Monthly Archives: January 2009

The Guide

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

Hello. My name is Iggy and I’ll be your guide today.   Click here for the rest of the story: http://www.hackneystravel.com/ecuador/theguide.pdf .  

Fuso Footprint

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

It was pointed out on a forum I participate in that while I am advocating conservation and energy independence, we live in a vehicle that is not all that fuel effecient. I took that as a valid observation and decided to …

More Oil Info

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

Here’s some additional oil factoids:   Source: DOE http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/non-renewable/oil.html   Source: DOE http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import.html          

One Lap of America

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

PDF version of this document is here: http://www.hackneystravel.com/ecuador/onelapofamerica.pdf Last year I met a European traveler in Argentina who spent six weeks in the United States a few years earlier. His six week visit gave him, in his opinion, total understanding …