The Oil Drum posted a nice survey-level summary of nuclear power from the standpoint of energy sustainability.Technically, there appear to be no show stoppers for a considerable expansion of Nuclear Power throughout the world. It is a low carbon energy source with abundant fuel supplies. The technology works and has much potential for improvement. ( Read more... )

This image, spotted on The Oil Drum, reminded me of cortezopossum's occasional musings on bicycling, and why it may be a good time to learn bike-foo now.

http://www.austincycling.org/art/after_the_peak.jpg

Samurai Champloo is a guilty pleasure and the first TiVo season pass I've added in recent memory. WP isn't very clear on what the title means, but it sounds like it can translate to "Samurai Remix", which would make sense.

I really like ZipCar. It occurred to me today that I've spent two months driving around other peoples' cars, without speaking ( Read more... )

An interesting bit of self-realization: the looming threat of a global oil crisis has effectively replaced the looming threat of death as the thing I have obsessive low-to-mid-level worry about ( Read more... )