Haiti

• Haiti is one of the Caribbean countries
• It is third lagest after Cuba and Dominican Republic
• It shares the island with Dominican Republic
• It is one of the poorest and corrupt countries in the world.

Regular vs light beer

• Light beers have less calories. Some of it is from the lower carbs.
• But, alcohol is also 7 calories/gram, whereas carbs are 4. So, to reduce calories quicker, the producers of light beer remove alcohol.
• You usually get 4.2% in a light, and 5.0% in a regular. Some of the ultra lights (amstel light) are 3.5%.
• On average, beers are 6.0% This is from all beers on ratebeer.com. If you go with a microbrew, you should expect 6-7%. Contrast that with 3.5-4.2%....
• http://www.beer100.com/beercalories.htm

All about crude

This is the chronological history of inventions that shaped life before crude.

• Coal was the predominant fuel till 1850s
• Steam Engine was invnted in 1712
• In US, oil was first drilled in Pennsylvania in 1850. Oil is a mix of lot of hydrocarbons each having a different boling point. When heated the methane, gasoline, diesel, coke start evaporating and this is how they are refined.
• At this time, only Diesel was used and the rest thrown. Rockfeller made a lot of fortune in the sales of Diesel.
• In 1879, Thomas Alva Edison invented electric bulb and it reduced the demand for Kerosene.
• In 1860 bcycle was invented. By 1893 a gas comsuming automobile was ready.