The thing about energy-driven collapse is that it's uneven -- it's not like the calendar flips back and we all return to having the things we had in the past.
Rather, we're going to have this huge overhang of technology from the peak period of affluence and abundance. Sometimes that's going to be bad (buildings that are unlivable without massive inflows of energy) and sometimes it will be fortuitous.
Even if the satellites and cellphones fail, we will need to learn sharing -- making the maximum use of each resource, such as an auto trip.
Here's a good start: Avego Today it depends on fancy gadgetry to work, but the real breakthrough is in helping people become reacquainted with the idea of sharing rides as a perfectly normal way to live. Here's a video introduction:
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carticipate Posted 8:18 am
26 Nov 2008
You can also go green on the iPhone
We gave a talk on carticipation at the Silicon Valley iPhone Developers' Meetup last week and posted the video on youtube here (recommend to watch in "high quality":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaphdB6Wafs
Carticipate is the first and only rideshare application on a location aware mobile platform and has been out of beta since October, but has been out in public alpha/beta since August.
Its a free app, so if you have an iPhone you can check it out.
Steffen Frost 650-520-9181 cell 415-912-1221 dir skype: steffen.frost http://www.carticipate.com an experiment in social transportation
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