Bio-diesel

First let me start out by saying what is needed to produce bio-diesel because im not the biggest supporter of this resource. If one wants to make Bio-diesel they will need used vegetable oil, lye, methanol, and water. Biodiesel is a new fad that has been a topic of debate since the election of obama instead of drilling into US soil and using our own oil that we have a large abundance of, we are making a new renewable resource, to replace our need for real diesel fuel. Biodiesel can be used in normal diesel engines, this can be used to and blended with real diesel if need be. Many people coin the production of bio-diesel as great for the environment, creating jobs, and decreasing our dependency on foreign oil; what they do not realize is that with the production of bio-diesel it raises the prices of normal goods that Americans need and buy on a regular basis. Such as bread and other grain foods and drinks, this inflation is not helping the lower class people who need these products to stay cheap so they can buy them on the regular and live. What most Americans do not know is that we have a large abundance of our own oil here in the states but we will not drill for it because, it is in fact not the best thing for the environment if done incorrectly or not monitored (ex: BP oil spill in the Gulf)

12 soil types

The 12 different types of soil are

1) Alfisols 

2) Andisols

3) Aridisols

4) Entisols

5) Gelisols

6) Histosols

7) Inceptisols

8) Mollisols

9) Oxisols

10) Spodosols

11) Ultisols

12) Vertisols

I found this cool powerpoint online that gives a little description of each type of soil, check it out.
12 soil types powerpoint

Soil Found In Georgia: Tifton (Ultisol

The most recognized soil in Georgia is Ultisol because it covers over 2 million acres of land in the state. This soil is also rich for farming which most Georgia farmers take advantage of.

Micaceous Schist:

Micaceous Schist is a metamorphic rock, its most noted and differentiated from other foliated rocks because of the actual size of the mineral crystals it has inside it. Over half of this interesting rock is made up of tabular and other minerals with large coarse, which can been seen by the naked eye. Although the crystals in the Schist are larger than those in slates they are not as large as the crystals in gneisses. The rock can come in many different collars such as green, silver, brown and grey.

Creation of Urban Community Gardens

Urban Community Gardens bring many positive things to an urban community. An urban community garden is a garden that a community makes on a piece of land and all help take care of it while all receiving the benefits of it. A garden can bring, fresh food and herbs for cooking to a community if well maintained. The garden also helps the community work as a whole together to reap rewards, this helps build a strong sense of community which can help an urban area.

Trees and Shrubs

Weeping Willow (Scientific Name: Salix Baylonica) I like this tree people I relate it with water and swamps, when I go fishing back home I see these all the times and usually hanging over the water and casting under these usually leads to catching a fish

Yoshino Cherry (Scientific Name: Prunus Yedoensis) I enjoy this particular tree because of its vibrant color of pink he mask off. No body can be walking down the road in between some Yoshino Cherry's and be upset, its a soothing tree.

Crepe Myrtle (Scientific Name: Lagerstroemia Species) I immediately recognized this tree because when i was little my grandmother had two of these  planted in her from yard, and my brother and i got in trouble all the time because we would try and climb them (apparently that's not okay) 

Last but not least the Southern Magnolia (Scientific Name: Magnolia Grandiflora) I absolutely love the flower that is produced from this, each year my father would give my mom some of these because this is her favorite flower. Not to mention it puts off a wonderful aroma.

Favorite Place on Earth

This image is of my favorite place in the entire world! This is Blue Lagoon Island and it is part of the Bahamas, I visited this island last December on my first cruise and instantly fell in love. Let me just start of by saying you can only access the island by boat and on the boat that takes you to the island they supply all riders with beer! Once I got there it was the most beautiful place in the world there were dolphins swimming around, and a specific place to interact with all sorts of animals! There were bars scattered about the island, along with food stations. The water is crystal clear, the people are friendly and there are hammocks hanging from everywhere! I have dropped a pin in the middle of the water because this is where there is a fun obstacle course for people on the island to play with. There is a small path on the island I made that is from the water to the bar because I was usually walking back and forth between those two places. May I add that the "Bahama Mamas" they make there are not only delicious they are pure alcohol so watch out! The polygon I added represents where the dolphins swim freely and interact with all the people who want to swim with them!

Ocmulgee Heritage Trail

This is a photo of our study site off Google earth, we were at the Ocmulgee Heritage Trail in Macon, Georgia. I have added a transect line of where our class did our study in the river, in which you can see the elevation of the land and river.

Ocmulgee Heritage Trail - This link here will give you a little background about the trail itself, although the actual Ocmulgee Heritage Trail website is down right now, there is a link in this website which will take you there at a further date when the website is up and running. For now this link will give you a very brief background of the Trail.

The Importance of Community Parks - not only do Community parks bring the actually population of the community together, they give a safe place to families and young ones to walk without having to worry about being harassed. Community parks seem to be a blocker to homeless and dangerous people who may be in a community, this is because the community parks are looked after by the police, and there are always people there so it is hard to do illegal activities without being caught. A safe place to bring a family with a wonderful view, it just does not get any better than that. Community parks should be incorporated into any great community.  

Mystery of the Megaflood

MYSTERY OF THE MEGAFLOOD

In lab we had to chance to watch a short movie about the mega flood in which occurred millions of years back, and was rejected by most scientist. This flood was which was made up of millions of gallons swept water over many present day locations such as Montana, Oregon, and Idaho. The flood was caused by a large ancient ice dam which eventually melted, the dam was located in Montana in a valley. The Mega Flood all in all formed the area in which we call the channeled scablands today.

Learn About The Scablands