President Obama ran his campaign primarily on the slogan of “Change.”  And for the most part, so far, he has lived up to this campaign promise while still staying within the presidential box.  At the top of his agenda of change has been the energy crisis.  Obama has been particularly vociferous about reducing our energy dependence as a way to resolve domestic and international problems.  In fact, he stated, “If I am President, I will...

It recently struck me as odd as to why we don’t have solar panels on all of our cars and homes. Is anyone else stunned by this? Afterall, solar-powered calculators were invented years ago, specifically 1978.  This prompted me to do some research on the history of solar panels. In fact, the first solar powered water heater was invented and patented in 1891 by Clarence Kemp. Throughout the early 20th Century more research was done by...