I’m seriously thinking of putting together a small presentation for my City Council. In it, I will introduce the possibility of Peak Oil and it’s worst case scenarios for our City. I don’t believe scare tactics will ever work to really make people understand just how serious Peak Oil and the subsequent Decline will be… …
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Nobody wants an Electric Car….. unless it goes like stink!
Tesla Motors of Santa Monica, California announced a major milestone today. Their initial production run of Tesla Roadsters (the “Signature 100 Series”) has been sold out. The predictable cadre of Movie Stars (Clooney), IT Big Wigs (EBay), and other people with too much money are the guinea pigs. But don’t get me wrong I AM …
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Rev up your Solar System diagrams!
All of a sudden, our neighbourhood might be getting a little more crowded. Next week the International Astronomical Union will meet at its annual convention. The hot topic? What defines a “planet”!? This is a very important question because thanks to more powerful telescopes… we have discovered a number of very large “rocks” (a.k.a. asteroids) …