Comments on: The Daily Dig - ‘California’s New Grid’ Edition

By: Gaith

Gaith — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:06:40 +0000

It was “The Bourne Supremacy”, actually.

By: pencilthin

pencilthin — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:51:47 +0000

if you want to play in traffic, try it on a bicycle on city streets, thats way more fun, but you didnt hear it from me

By: Bossi

Bossi — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:46:09 +0000

For the first 5 minutes: it’s not terribly different from driving I’ve seen elsewhere in Europe… and no matter how much he tries to get around it: he still gets stuck in traffic. It’s when that other cars starts to run that he then starts to push it. …Kind of remind me of this one guy I hitched a ride with back to my friend’s apartment, which was actually not too far from there, too

By: Peter VE

Peter VE — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:52:41 +0000

Reminds me of driving in Palermo….

By: цarьchitect

цarьchitect — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:16:51 +0000

Hey, I used to live in the building on the left that he passes at around 0:35. You can also see him speed by Konstantin Melnikov’s Intourist Bus Garage just after 4:35, also on the left, in green. He doesn’t get very far, considering how insanely he’s driving.

By: Bells

Bells — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:38:27 +0000

Wait, you would seriously call that stunt driving?

Please come to Boston and rent a car.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:36:56 +0000

Re Pickens Plan — very interesting time in terms of how market is pricing natural gas. At multi-year lows now. The energy equivalent of a barrel of oil costs like $18 or something. If we’re going to get serious about using it as a transportation fuel source (and there’s a serious argument to made there) seems like that should start showing up in the futures.

I’m not much of an energy speculator but seems like an interesting opportunity. Not sure if most Americans appreciate the scale of domestic NG discoveries in recent years and the opportunities that affords us. Politicians have been dumb on the issue, in both senses.

By: Deacon

Deacon — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:23:01 +0000

The problem with our oil use now and in the Future is that we import most of it. As we saw last year when oil went through the roof, Everything went up in price because virtually everything in some way, shape or form is connected to the price of oil. It’s a national security issue.

You don’t need the “GREEN” argument in any event to justify developing alternative energy resources. You just need half a brain. Yea the cost right now for alternatives are high because alternative energy is in the R & D stage for the most part. In the long term though we’ll be way better off not relying on other nations to provide us cheap oil. 71% of our oil lust is for Transportation, Everyday commutes, Transportation of goods via truck and train, public transport, the list goes on. Think PICKENS PLAN people. It makes sense.

In a sense what we’ve done is tied a noose around our necks and given them the other side of the rope.

By: FRF

FRF — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:53:11 +0000

Sadly, this doesnt happen just in Russia… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtiz8X1uJAA