There are many new competing battery and super high density capacitor technologies (ultra capacitors) emerging that promise to make electric vehicles truly viable. See this article on ultra capacitors as an example of one of these new technologies. These articles often talk of ultra capacitors as if they are equivalent to batteries except that they… (read more)

I am so tired of Bush coming on television and telling us the economy is rosy and we must persevere in Iraq. The economy is NOT rosy. They manipulate the core inflation rate by excluding housing, fuel, and food, the things which are essential to our existence and which have inflated in cost the most…. (read more)

In order to live on this planet in a sustainable manner we’ve got some real human problems to overcome. On the surface, we can look at corporations only interested in this quarters balance sheet. It’s tempting and easy to blame the corporate powers that be but I think we also need to take a look… (read more)

The title of this article may look like a joke, but it is very serious. Hopefully you’ve been paying attention to the news and you’ve heard about or read about the huge dead zones in the oceans. These are caused by nutrients from fertilizers and animal and human waste entering the oceans causing huge algae… (read more)

I am more than a little bothered by the fact that junior decided to ignore the will of the American people and instead send another 20,000 of our youth to Iraq. I am troubled by the fact that junior continues to portray Iraq as the source of 911 terrorists when the CIA found no involvement… (read more)

I ran across a site that has a fair amount of useful information and suggestions with respect to how to live a green life style called Green Living. Unlike some of the other resources I have found, this one has an abundance of suggestions that are easily implemented, as opposed to requiring a $60,000 retrofit… (read more)

Just in case someone hasn’t already deduced this, I am opposed to war. I mention energy and food production as being major problems in terms of environmental damage and being unsustainable. War is right up there and contributes substantially to difficulties solving the other problems. The American public is easily manipulated by those in power…. (read more)

I always enjoy it when I run into like-minded people interested in the same issues that I am. I ran across this Alternative Energy Blog and thought it was interesting. There are many aspects of the way that we are presently living on this planet that are unsustainable, but it is my view that the… (read more)