Cool. Pick-up truck hybrid... Tally ho, I'm in.

My next car will probably be a $60 bike (6,583 yen) bike I buy from a shop down the street. Oh, it it come with a basket on the front, and a little bell that goes 'ding' when I pu…

hydrogen is the future.

Quote: Originally Posted by Cody Dawg Incidentally, I am convinced that if the United States jumped on this and started measures to convert to alternative energy sources we woul…

AKCrab, that is like the best post. That statistic is very interesting. Thanks! I say we should all ride around on motorcycles. We should have a motorcycle only lane on all f…

Quote: Originally Posted by JoshuaZ My next car will probably be a $60 bike (6,583 yen) bike I buy from a shop down the street. Oh, it it come with a basket on the front, and a…

Quote: Originally Posted by invisibleX Have you considered making a blog? Not Cody, but everyone else on MacNN -t

The US government is already starting to reconsider nuclear power. We haven't built new plants in years, but now that Oil seems to be such an issue, we very well may choose a nucle…

How much power can a wind farm REALLY generate?

Quote: Originally Posted by The Godfather France has nuclear power plants. I want one here in Florida dammit! Can you find Port St. Lucie on a map? It's on the Treasure Coas…

Quote: Originally Posted by Cody Dawg How much power can a wind farm REALLY generate? Between a couple of MW and a gazillion MW, depending on how much land you have and how…

Quote: Originally Posted by Albert Pujols hydrogen is the future. Did you mean Methane?

Yeah. Port St. Lucie is 30 minutes north of us. Big plant there.

Solar + wind + hydro = win (I favor the new-fangled hydro plants that use wave action or tide action, not damming up rivers) Quote: Myth 1: Solar electricity cannot serve any s…

Supply all of the US with what?

Quote: Originally Posted by Cody Dawg Supply all of the US with what? I even made bold the pertinent part. 800 gigawatts of power.

Ah! Sorry, I'm doing several things on the computer at the same time. That's really amazing. The only reason I think the US isn't doing that is because they want to stay depende…

Quote: Originally Posted by budster101 Did you mean Methane? No, I meant hydrogen. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1...drogen_pr.html

Quote: Originally Posted by AKcrab That's only an area 10 x 10 miles. Keyword: ONLY. I don't think the worlds manufacturing capacity right now would suffice to make this…

Yeah, you're correct. Current manufacturing can't nearly meet the needs, and it would take $500-600 billion in investments to bring the plants up to speed. (I think all that info…

Quote: Originally Posted by turtle777 Checked some prices. $ 181 for a 24" x 37" x .5" Electrical Output: 17v DC @ 2000mA, 30 Watts http://www.siliconsolar.com/overcast...lar_p…

Quote: Originally Posted by budster101 So, it will appropriate as there will be a ding-a-ling driving it. Will you ride your new "car" on the road or the sidewalk? I'll g…

Quote: Originally Posted by Cody Dawg Ah! Sorry, I'm doing several things on the computer at the same time. That's really amazing. The only reason I think the US isn't doing …

The most interesting part about this scenario would be the newly revisited alternative fuels market which would be called upon in such a crisis. But of course the price of fuel (o…

While I don't believe everything on this site: http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net It has a lot of interesting factual based information about our dependance on oil. Many people …