Our house is on fire—let’s act like it
The Menace of Deep-Sea Mining: Something Wicked This Way Comes
“A new chapter of Earth pillage is in the works: the commercial venture of deep-sea mining. The deep sea lies 200 meters below sea level into the abyssal depths and comprises roughly 65 percent of Earth’s surface. It is being encroached by a nexus of nation-states and industries slavering over its “mind-boggling quantities of untapped […]
Nissan vs. Tesla: the hands-free driving challenge
Nissan will soon begin selling a new hands-free automated highway driving assistance program in Japan that goes even further than what Tesla offers. Nissan’s ProPilot 2.0 will follow a navigation route while allowing the driver to take his hands completely off the steering wheel in some situations. Like Tesla’s Navigate on Autopilot, Nissan’s system will only […]
Australia pursues to build world’s largest solar farm to power Singapore
The massive project outside Tennant Creek will cost about $20 billion and offer a construction boon to solar power developers while also changing the face of Australia’s energy industry. The current plans for the project, known as Sun Cable, call for a 10-gigawatt-capacity array of solar panels that will spread across 37,000 acres. It will […]
Road Closed
Road Closed …and there is no Detour Sign visible A Parable (which actually happened – embarrassingly – to me) Once upon a time, in Bathurst N.B., there was a foolish and hasty youngish man (me) rushing to charge his electric car at the only charging station in town. He had a deadline (don’t we all?): […]