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Prius vs. Hummer

In an interesting article in this month’s Wired, the Toyota Prius is put to the test against none other than the Hummer. And this isn’t just any ol’ test. This is an environmental test. Guess who wins?

The Hummer. It might not be nearly as fuel efficient as the deathtrap of a car, but you know what? It’s cheaper to create one…Cheaper in the energy sense, that is. It takes 113 million BTUs of energy to create a Toyota Prius, due largely to the 30 lbs of nickel found in the battery. The Hummer is less. How much less? Well, this blogger doesn’t want to throw out an inaccurate number, but the point is that it does for sure cost less than a Prius. Nobody tries to pass a Hummer off as an energy efficient or green vehicle…So the fact that it costs less energy to create than a Prius, to me, is quite astonishing.

Let’s put those 113 million BTUs into perspective, eh? There are about 113,000 BTUs in one gallon of gas, which means that by the end of the creation of a Prius, it has consumed the equivalent of 1,000 gallons of gas. This means, by the time it hits the showroom or when you turn the engine over for the first time, it already has what Wired calls, a carbon debt. To pay this debt off, the Prius will have to drive 46,000 miles.

The solution to energy problems is not buying the plastic fantastic vehicle known as the Prius. Now I’m not saying a Prius is a bad car to own or anything like that, but it just might not be the solution to our energy problems. Wired says the solution, well one solution, is to buy a used car. A used car will usually have its debt paid off by the time you get to it, after the first or second owner has driven it for awhile.

Buying a used car is about as green as this blogger will ever get.

The Right Track – Final Show!!!

This is it….the Final Show of the Year!!

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The Right Track – 4/28/2008

Tonight’s show was fantastic! We welcomed Nick Manning and his cousin Bruce onto the show, as well as the regulars Lydia and Robert.

The second half of the show featured none other than Grover Norquist!

Tune in next week as Nick comes into the studios to co-host the show!

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The Right Track – 4/21/2008

Today we spoke with Lydia and Robert and discussed how their new offices have been treating them, as well as entertained a few phone calls. We then welcomed Lynn Jenkins onto the program to talk about her current campaign for the US Congress in the upcoming election.

Next week: Grover Norquist!

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The Right Track – 4/7/2008

Today we welcomed a new addition to the team, Robert Swift, this year’s Student Body Vice President, and we were glad to hear a familiar voice, that of Lydia Peele, the Student Body President. Then, the second half of the show was devoted to picking Gregg Jackson’s brain on this year’s election. It was very informative and, as always, it was great to talk to Gregg, a dear friend of the show.

No show next week! We’ll see you in a couple weeks!

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Samantha Taylor Cries to Geraldo Rivera

I am sitting here at the station watching Fox News, and I’m trying not to laugh at a 15 year old girl crying on national television. “Geraldo at Large” had Samantha Taylor and her attorney on tonight. Taylor is the girl in Arizona who was involved in a school bus brawl, and has now been charged with a crime that could land her in juvenile detention for six months. Geraldo obviously snagged this story as a hard hitting one, and had the young girl on his show. Apparently, Taylor won’t apologize to the school bus driver for what happened, and Geraldo felt it his job to parent her on national television. The result? A crying 15 year old girl saying “I have no friends” for the whole country to see…It was great television, but for a moment I thought I was watching the Comedy Channel. And to add to it, her attorney was wearing a “Fender” guitar shirt, looking, well, like a stereotypical Hollywood lawyer.

Oh, Geraldo. You’re the man.

This story is from a few days ago. I’ll try to find some video of Taylor crying.

Tune into tomorrow’s show as we’re going to have Gregg Jackson on. Jackson is a dear friend of the show, and he recently took some action toward the “No Mitt Campaign.” We’ll talk to him about that as well as some other issues…Perhaps a city-wide smoking ban and even the issue of concealed carry here at KSU. Tune in…we may not bring a teenage girl to tears, but heck, we’ll try.

The Right Track – 3/31/2008

We said goodbye to Matt Wagner as he ends his reign as Student Body President…But next week we’ll have Lydia and her new VP, Robert Swift, in the studio, so that will be great!

Then we dissected this week’s Democratic Radio Address. We also welcomed a new contributor to the show, Nick Manning, our field reporter. He provided us with some great insight as to how the show was progressing!

Tune in next week!!

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An Award Winning Show…

It is official: The Right Track is an award winning program! We were awarded 1st place in Undergraduate Entertainment Programs in the state of Kansas, as well as 1st place in Intern Entertainment Programs, according to the Kansas Association of Broadcasters! We’re gearing up for an exciting close to the semester, with some very prominent interviews scheduled. Stay tuned for more, and as always, thanks for listening!

Is Obama Wright?

A McCain aide was suspended from the campaign for making this video:

This is pretty scary stuff. We’ll talk about it on Monday.