"Time is much more valuable than money." I heartily agree. And is there anything more wasteful, in that sense, than "...
Time is much more valuable than money. However, it takes a great shift in peoples' mentality on both ends, employer a...
"Time is much more valuable than money." I heartily agree. And is there anything more wasteful, in that sense, than "...
Time is much more valuable than money. However, it takes a great shift in peoples' mentality on both ends, employer a...
I'd not blame it on "futurists", although I 'm not impressed by Toffler. Indeed, the title I'd have used for expressi...
One of the old outdated ideas that does a very great deal of harm is the curse that God put upon Adam. "By the sweat ...
Wow ... there are so many good points you raised Rachel and I agree ... many areas/cities are NOT bike or pedestrian ...
Excellent point. I have read that a great many highways are designed for passenger vehicles, and that the heavy truck...
I like the idea, but I think you have this 'cart before horse', so to speak. The problem isn't the bicycle - it's the...
I suspect that the "current server warehouses that power the cloud" consume a trifling amount of energy compared with...
I agree that eliminating infrastructure can be beneficial, but feel that the main reason this is true is the redundan...
I question the proposition "work harder (thus causing you to eat more)" Lots of Americans manage to eat far too much ...
Bicycles increase your carbon foot-print by making you work harder (thus causing you to eat more). The real solution ...
I commuted to work seven miles away by bicycle, for 14 years, and was able to make as good time as my neighbor drivin...
Thank you for the clause "unless you run on nuclear".
You also make an excellent point about the substantial wattage...
Electric heat is extremely inefficient, and is powered by electric companies, which run on coal or diesel. There is ...
Thank you for the clause "unless you run on nuclear". I say so because it is the only energy resource that was unknow...
Electric heat is extremely inefficient, and is powered by electric companies, which run on coal or diesel. There is ...
I'm pretty sure that each tidal surge is simply reduced, and probably not by a noticeable amount. But compared with t...
What happens if you take the energy out of the tides? Is it 100% replaced, or do the tides slow, eventually? I'd li...
Two Scotsmen had different views on the usefulness of the tides. J.B.S. Haldane reckoned that ultimately that would h...
Great question. The answer is: it largely depends on where the turbines are sited. Obviously, if done irresponsibly, ...
There is a natural heat engine that makes use of the warm sea as an energy source, and its sink is the stratosphere a...
sorry for the 2nd post, wanted to explain a little of the concept I have behind that idea.
As the air naturally heat...