The California Experiment
via theatlantic.com The Atlantic’s article about renewable energy in California is pretty good. This fact especially I thought was interesting: “At the time of the 1973 oil shock, California used about 17 percent less electricity per person than the country at large. Since then, as Rosenfeld likes to point out in a chart that has been dubbed “the Rosenfeld Curve,” per capita electricity use in the nation has increased by about 50 percent to about 12,000 kilowatt-hours annually. Meanwhile, over that same period, per capita electricity use in California has remained absolutely flat at about 7,000 kilowatt-hours per year. That Read more…
2016 Olympic Candidates … by the logo
There are four cities who are in contention to host the 2016 Olympic Summer Games: Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, and Tokyo.. The final decision will be made Friday. I’m sure there is plenty in favor of each of them. But what if we were to judge them by the logos alone? Who would get the bid? Let’s take a look. (I’ve also included the logos from the failed bids of Prague and Doha just for kicks.) MadridThis makes Madrid look like a kindergarten student trying out fingerpainting. I really don’t like it. Rio de JaneiroI like the Brazilian Read more…
Tacoma’s Shipbuilders
In the midst of the deepest economic downturn since the Depression, one venerable Tacoma business is busier than it’s been in 20 years. The company is hiring. Its backlog of major projects now lasts through at least 2011, and several of its new proposals are on potential customers’ desks. For Tacoma’s J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. this rush of activity stands in pleasant contrast to the first years of this decade when the 85-year-old shipyard sat idle for five years with no new construction work. via thenewstribune.com After my sail program with SEA (the Sea Education Association), I was lucky enough Read more…