Ewticycle; link round-up
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ewtWaiting for Strida to arrive. Fidgety! Impatient! And the tracking number thing doesn't work, because ParcelFarce are idiots, and so I don't know after all if it's coming today or tomorrow. I am hoping for today because that happens to be the day that I have arranged for someone to be here to wait for the thing.
TfL site says it takes 33 minutes to ride from here to the Pembury. I think I might like to allow a little longer than that, but it's encouraging that it can be done in less time than on trains.
In the meantime, a link roundup...
Emotion study from UCL.
China strikes big oil. Hmm.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
hairyears, how do you think this will affect international markets?
How to get started with bicycle commuting. Does what it says on the tin.
This FT article on carbon offsets and 'smokescreens' mentions a 'green gold rush' - which makes me wonder if there will be green bubble issues, similar to the dot com bubble. Hard to say; I am not an economist. It's a thing that markets do, though - they encourage flakes to join in when the going is good, and then when the going gets bad, only the competent survive. Let's just hope the 'competent' include those with products that are good for long-term sustainability, in this case.
Of course, there could be a bubble because the green movement hasn't managed to do enough, rather than because it's done too much. Ice Retreating Faster Than Computer Models Project. That's the 18 computer models used by the IPCC in preparing its 2007 assessments.
Monsanto's Monopoly Challenged in Munich. And I wish someone would do proper studies on pesticide prevalence and food allergies.
Gore has right to speak out on "global" issue, but I'm linking because of the wonderful quote from Severn Suzuki, David Suzuki's daughter.
You Melted My Overpass, You Goof! - it will be interesting to see what this does to local commuting patterns.
Cute idea but I so wouldn't pay that much for those flip-flops. I think Make should do something about this...
Cute mouse. Very steampunk.
Long article on Ki Breathing.
Opiates and addiction. And they did this with morphine, which is the painkiller-of-choice when someone has been seriously injured and the standard OTC drugs won't work.
I broke my spork yesterday whilst eating salad - very disappointing. As this is the second one I have broken I will not be purchasing another. I have one spare which I'll use until it breaks, and then when it goes I will try titanium. Yes it's worth the money - this is something I use on a regular basis, and it is good for it to be lightweight. It's just a shame - I like the design of my sporks, with the spoon at one end and a combination fork/knife at the other, rather than traditional sporks with a combination spoon/fork and no serrated knife surface at all. I suppose one solution would be to get a titanium spork, and also a titanium knife-fork-spoon, and then use the knife and the spork together and keep the fork and spoon elsewhere as backups... le sigh.
I might eBay some of my stuff with these guys. They're expensive but not so expensive as to make it impossible, and for larger items that I can't be bothered with it might be more convenient. Most of the larger things I have and want to sell are winter type things, though, so best wait until Autumn...
TfL site says it takes 33 minutes to ride from here to the Pembury. I think I might like to allow a little longer than that, but it's encouraging that it can be done in less time than on trains.
In the meantime, a link roundup...
Emotion study from UCL.
China strikes big oil. Hmm.
hairyears, how do you think this will affect international markets?How to get started with bicycle commuting. Does what it says on the tin.
This FT article on carbon offsets and 'smokescreens' mentions a 'green gold rush' - which makes me wonder if there will be green bubble issues, similar to the dot com bubble. Hard to say; I am not an economist. It's a thing that markets do, though - they encourage flakes to join in when the going is good, and then when the going gets bad, only the competent survive. Let's just hope the 'competent' include those with products that are good for long-term sustainability, in this case.
Of course, there could be a bubble because the green movement hasn't managed to do enough, rather than because it's done too much. Ice Retreating Faster Than Computer Models Project. That's the 18 computer models used by the IPCC in preparing its 2007 assessments.
Monsanto's Monopoly Challenged in Munich. And I wish someone would do proper studies on pesticide prevalence and food allergies.
Gore has right to speak out on "global" issue, but I'm linking because of the wonderful quote from Severn Suzuki, David Suzuki's daughter.
You Melted My Overpass, You Goof! - it will be interesting to see what this does to local commuting patterns.
Cute idea but I so wouldn't pay that much for those flip-flops. I think Make should do something about this...
Cute mouse. Very steampunk.
Long article on Ki Breathing.
Opiates and addiction. And they did this with morphine, which is the painkiller-of-choice when someone has been seriously injured and the standard OTC drugs won't work.
I broke my spork yesterday whilst eating salad - very disappointing. As this is the second one I have broken I will not be purchasing another. I have one spare which I'll use until it breaks, and then when it goes I will try titanium. Yes it's worth the money - this is something I use on a regular basis, and it is good for it to be lightweight. It's just a shame - I like the design of my sporks, with the spoon at one end and a combination fork/knife at the other, rather than traditional sporks with a combination spoon/fork and no serrated knife surface at all. I suppose one solution would be to get a titanium spork, and also a titanium knife-fork-spoon, and then use the knife and the spork together and keep the fork and spoon elsewhere as backups... le sigh.
I might eBay some of my stuff with these guys. They're expensive but not so expensive as to make it impossible, and for larger items that I can't be bothered with it might be more convenient. Most of the larger things I have and want to sell are winter type things, though, so best wait until Autumn...
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Date: 2007-05-01 09:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-01 09:50 am (UTC)Just under a month's worth of world oil consumption. No big deal. Impact on markets nil until it comes on stream, minimal thereafter, I'd say, especially since China won't be exporting.
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Date: 2007-05-01 10:20 am (UTC)So... why not Cowbung Offsets (http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2007/04/cowbung-offsets-help-fight-global.html)?
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Date: 2007-05-01 11:53 am (UTC)Depends a lot on how fast they can pump it out, surely?
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Date: 2007-05-01 05:53 pm (UTC)Must not fall in... Will follow the links later.
Those 2.2 Billion Barrels haven't been confirmed. If true, they represent 10-15 years of China's current oil consumption. The big questions are accessibility and quality - if it can't be pumped and piped to the dock at less than $40 per barrel - or if it needs downstream processing (cracking, desulphurisation) - then it might as well remain underground.
That being said, China has achieved security of supply, even if importing oil is cheaper. This is valuable: it shall see what price they place on that, given that China no problems paying for imported oil - and they have the foreign currency reserves to outbid the USA in a severe 'oil shock'.
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Date: 2007-05-02 06:58 am (UTC)I make it 1 year at 6.5 million barrels a day.
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Date: 2007-05-12 04:39 pm (UTC)