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To Maine on the train

August 23, 2009

Jim Kunstler is famous, or perhaps infamous is a better word, in the “peak oil” community for his prophecies of gloom and doom to be set upon the USA due to our profligacy and oil dependency. Kuntstler is a controversial figure, in part because he constantly predicts doom to beset us, and in part because [...]

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Solar at Shakori Hills: does it make sense?

April 19, 2009

We had the pleasure of making it out to the Shakori Hill Festival today to let the kids participate in various events such as the Paperhand Puppet Intervention, and to listen to a bit of good music. The organizers had a booth there, asking for contributions towards a solar electic system that would power the [...]

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Bike ride to Triad Electric Vehicles Association meeting

April 4, 2009

Today I just got back from a nice bike trip with my daughter, to the Triad Electric Vehicles Association meeting, in Burlington, NC. I was invited to their monthly meeting to give a presentation about Lithium batteries and battery management systems, since some of the members are starting to contemplate moving away from lead acid [...]

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The slow ride: geeking out on energy

February 18, 2009

When I’m biking, I often have a chance to ponder things. One thing I like to ponder is the amount of energy used to transport humans and things around. My electric bike is a great way to explore that geeky subject. Today I did an experiment. I was riding my Big Dummy with a [...]

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Work and pleasure

February 4, 2009

Today I got to combine work and pleasure: I rode 38 miles round trip on my electrified Big Dummy (the Firefly) to Duke University. I gave a seminar on Bioinformatics, and then rode home. It was a cold day out (at least for these parts), with my ride home dipping well below freezing. I brought [...]

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