Ilargi Feb 2, 2009 http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/ Here's an idea I've been toying with lately: A 1 year moratorium on mortgages, in the US, EU and...
Mon. City of Alameda Dedicates Electric Cars <http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/02/18388009.php> Vigil/Ritual East Bay | Environment & Forest Defense ...
Aha! so this is why the US economy is not crashing as fast as it could? There is a delay, as other countries's citizens invest in dollars because they have few...
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Read this newsletter online <http://campaign-archive.com/?u=311db31977054c5ef58219392&id=40910bdfa7&\ e=ca9ef5ecfb> [Post Carbon Institute]...
The Myth of the Efficient Car By Alec Dubro The Progressive February 3, 2009 Let's get something straight about green industry: in its basic form it means we...
... Subject: [Cascadian_Bioregionalism] It’s Not Going to Be OK From: "a_cascadian" <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> Date: Mon, February 2, 2009 11:01 pm To:...
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OMG, ... Stalks could be baled in the field, transported to ports and loaded on barges for deep-water dumping. Considering the low density of cellulosic...
SFBayoil: The future of sustainable transportation has two components. 1) For ranges up to 100 miles, battery-powered electric cars will be the wave of the...
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... wrote: Why not mass public transit? Here in the SF Bay Area there is already infrastructure in place that, with some expansion, eliminate the need for most...
I'll put forward a different vision. For personal transportation the future will likely be: 1) A scooter for almost everyone (electric and otherwise) who can ...
Thank you, this is an excellent article and I've reposted it to Myspace and Facebook for my friends to (hopefully) read. I don't think I ever forwarded this to...
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Thomas, And what are you proposing would fuel the manufacturing of these cars, not to mention their parts? And how about compressing the hydrogen, and...
Now, uh, that's pretty crazy. Stalks are also known as stover and there are other scientists looking into it as a source of cellolosic ethanol. Also stover has...
Fuel cell driven cars have been 5-10 years in the future for the last 20 years. Do you really think they're practical for use in a vehicle? The problem I see...
The Silicon Valley is still better off than much of the rest of the country, though - having Caltrain, light rail and the rail connection to Sacramento [I...
Folks, our culture is collapsing if you hadn't noticed. For awhile those with tons of money, for awhile they will continue to live some sort of unsustainable...
... Have I been under the mistaken impression that breakthroughs in hydrogen are STILL 20 years off (as they were 20 years ago)? I still don't see where we...
S. Robin" Yes, buses to the maximum extent people will use them. BUT, I a convinced we will not get most people out of their cars this century. Tom Dickerman...
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"BUT, I a convinced we will not get most people out of their cars this century." Are you sure you're on the right list, Thomas? You do know this is a list that...
Dear Richard: Hydrogen will continue to be made from natural gas. Gradually, we will get more renewable energy, and make compressed hydrogen gas from this. I...
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Not willingly, I agree. But reality is that we don't always get to do things based upon free will. (I myself was forced into exclusive use of mass transit...
... Only if you are counting on fusion. Wouldn't worry too much. "Mother" nature is the real problem you know, giving us a finite world and all and making us,...
... I bet they get out of their cars though not if "we" get them out. But I won't live till the end of the century, so I'm not making a $ wager, heh....
Parasails Can Move Ships By Maricel Drazer* Terramerica February 4, 2009 Düsseldorf, Germany - They say that faith can move mountains. Now, faith in the wind...
"Enlightened Government policy, combining the carrot with the stick, could push people into buses that would not otherwise go. [E.g., cut the fares for buses...
There is an interesting article on Counterpunch today, "14 Studies Have Exposed the High Cost of Ethanol and Biofuels, The Unraveling of the Ethanol Scam" by...