• Listen to a special audio message from Bill Roper to the Hive Workshop community (Bill is a former Vice President of Blizzard Entertainment, Producer, Designer, Musician, Voice Actor) 🔗Click here to hear his message!
  • Read Evilhog's interview with Gregory Alper, the original composer of the music for WarCraft: Orcs & Humans 🔗Click here to read the full interview.
  • Create a faction for Warcraft 3 and enter Hive's 19th Techtree Contest: Co-Op Commanders! Click here to enter!
  • Create a void inspired texture for Warcraft 3 and enter Hive's 34th Texturing Contest: Void! Click here to enter!
  • The Hive's 21st Texturing Contest: Upgrade is now concluded, time to vote for your favourite set of icons! Click here to vote!

Owner
Joined
Oct 6, 2004
Messages
10,222
I would like to announce that there have been added 1 new clan and 1 new project.
The project is by teza89 and is about Starwars.
The clan is administrated by SilverSong and is custom-gaming clan.
 
Joined
Jan 21, 2005
Messages
12
About the oil thing, hasn't anyone taken highschool science yet? scientists back in the 60's and 70's knew that around 2100 there would be no more oil left in the world if we keep using as much as we are, and nowadays we use a lot more oil than we did back then. The thing is, oil is a FINITE resource, meaning that there isnt infinite amounts of it. It is made when animals and plants die and their remains decompose and liquify and are stored for millions of years. So basically, we are gonna have to switch to a different source pretty darn soon.

What new source should that be?

I think either Hydrogen fuel cells or Biodeisel are good options, since it just isnt realistic to make solar powered cars. And definately not solar powered planes or spacecraft.

I would like to hear your thoughts.
 
Joined
Jul 1, 2005
Messages
393
Original email:
Subject: Gas Prices

Gas Prices
JOIN the RESISTANCE!!!!
I hear we are going to hit close to $3.00 a gallon by
the end of summer and it might go higher!!

Want gasoline prices to come down? We need to take
some intelligent, united action.

Phillip Hollsworth, offered this good idea:
This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on
a certain day" campaign that was going around last
April or May!

The oil companies just laughed at that because they
knew we wouldn't continue to "hurt" ourselves by
refusing to buy gas.

It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a
problem for them.

BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a
plan that can really work. Please read it and join
with us! By now you're probably thinking gasoline
priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It is
currently $2.43 for regular unleaded in my town. Now
that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have
conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon of
gas is CHEAP at $1.50- $1.75, we need to take
aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control
the market place.... not sellers. With the price of
gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to
take action.
The only way we are going to see the price of gas come
down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not
purchasing their gas! And we can do that WITHOUT
hurting ourselves.
HOW?
Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop
buying gas. But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if
we all act together to force a price war.
Here's the idea:
For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline
from the TWO BIGGEST COMPANIES (which now are one),
EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not selling any
gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If
they reduce their prices, the other companies will
have to follow suit.

But to have an impact, we need to reach literally
millions of Exxon and Mobil gas buyers.
It's really simple to do!!
Now, don't whimp out on me at this point... keep
reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach
millions of people!!

I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each
of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)
... and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x
10 = 3,000)... and so on, by the time the message
reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have
reached over THREE MILLION consumers. If those three
million get excited and pass this on to
ten friends each, then 30 million people will have
been contacted!

If it goes one level further, you guessed it.....
THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!

Again, all You have to do is send this to 10 people.
That's all.

How long would all that take? If each of us sends this
e-mail out to ten more people within one day of
receipt, all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be
contacted within the next 8 days!!!

I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much
potential, did you! Acting together we can make a
difference.

If this makes sense to you, please pass this message
on.

PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE
$1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.

THIS CAN REALLY WORK.

Yours Tru-Lee

ERA Professional Realty Group
561-753-3100
Toll Free: 1-866-ERA-3100
http://www.leelikes.com

SilverSong's Response: (and yes I emailed everyone who got forwarded too)

Is this really the right thing to do?

Mobile-Exxon is one of the few oil companies that are
in the process of building hydrogen fuel stations.

It seems to me that we would all be better served if
we supported only those oil companies that are
involved in opening new hydrogen & electric fuel
stations around the world instead of trying to maim
them when their in the middle of building new
technologies that will eventually bring gas prices
down.

Perhaps even more importantly, shouldn't we be
petitioning our own local governments to switch from
gasoline-burning power stations to power our
electricity needs to cheaper and ultimately cleaner
wood, coal, wind, solar, hydrogen, nuclear and water
energy diverting the needs away from burning gasoline
for populace electricity could alone drive the prices
back down to under $2.00 a gallon.

