships for women's division II softball was 7.2. Few in these sports has a "full ride" and free tuition; and believe it or not, some people actually compete for the fun of it.
I agree Art and Pol x, let's sit on our thumbs and wait for technology to improve to catch up to our consumption (consumption that is growing exponentially). Then let's wait for the governments of the world to realize how to use that technology to keep the oil flowing and keep our homes warm, our SUVs filled and our crops fertilized. I have a great bridge in Brooklyn for sale too.
How pointless is ethanol? Not only is it incredibly inefficient (it would be north of $6/gallon without subsidies) but it's incredibly unethical as well. Sorry, millions of Americans who aren't eating well (not to mention the billions worldwide), but we'd rather keep America rolling on our autos instead of doing the greater good.
The answer, which will take many years of complaining, lobbying, and possibly riots, is to get off of oil as much as possible. A regional train network instead of repaving the interstates every year would be step one.
you don't need to take your dog with you on vacation, just get the neighbor or someone in the family to stop in twice a day to feed it and take it for a walk.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/sports/10scholarships.html?_r=1&ref=sports&oref=slogin
That is an article from the New York Times in a series about college athletics scholarships. The series states that while men's college basketball and college football have scholarships to give, the average college program (like baseball, softball, track, swimming) has 4-10 scholarships per team. The average amount of scholarships for women's division II softball was 7.2. Few in these sports has a "full ride" and free tuition; and believe it or not, some people actually compete for the fun of it.
The answer, which will take many years of complaining, lobbying, and possibly riots, is to get off of oil as much as possible. A regional train network instead of repaving the interstates every year would be step one.