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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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Peak oil: it’s only an idea

September 4, 2008

I haven’t yet followed up on my third post about peak oil, the concept that initially led us to open Cycle 9. In a nutshell, that concept is that after world oil production peaks, oil will become more scarce and thus much more costly, impacting the US and world economy in a myriad of ways. [...]

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Peak oil, part II

August 12, 2008

This post has been much delayed because of all the work at the shop and for my day job. But it is perhaps more important than ever, given that gas prices have been dropping. Gas prices dropping makes a lot of people think, phew, the crisis is over. Now things will go back to normal. [...]

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Peak Oil Ponderings, Part I

July 15, 2008

Peak oil is one of the main reasons Cycle 9 exists. How could peak oil create a bike shop, one might wonder? And for that matter, what is peak oil? Let’s start with what peak oil is not. Some media use hyperbole to make it sound like peak oil claims “we are running out of [...]

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New blog pages focused on sustainable transportation in High Point

May 31, 2008

We love to hear about local folks who promote alternative transportation, particularly if it involves bicycles. We recently had a visitor in our Chapel Hill shop from High Point, NC, who is one of the most enthusiastic bicycle proponents we’ve met in a while. He has been working to organize a group of riders in [...]

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