Is it really even Mobile-Exxon's fault that gas prices
are so high? Compared to Hess and Shell which are both
rising into the $3.00 range they're one of the lowest
competetively priced gas companies in the state.

I'd actually welcome a nuclear power plant into my
neighborhood because of all the new advances that
Japan has done in nuclear power plant technology in
the past 10 years.

There's an article in Mechanics Engineering magazine
about this very topic.
The Japanese have completely re-engineering the old 1970's
nuclear technology to entirely contain all the nuclear
waste and uranium in one large internalized tank with
a specialized water flow system which keeps it cool
internally. This has completely eliminated the
possibility of a nuclear meltdown, since the coolant
system is powered by -and a part of- the nuclear core itself.
They've also successfully decreased the amounts of uranium
needed to under 22 ounces (that's a bottle of soda)
while increasing the energy output enough to power up
both New York City and Boston.

If we all switched to Electric-powered cars or hybrids, that are plugged in at home and recharged with nuclear energy that would almost completely eliminate the need for gasoline within the US, dropping it down to around .50c a gallon.

At this era in time, I think it's just the perception of people that needs to be changed. Everyone in the country equates nuclear reactor with an A-Bomb going off in the middle of the neighborhood and the possibility of a home-made Hiroshima, nothing is being done here to change peoples fears or beliefs in that.

Even those politicians who open their mouths, and start talking about perhaps getting nuclear power, are quickly silenced by a fearful populace of homeowners and families. The US has turned into a fearful country, afraid and terrified of change. We've held dearly onto the old english system of measure, and the old belief that a nuclear power plant is a bad idea.

"Spread the truth, and think about what you hear
people say or write."
-Silver
 

Owner
Joined
Oct 6, 2004
Messages
10,222
I decided to release the newest version since I don't work at it anymore.
I don't have a changelog. I don't have nothing.
Hope you can use it. Get it from DL section...
 

Affiliates

Popular resources

Submitted by Kwaliti
151 downloads
Submitted by johnwar
172 downloads
Submitted by HiHigh
212 downloads
Submitted by DREADMAN
212 downloads
Submitted by Gluma
159 downloads
Submitted by OVOgenez
146 downloads
Submitted by Gluma
132 downloads
Submitted by Gluma
154 downloads
Submitted by Stefan.K
159 downloads
Submitted by Dargen
137 downloads
Submitted by Ilya Alaric
135 downloads
Submitted by Ilya Alaric
141 downloads
Submitted by Ilya Alaric
147 downloads
Submitted by Hotel
199 downloads
Submitted by BaiyuGalan, shining comet
275 downloads
Submitted by Ilya Alaric
121 downloads
Submitted by Ilya Alaric
137 downloads
Submitted by BaiyuGalan, shining comet
210 downloads
Submitted by BaiyuGalan, Jiok
228 downloads
Submitted by Ilya Alaric
127 downloads
Submitted by johnwar
264 downloads
Submitted by Explobomb
492 downloads
Submitted by Rhapsodie
184 downloads
Submitted by johnwar
241 downloads
Submitted by Bleeq, Yoga WP
152 downloads
Submitted by Rhapsodie
204 downloads
Submitted by Xecutor_ShamanX
184 downloads
Submitted by Xecutor_ShamanX
180 downloads
Submitted by BaiyuGalan, Jiok
149 downloads
Submitted by Rhapsodie
157 downloads
Submitted by Commedia, BaiyuGalan
135 downloads
1/6

Popular maps

Submitted by OutsiderXE
586 downloads
Submitted by OutsiderXE
649 downloads
Submitted by Aeroblyctos
1,069 downloads
Submitted by Karawasa
521 downloads
Submitted by OutsiderXE
574 downloads
Submitted by Turnro
1,083 downloads
Submitted by Turnro
769 downloads
Submitted by Turnro
1,011 downloads
Submitted by SpasMaster, Vunjo
1,359 downloads
Submitted by Daemonic_Sword, Shea Easterbrook
545 downloads
Submitted by tomoraider
1,461 downloads
Submitted by Turnro
1,400 downloads
Submitted by tomoraider
1,199 downloads
Submitted by Warseeker
989 downloads
Submitted by TheSpoon
1,195 downloads
Submitted by LazZ
2,018 downloads
Submitted by Shar Dundred
628 downloads
Submitted by Macielos, Nyctaeus
1,161 downloads
Submitted by
546 downloads
Submitted by Nethalythic
659 downloads
Submitted by frostwhisper
561 downloads
Submitted by Wa666r
1,059 downloads
Submitted by Nral
621 downloads
Submitted by 克尔苏加克, tulee
632 downloads
Submitted by Resyak, Blasterixx
615 downloads
Submitted by Med. MapGuy
727 downloads
Submitted by Griffith
792 downloads
1/6

Heroes online

Top