February 11, 2008 
Posted in Blogging About Blogging, Bits and Pieces
Tags: Books, Anne of Green Gables
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Thanks to The Poor Mouth for showing me to this important “which book are you?” quiz…
I have to say that I’m not very happy with the result (though it does make the good point that I spell my name with an E):
You’re Anne of Green Gables!
Bright, chipper, vivid, but with the emotional fortitude of cottage cheese, you make quite an impression on everyone you meet. You’re impulsive, rash, honest, and probably don’t have a great relationship with your parents. People hurt your feelings constantly, but your brazen honestly doesn’t exactly treat others with kid gloves. Ultimately, though, you win the hearts and minds of everyone that matters. You spell your name with an E and you want everyone to know about it.
December 18, 2007
Posted in Politics, Business
Tags: TED, Oil, US Policy, Cars, Books
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Just watch a talk by Amory Lovins (an energy expert) who was saying (two years ago) how we already have the technology to make highly fuel efficient cars which will use drastically less fuel for a number of reason including how engine technology has progressed significantly yet engines haven’t, how we could be using materials that are lighter AND stronger than the steel we are using at the moment.
But the bulk of the talk was on the political and financial reasons why actually building cars this way is far better, including job creation. The talk was factual and to the point and didn’t focus at all on the whole “love your plant”, “time is running out” crap which, though we all agree with, has been heard so much already that we would now prefer to tear out our own eyes than listen to it all again.
He and a couple of others have written a free book called “Winning the Oil Endgame” download it here.
