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- AetherCzar The Hidden Truth
- Al Fin Family of Blogs All the Al Fin blogs since 2005
- Al Fin, The Dangerous Child The Dangerous Child Blog
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- Anthony Watts Independent and irreverent look at the turbulent world of climate change
- Anti Puritan Axel McKibbens Neoreaction Blog
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- Race, Genes, and Intelligence Understanding real world diversity
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- Addicted to Distraction Bruce Charlton Looks at Mass Delusion
- Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do In Search of a Free Country
- An Unsettling Climate by Rupert Darwall Tales of the climate apocalypse movement
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- The Industry Handbook Quick and useful overview of a number of industrial sectors for investors
- The Law Frederic Bastiat’s classic critique of socialism and democracy
- The Nuclear Energy Option Online Ebook Free online ebook by by Bernard L Cohen
- Thomas Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions On Scientific Paradigm Shifts
- Why Wind Won't Work Clear explanation of the many problems with wind energy in a 30 pp PDF document
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- Bjorn Lomborg Getting the facts straight
- Brian Wang's NextBigFuture Optimistic Science & Technology Future Website
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- John McCarthy: Sustained Progress How Scientific and Technological Progress can be Sustained
- Julian Simon Online works of Julian Simon, eternal optimist
- Lifeboat Foundation blog Blog of the futurist Lifeboat Foundation
- Matt Ridley Rational Optimism
- Mike Rowe Works Foundation Correcting the Skills gap
- Patri Friedman and Seasteading Projects of Patri Friedman, grandson of Milton, son of David
- Peter H. Diamandis' website X Prize, Singularity University, Planetary Resources, etc.
- Ray Kurzweil Kurzweil’s Singularity
- Robert Bryce Better Living Through Technology
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- The Arts Mechanical An exploration of the technologies that affect our lives
Category Archives: Transportation
Electric Airplanes: If You Don’t Really Care About Getting There
The barrier to entry can be found in an energy density comparison between jet fuel-powered aircraft and those powered by batteries. Expressed in watt-hours or kilojoules per kilogram (Wh/kg), batteries today fall well short. A jet-fueled engine packs 12,000 Wh/kg. … Continue reading
Posted in Electric Powered Airplane, Elon Musk, Energy, Transportation
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A Big Change in the Way You Fly
Fly like a business executive direct to your home town airport — but at the routine cost of a commercial air flight. The new Otto Aviation Celera has completed 31 successful test flights, and is on track to provide a … Continue reading
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The Wheel vs. the Slave: An Ancient Struggle
Before the wheel, slavery was inevitable. After the wheel, it was optional. __ From “The Wisdom of Al Fin” We tend to think that inventing the wheel was item number two on our to-do list after learning to walk upright. … Continue reading
Why Electric Airplanes Can’t Get Off the Ground
Because the Batteries Alone Would Weigh 2X Allowable Takeoff/Landing Weight After accounting for battery weight, there is no weight left over for the pilot, passengers, luggage, or even for the airplane itself! People can fantasize about flying an electric airplane … Continue reading
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Long Lasting Lithium Batteries that Don’t Explode
2,000 Cycles; Charge from 0 to 100% in 10 Minutes; No Explosions After several charge-discharge cycles, lithium batteries tend to grow “dendrites” that can short-circuit the cell and start fires: There’s a problem with lithium batteries that stems from those … Continue reading
Posted in innovation, Technology, Transportation
Tagged Batteries
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When Elon Musk Screwed the Pooch
We are on record saying that Elon Musk has one good company — SpaceX. His other signature company, Tesla, has been bleeding large sums of money for several years now, with no end in sight. Elon is in the process … Continue reading
Zombie Horde Holds No Terror for the Prepared
Here is another multi-copter meant to be marketed to the public. Named the “Hexa” copter, it is meant as a rental, probably for tourist markets. Each rotor has its own motor — and its own battery! It is capable of … Continue reading
Posted in Transportation, Zombies
Tagged rotorcraft
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Putin’s Legacy: An Infrastructure Like No Other
Russian Infrastructure #1: Transportation The recent construction of the Kerch Bridge between Russia and Crimea highlights the condition of Russian transportation infrastructure. The national web of roads, railways and airways stretches almost 7,700 km (4,800 mi) from Kaliningrad in the … Continue reading
Posted in Russia, Transportation
Tagged Russia
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Electric Cars Still “Toys for the Rich”
Electric car deficiencies are major, including high purchase price, short driving range, small carrying capacity, lack of charging stations, long charging times, and expensive battery packs that need to be replaced during the life of the vehicle. __ Source A … Continue reading
How to Get Around After TEOTWAWKI
After TSHTF, maintaining highways and bridges will take a back seat to just staying alive and free from the slavers and reavers. If you need to get somewhere faster than you can walk or ride horseback, you will need some … Continue reading
Investors Revolted by Tesla Motors’ Plan to Acquire SolarCity
… a struggling SolarCity could be a burden on Tesla, which is also using up cash fast. Tesla’s free cash flow last year was a negative $2.2 billion. In theory, then, a combination of Tesla and SolarCity would have burned … Continue reading
Lose Your Power, Lose Your Life!
The Electric Power critical infrastructure is unique in that it supports all 17 other critical infrastructure and key resource sectors. Today’s complex, digital world simply requires electric power for all or certain aspects of most business and consumer activities. __ … Continue reading
Posted in Electrical Power Grid, Energy, Green Quagmire, Transportation
Tagged Green Idiocy
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Personal Lighter-than-Air Flying Machines
The “age of the personal airship” always seems to be just around the corner. Hot air balloons have been around since 1783, but affordable personal airships that you can control and reliably fly from point A to point B in … Continue reading
Posted in Technology, Transportation
Tagged flight
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Great Escapes
No matter what you want to escape — from a zombie apocalypse to a comet strike to a skankstream cathedral — you will wish to do so with flair. Below is a collection of escape vehicles, meant for a variety … Continue reading
Posted in Survival Prepping, TEOTWAWKI, Transportation
Tagged survival
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Motherships and Rocketships
Satellites today are launched via booster rocket from a limited number of ground facilities, which can involve a month or longer of preparation for a small payload and significant cost for each mission. Launch costs are driven in part today … Continue reading
Russians Live and Speak Freely! (In Latvia)
Back in Russia, one can no longer speak his mind as freely as was the case several years ago. Government policies are shutting down freer avenues of expression. If one is not willing to follow the Kremlin talking points, one … Continue reading
Rails of Decline: Paying China to Connect the Global Idiocracy
Connecting Southern Slums to Northern Promise China is about to lay track for a shorter and faster version of the Cape-to-Cairo rail line that imperialist planners such as Cecil Rhodes proposed as a way of uniting Britain’s colonial possessions. China’s … Continue reading
Posted in Demographics, Fertility, Slums, Transportation
Tagged China reality
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