The total worldwide annual primary energy consumption in 2008 was 435 quadrillionBTUs and over 110 quadrillion BTUs in the United States of America. Approximately 40 percent of the total primary energy is used in generating electricity. Of that, nearly 70 percent of the energy used in private homes and offices is in the form of […]
When you walk into a jewelry store and see all the diamonds in all of the various settings that are for sale, it is difficult to realize that diamonds are indeed rare. Most people don’t even stop to consider how that diamond came to be sitting in that jeweler’s case! There is quite a bit of work that is done before a diamond is ready to sell to the general public!
Nepalese climber, 75, oldest person to conquer the top of Mount Everest “Chomolungma this year became a political pawn,” he said with some frustration.
With the Chinese preparing for the impending summer Olympic Games, Min Bahadur Sherchan noted that the government’s actions hardly reflected the Olympic spirit. Now that Andrew Brash has successfully scaled the […]
Now that Min Bahadur Sherchan has successfully scaled the tallest mountain in the world, he is once again ready to focus on his family. This year French alpinist Anthony Loeff is reporting the scales for Everest after reaching the peak of Mont Blanc in France earlier this season.
As he planned for the climb, Sherchan […]