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Jaff, you raise an interesting point (from my perspective, at least): if mass electification of the transportation industry occurs, will the price of oil begin to drop such that it will be purchased and used in the same quantity as before, but for other, less efficient uses? For example, if...
Oil is still strategic
Well, perhaps this price increase will include the US after all. . . . By now, we're all aware of the political fallout of the BP oil spill locally: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/01/AR2010120106675.html
If one considers that we *may* be...
Seconded.
Here are some policy-oriented ones:
- Subsidized Entelligence
- Solving US foreign policy by STOMPING on it (photo of Roadster accelarator)
- Solving US energy policy by STOMPING on it (photo of Roadster accelerator)
- Dismantling OPEC one electron at a time
- Entelligent...
Think big
With all the cabin space options opened up, a Blue Star could be very avante garde looking. For example:
See more pics at:
http://www.tuvie.com/renault-ondelios-futuristic-car-concept-with-butterfly-type-side-doors
For me, there was no "jump the shark" moment, just a slow realization that the "engineering" posts were being replaced with "marketing" and "leadership" (thinly veiled marketing) posts.
I wonder if it felt the same for the early participants--many of whom had strong feelings about BEV...
Evolution of the TM Blog (or, "How to Kill a Blog in 4 Easy Steps")
As a social scientist, one of the most interesting things about the TM Blog is how it evolved over time. If I ever get the chance to compose it, the TM Blog would make an interesting case study. As I see it, there were four...
While I found the information contained in this Blog interesting, it strikes me as exceedingly bad use of the TM Blog forum (especially since comments were closed), and moderately bad taste. More than anything, as an avid reader of the TM Blog forum for nearly 3 yrs now, it represents the...
Clunkers Update
Here are more details; it appears that the current $1B set-aside expires when used up or at the latest in November. There is some buzz from Democratic members of Congress that the current bill does not go far enough and they may try to extend the program.
TDave, you're right...
Cash for Clunkers
So, it appears that Congress snuck the “Cash for Clunkers” program into today's $106B War-related Emergency Supplemental (91-5 Senate, 226-202 House).
The interesting thing about the program is that it allows for a $4,500 voucher if the mileage of the new car is 10 mpg...