Over the next few posts I will be writing what will appear to be a format change, but one which fits the larger vision I have for this blog. Normally I focus on electric vehicles and the project of spreading their adoption. For me the purpose of electrification is part of a larger context that includes walkable communities and local fresh food. I have been privileged to spend the last month living in a country where both are common, but there are signs that the pattern is under threat from modernization and the spread of car oriented mentality.
In this country almost everyone lives in apartment buildings left over from the era of Communist rule. It means the cities have a high population density. As a result there are shops at the ground floor of every building. Daily needs can be purchased within a short walk for nearly anyone.
I will be making a few posts about what I have seen here.A busy intersection shows walkable living, local food, and the traffic congestion that could doom both
Farmers markets, real food, real living, and the deathly sprawl of America
Farmers markets, real food, real living, and the deathly sprawl of America
- Highway design could decrease death and injury risk, if “we” chose smarter designs - March 28, 2015
- GM really did trademark “range anxiety”, only later to abandon that mark - March 25, 2015
- US Government releases new regulations on hydraulic fracturing, that some call “toothless” - March 20, 2015
- Tesla Motors magic pill to solve range anxiety doesn’t quite instill range confidence - March 19, 2015
- Update on Galena IL oil train – 21 cars involved, which were the supposedly safer CP1232 design - March 7, 2015
- Another oil bomb train – why are they shipping crude oil by train? – Symptoms of fossil fuel addiction - March 6, 2015
- Chevron relinquishes fracking in Romania, as part of broader pull-out from Eastern European fracking operations - February 22, 2015
- Answer anti- electric car articles with truth and pride – truth outshines all distortions - February 19, 2015
- Apple taking big risk on developing a car? Please, Apple, don’t go there! - February 16, 2015
- Toyota, Nissan, Honda working on Japanese fuel cell infrastructure for Japanese government - February 12, 2015
