One Day on Earth

I did like the second video, the first video was way too viral in my opinion. The First video had a lot of media, but still it was a good video, not too good though. The second video, even though it was a trailer was a professional style exhibit of visual media, the first video was a total mess of images with a weird song. The second video has a finer perspective of what is a life on Earth, it captures the eyes far easier. The first video tries to capture your attention desperately by including a song that may inflict some sort of deep message into it, it takes the value of the pictures completely out. The message of the second video is to actually inspire to make your own video, it basically ravages you with words indicating that, it is intended to make you think about the current world conflict.

There were some really important "chunks" to the video, some bad or some good, they made the video what it is. On the first video, the chunks of the trash can, bombing and a guy on jail. I really liked this part, this part shows you the real world, it shows you that no country is perfect but rather plagued by some wrong. On the second video, the part when there is a quick and noticeable change in ethnicity, people working in several places, was a really key element to this "trailer", it truly transmits the message. This parts were key since they really show you the world as a whole, and immense planet. I can't wait to decide the approach I am going to take towards this activity, although a I really don't have good hopes of making a very good video.

Fuel Efficiency and the BP disaster

This year, one more time humanity has been shown the dangers of dependance on crude oil, with the help of the BP disaster on the Gulf of Mexico. Fuel efficiency, the smart decision to make, has been around for a while now, but the industrial mongers keep repressing their importance to the environment. Although some cars, like the hybrid, have escaped this oppression and had come out for sale, and actually has been sold quite a while, there is still much to do about this subject. I do consider the smart decision when I get into my car, that's why I walk to school, why waste money, and in the process actually cooperating in the environmental movement for the good of the planet. I should as well as any person consider this fact while thinking of getting into any gas-based vehicle, there were animals killed in the BP incident, people lost their jobs, all because of the constant demand for an overused type of fuel. In conclusion, the use of fuel efficient vehicles is good, it is good 0n your wallet and for the environment, just a small step in the environmental movement that has finally been alive these last years.

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Distance/Fuel Measurement Chart

So, for the past two days we have been working on finding out how much gasoline we use to get to school, by computing data like distance betwenn house and school, fuel usage by car, etc. This project in particular has been quite complex for some, but rather easy for myself, as I live near the school. I found out I only use 23 liters per year with my car to get here, and on my dream car an Audi R8, I would use 26 liters to get to school a year. The fact that I use so little gasoline to get here, makes up for the fact that I rather walk to school. The fact that I walk to school is a good form of exercise, and perhaps the only, since I have quite my running routine a while ago.

2007 BMW X5 4.8i	Day	Week	Year(185)	9p/L
15.7l/100K	0.062	0.310075	11.47278	$103.25
CITY
DC:2010 Audi R8	0.14299	0.71495	26.45315	$238.08
18.1L/100K
CITY
2010 Mazda Tribute Hybrid	0.06162	0.3081	11.3997	$102.60
7.8L/100K
CITY
2010 Ford Focus	0.10902	0.5451	20.1687	$181.51
13.8L/100K
CITY