Posted in Culture, Economic Development, Emerging Topics, Energy, Land Use, Transportation on May 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Popular Science has a quick blurb about the First Annual BioMass Conference, which, in part, sought to dismiss new controversy about biofuels leading to global high food prices. An excerpt:
More to the point, though, is the mistaken notion that we have to use food crops for fuel production. In test fields in Minnesota, Tilman and [...]
Posted in Culture, Uncategorized on May 12, 2008 | No Comments »
At the risk of venturing into the dangerous territory of wholesale weblog digression, I want to make a quick comment on the Flyers-Penguin best of 7 playoff series.
When I first moved to Philadelphia, I was pretty amazed at how many people watched/enjoyed professional hockey. Back in Virginia - and almost everywhere else I’ve been besides [...]
Posted in Culture, Emerging Topics, tagged drake equation, fermi paradox, holodeck, Nick Bostrom, the matrix, virtual reality on May 12, 2008 | No Comments »
File under ‘generally irrelevant to the general thrust of this blog,’ there’s a neat article in the Brisbane Times about the probably eventuality of totally immersive virtual realities (like holodecks of Star Trek fame or the matrix from The Matrix), and its social/societal implications.
The main question is of course that, if once entered, would we [...]
Posted in Culture, Economic Development, Energy, Land Use, Transportation on May 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Just to underscore what I was saying about adjusting habits in the face of increased gas prices, a friend pointed out a recent NYT article on that very topic [free reg. req'd].
Mass transit systems around the country are seeing standing-room-only crowds on bus lines where seats were once easy to come by. Parking lots at [...]
Posted in Economic Development, Energy, Land Use, Transportation, tagged Clinton, gas tax, gas tax holiday, mass transit, Mccain, roads, Transportation on May 9, 2008 | No Comments »
For those of use not living under a rock for the past few months, we are all quite aware of both Senator McCain and Senator Clinton’s promises, should they be elected (one at a time, folks), that they would push for a temporary gas tax holiday. The idea, of course, is to offset the meteorically [...]
Posted in Culture, Economic Development, Energy, tagged Burma, Cyclone, Food Crisis, Recession on May 9, 2008 | No Comments »
First, sorry that I haven’t posted in a good while. I’d like to blame the fact that I’m busy (and I am), but I found time to do it before. I think between finals, a high-tempo work and commuting schedule, and fruitless weekend excursions to New York, I’ve neglected to write even though it’s been [...]
