Aluminum is lightweight, strong, corrosion-resistant, infinitely recyclable, and an essential part of our daily life. Measured either in quantity or value, aluminum’s use exceeds that of any other metal except iron, and…
Author: Brian Colwell
Alternative Investment Explorer
20 Interesting Facts About Graphite
Graphite, referred to as plumbago in the early eras, is a crystalline form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a hexagonal structure. It occurs naturally in this form and…
What Are Heirloom Cannabis Strains?
With a goal to educate cannabis and sustainability activists on the importance of preserving indigenous cannabis genetics, this series will focus first on cannabis landrace strains and then, finally, on the F1…
20 Interesting Facts About Chromium
Chromium is a chemical element with symbol Cr, atomic number 24, and is the first element in group 6. It is a steely-grey, lustrous, hard, and brittle transition metal. Chromium is valued as an important strategic mineral…
20 Interesting Facts About Vanadium
Vanadium is a chemical element with symbol V and atomic number 23. It is a hard, silvery-grey, ductile, malleable transition metal. Vanadium is rarely found in nature, but once isolated artificially, the formation of an oxide layer somewhat stabilizes the free metal against…
20 Interesting Facts About Cobalt
Cobalt is both an essential biological and industrial metal, considered an important strategic mineral by counties around the world, but most of us know little about this semi-precious metal. Where does Cobalt…
Systemic Corruption Charted
Political partisanship lead to money backed by nothing … “Capitalism is not broken. The problem is that we haven’t had sound money since 1971.” – Jesse Colombo Notice how he makes ZERO…
The Ancient History Of Agriculture
“To really understand a plant, one has to look into its history. It became what it is now through its whole course of development.” – Luther Burbank; botanist and ag science pioneer…
The World’s Reverse Robinhood
Robbing the poor to pay the rich has been the well-executed mission of central banks around the world for the last decade … Release the stimulus! “What you need to understand is…
Look out for yourself – Governments don’t care
“Mathematics has been used in economic theory in an exaggerated manner; it’s use has not been highly successful. Mathematical economics has not achieved very much. The underlying vagueness and ignorance has not…