Elecrticiy Via Death Ray
Only 2200 years after Archimedes used a mirror-powered heat ray to ignite invading Roman barges, modern humans have found that death rays prove an ample source of energy.
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Dan Nocera: Earth’s Self-Proclaimed Savior
MIT Chemistry Professor, Dan Nocera claims to have solved that pesky little energy production problem we humans have been struggling with. Rather than telling us how, exactly, he plans on using photosynthesis to create and store energy, he prefers to deliver his gospel in the form of a disjointed PowerPoint presentation.
Tectonic Travails
Upon hearing of this morning’s devastation in Chile, I began to wonder whether all of this recent continental plate shifting in the news is connected. Is this, perhaps, the beginning of the Tectonapocalypse?
Farewell, Hummer
I dun heard that the they gonna stop makin Hummers, so I wrote this here ditty, that I might not get the punching fits.
Ode to my Hum-V
Soaring eagles cried today
Cause Hum-V is goin away.
I begged GM to help it stay,
but the Chinese welched, they must be gay.
Biosphere FAIL
This week, BLDGBLOG featured Remnants of the Biosphere, a series of portraits of what was once one of the most ambitious scientific projects in human history. Biosphere 2, constructed in the Arizonian desert, was billed as the first large scale enclosed eco-system designed by humans. It is now little more than a run-down tourist center.
Shutter Power
If you’re one of those people who thought digital photography’s advent was going to kill the art of the picture, here’s a good counterargument.
Global Warming: You Can’t Do Jack
Setting aside my personal disbelief in global warming for the moment, let’s examine why any one given person can’t do a thing about global warming, even in America.
John Cusack Inverts California
In promotion of Cusack’s new movie, 2012, Columbia pictures reportedly executed the “largest American media roadblock ever,” by showing 2 minutes of this trailer on over 450 stations.
And frankly, who are we to stop them? The full-clip involves a statewide Schwarzenegger reassurance immediately followed by the apocalypse. Good times.
Three Ways to Deal With the Impending Enviropocalypse
Looking for a way to perk up your work week? Why not update yourself on the impending enviropocalypse?
According to an exhaustive study by the Global Footprint Network, September 25th was the day that the planet used all of the available planetary resources that it could replenish in a year (otherwise known as Earth Overshoot Day). For the rest of the year, we’ll be culling, reaping, and utilizing that which won’t grow back.