Blogcritics Author: Mike Johnston

How Electric Deregulation Could Change Our Energy Future

Mike Johnston — Tue, 7 Oct 2008 06:39:18 EDT

I was always vaguely against Electric Deregulation because I thought that is was not a fair representation of the Free Market.
I was always vaguely against Electric Deregulation because I thought that is was not a fair representation of the Free Market. In the Free Market, demand and supply are supposed to control price. When there is a greater supply than there is demand, prices drop. When there is a greater demand than supply, prices increase. The leveler of price is...

Bailout Rejected: World Doesn't End

Mike Johnston — Wed, 1 Oct 2008 03:33:48 EDT

We have survived the financial crisis of 2008 without committing ourselves to a higher mountain of debt.
We have survived the financial crisis of 2008 without committing ourselves to a higher mountain of debt than we already have. The morning after always brings new clarity to any situation and this one is no different. We have passed the crisis point and the stock market is recovering.If we look at the panic driven days in the last two weeks compared...

Tax And Spend vs. Spend And Spend

Mike Johnston — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:13:40 EDT

So our economy is in the tank and all the savvy politicos are demanding that we bail out Wall Street.
So our economy is in the tank and all the savvy politicos are demanding that we bail out the Wall Street fat cats to the tune of seven hundred billion dollars. Most people can't even really comprehend that amount of money. To make it more real world, that is the money that our nation spends on importing oil every year. Since President Bush...

Will Artificial Trees Solve Our Energy Woes?

Mike Johnston — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:55:53 EDT

The faster that we can develop this process the faster our CO2 pollution and fuel supply woes will be over, forever.
According to a story on the Nature magazine news site scientists have finally figured out the structure of the last of three hydrogenase enzymes. Why is this important? Because hydrogenase enzymes are the key to splitting hydrogen from water to create carbohydrates in the natural world. Green plants and some microbes and algae use this process. It...

Global Warming: Human Induced Or Natural Cycle and Does It Really Matter?

Mike Johnston — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:08:51 EDT

I think that in the end it doesn't seem like it really matters.
I have been following the Climate Change phenomenon for a long time now and the recent argument over whether the reality of Climate Change is man-made or a natural cycle has become much of the focus of the media. To me this is something of an obfuscation of the reality at hand. The opponents of man-made Climate Change go to great lengths to...

Band Review: Deek Jenkins

Mike Johnston — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:54:38 EDT

Has a kind of electrifying intensity to their music that makes you want to get up and do something.
The first time I saw Deek Jenkins perform I almost didn't. Before they went on stage a friend of mine, who fronts another band, said to me, "You shouldn't even waste your time on these next guys, they are just a bar band." Luckily for me though, I had nothing better to do that night and so I stayed. I was so impressed with...

Springer Show Interrupted For Spitzer Resignation

Mike Johnston — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:13:33 EDT

I was watching the Jerry Springer Show on New York City's CW 11 when it was interrupted for a special news bulletin.
The Jerry Springer Show on New York City's CW 11 was interrupted today for a special news bulletin. The breaking news was a live broadcast of the resignation of New York Governor Elliot Spitzer. Spitzer was recently implicated as a customer in a federal prostitution sting and this was the reason for the sudden resignation. The Springer show was...

Obama and Plagiarism

Mike Johnston — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:47:44 EST

The wolfpack of Neo-Conservative pundits are now seizing on "plagiarism".
The wolfpack of Neo-Conservative pundits have been circling the Presidential primaries for months now, waiting, as the weaker candidates were slowly weeded out. Apparently now they have decided on their victims and are closing in for the kill. This week they launched their attack on Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle. The indignant horror of said...

Website Review: CharityUSA

Mike Johnston — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:26:06 EST

Creating a better world, click by click.
Most people are inherently good in at least some small, out of the way corner of themselves. I have always thought this and maybe that is what gets me into relationships with some pretty bad people. On the other hand, I have seen quite a few people (who society might perceive as being "bad") do some very good things under the right...

Genetic Manipulation Leads To Extended Lifespan

Mike Johnston — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:51:49 EST

Scientists manipulated two genes on yeast and ended up with organism which lived ten times longer than normal.
Recently, scientists at the University of Southern California manipulated two genes on some yeast and ended up with yeast which lived ten times longer than it normally would. This achievement immediately led to speculation about whether or not this same technique could be applied to higher organisms such as human beings. It seems to be at least...