350 Is The Upper Limit "If humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed and to which life on earth is adapted... CO2 will need to be reduced from its current 385 ppm to at most 350 ppm." Jim Hansen, NASA
Brian, over at Bricycles has an idea I really like. Well, he actually has 2 ideas I really like. Each of them are ways to combat both global warming and our dependence on oil for energy.
His first idea is simple: Don’t wait for the government or the corporations to come up with a solution. At this point, it looks like there’s no help coming from those two areas. The best ideas may be the ones we come up with ourselves.
His second idea is almost as simple on the surface: Build a one-person transport that can handle most everyday needs, which produces zero emissions, using materials readily available to almost anyone. Now, nobody is suggesting (at this point) that we drive these things across the country, but for around-town driving and short trips, they’re perfect.
There’s one more thing he’s doing that just gets the SciFi kid in me rocking, though. I don’t know if he planned this part, but to me, his design looks like one of the lightbikes from the movie, Tron.
I might be (carbon)dating myself, but Tron gets my vote every time.
I am Jon, and I just gotta tell you, I like these kinds of ideas.
Regular readers at Wordout will probably not recognize that name. For the last several years, Dan has spent his time doing security analysis for some really big firms. He’s good.
As a matter of fact, he’s world-class good. A couple of months ago he discovered a vulnerability in the Domain Name System which, if I understand it correctly, could have been used to exploit practically every computer on the internet, regardless of operating system or browser. It was a seriously big hole.
Thankfully, Dan is one of the good guys. He worked with engineers from around the world to fix the problem. Then he did something really neat. He posted this video on his site DoxPara Research, showing the repair progress worldwide. Want to see what it looks like when the internet backbone gets fixed? Check it out… here’s the color key:
Red — Unpatched
Yellow — Patched, but the NAT is screwing things up
Green — OK
I just think that’s one of the coolest videos I’ve seen on the web.
Brian, over at Bricycles has an idea I really like. Well, he actually has 2 ideas I really like. Each of them are ways to combat both global warming and our dependence on oil for energy.
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