I’ve always been a big fan of high-speed rail, and I’ve been embarrassed that other countries have sped past the United States for decades, when it comes to transportation. Japan’s Shinkansen HSR (high speed rail) system has been operating since 1964, five years before we landed men on the moon. Yet somehow in the ensuingContinueContinue reading “California’s High Speed Rail Inches Forward”
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Cars of the ‘Future’
Oh, what a world we thought we were going to live in. “Bubble” cars, walking automobiles, even cars concepted to run off of small nuclear reactors. All of this and more was the future that 1940s, 50s and 60s made us believe was just around the corner.
Government Looks to Raise Fuel Economy Standards
62 MPG. Let that number sink in. Very good news for the planet, and for technology! Via TIME: Environmentalists can take President Obama to task for more than a few disappointments over the first two years of his Administration—and some of them have—but one area where the White House has fulfilled its green pledges isContinueContinue reading “Government Looks to Raise Fuel Economy Standards”
Electric Future 