Future Melbourne: the city plan that anyone can edit! If you could decide the future of Melbourne, what would you change? Comment, discuss, and even directly edit the Future Melbourne draft plan now at our interactive wiki: www.futuremelbourne.com.au “My Grandma Owned a Car”, is a documentary showcasing how leading transport and urban development thinkers envisage we might be living and working in a post- peak oil and climate change future. Where will we live when petrol is too expensive for …
With fuel prices still high, the electric car is becoming a more attractive form of transportation. Electric cars were first introduced in the 1970s, but the technology has dramatically improved in the last ten years. By 2010 automakers like Mercedes and General Motors plan to bring their models to showrooms. Jeff Swicord introduces us to one man who uses electric cars built several years ago as his primary mode of transportation.
In my opinion this device is a variant and the successor to the “Magnetstromapparat” and the “Stromerzeuger” (= Magnet Current Apparatus / Electricity Generator; see the Coler Report). It is NOT dependent on earths magnetic field, can operate everywhere, even in space or on the moon, without fuel and without moving parts. As the magnetic field is rotating in itself, the power can be increased considerably by increasing the “rotating” frequency and more, when we will be able to use …
To think, draw, design and build cars is not only an enthralling mental process. Nor is it simply a business choice. It is also and above all a great social responsibility. Andrea Pininfarina (1957-2008)
There is a quiet revolution taking place on the streets of America. Gas prices are rising out of sight and into view comes the vision of the future: a conventional electric car that has four wheels, a realistic range, and a price tag of 500. The use of the word Revolution here is both figurative and literal; that is the name of the new four wheel electric car offered for sale at Electric Wheels in Salem, Oregon.
Hi, my name is Ken Davis. I grew up working on cars, and have always been comfortable under the hood. I also care about the environment, and was searching for some way I could do my part to help fight global warming. Saving some money on my gas bill wouldn't hurt either. A friend suggested I take a look at converting one of my cars to run on electricity, and gave me some tips about how to get started. I put together this blog to share my experience.
