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  Electric Jeep

  A truly practical transportation Mode which arrives on a trailer, presumably not towed by another electric vehicle...

  Don't get me wrong, I love electric (I have a 2 wheeler) and it's probably from a long way away (don't get me started on that!) just for the parade; but it certainly points out some issues with today's' electric fleet.  
  On Photos from Plug In America's inaugural parade posted 9 months, 3 weeks ago 18 Responses

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  questions for anyone who knows about this stuff

  Breck, or any other nuclear experts:  

  I hope I am open minded enough to accept technology on it's own merits, but whenever regulations, efficiency, economics and technology of Nuclear fission plants is discussed there always seems to be an omission of waste.  

  I'm pretty sure we're not going to see a billion gallons of spent fuel rods in the Tennessee river.  But what DID we do with the past 60 years of radioactive waste?  It is all safely put away and harmless, right?  Or is it still in swimming pools scattered throughout the world while someone figures out what to do with it?  

  If those pools spring a leak or the pumps stop running, or the neighbourhood is the ninth ward what happens?  Do we have to keep those little pools cleaned and recirculated and topped off for the next 10 months?  10 years?  10 centuries?  My best guess is 10,000 years of pool maintainance - but my backyard pool won't run for a year without intervention.  

  I guess this should keep the cabana boys employed for the foreseeable future.  

  Of course this problem will be solved, why just last week I heard about ... ummm ... never mind.  

  Since Fission's big benefit is "no CO2 production", how much electricity and diesel does it take to dig up Australian Uranium from open pit mines enrich it if necessary; ship it to India, get rid of the UF6 or whatever the process is today, bathe spent fuel for a century, truck it away from population, dig more holes in the ground, giftwrap it nicely and store it for as long as agriculture has existed?  

  Is there a private insurance company that will write a policy for a nuclear reactor?  I know they're safe, you know they're safe, but what did it cost the Ukraine when the only poorly designed reactor on earth failed?  
  On Responding to Heritage's staggeringly confused 'rebuttal' posted 10 months ago 30 Responses

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  Get on your bikes and ride!

  Apparently 15,000 studded tires are sold in the USA each year, so you're not alone.  I bought commercial studded tires and they are well worth the $200 to have more courage than the Cowardly Lion.  

  Definitely -40 is easier than -2C.  

  Bitter cold is clear, bright, dry and the ice sticky.  Down facemask, gloves & winter boots, thin clothing and a parka in your pannier so a flat won't kill you.  If you're always on snow glue one bead to your rim and run fat tires at 20psi.  

  Just near freezing is dark, damp and slippery.  Neoprene is awful but better than most other materials.  Fleece is pretty good.  Carry dry clothes and the biggest light you can afford.  

  Winter riding is awesome!  

  http://www.icebike.org
  http://green.wikia.com/wiki/BicycleOn Umbra on winter biking posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago 18 Responses

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  Ahhh!

  Well, this would certainly explain why the governments refuses to deal with Peak Oil, Climate Chaos, Bottle Deposits, corporate criminals, water depletion, population and bike paths.  On New '2012' film trailer hints at eco-disaster themes posted 11 months, 3 weeks ago 4 Responses

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  High Liner

  Holy Cow!  This is still in place after 20 years shut down?  I hate to ask, but why not go out on a limb and make it a public transit corridor - say, like a train track?  

  I like the benches that are designed by skateboarders to grind up the ramps.  

  The concept is wonderful.  I wold love to see what it looks like in 10 years.  On High Line Park posted 1 year, 4 months ago 1 Response