Matthew's Weblog

Well, this is one way to get the electric car that the automakers won’t produce… I’d rather have a full electric option, but I’d take a 60-mile range since that’ll make it to work and back.

Somebody please come up with a Shipstone soon!

Hoo boy, this is a good one. He’s not holding back… a sample: “The company knew that the story was coming for months, yet it violated nearly every basic principle of crisis public relations.”

Payback time? I’m pretty into personal privacy, and this is something I think could actually drive the masses to realize how naked the emperor is…

(originally found through MIT TechReview)

Well, I sure hope Kunstler is overstating what happens when we run out of oil but I can see the potential… This is one of those situations where tech may be able to dig us out – and I hope it does – but the downside is very possible. Time to start thinking 30+ years ahead, since the catastrophic changes he’s mentioning will take 50 to fully appear…