tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post4836549617396211221..comments2023-10-30T09:23:42.803-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: SAR #9174Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-40174037384822449872009-06-24T10:39:18.426-05:002009-06-24T10:39:18.426-05:00fajensen - I agree with the trend of your comment,...fajensen - I agree with the trend of your comment, and I suspect that one of the roads that leads there is going to be lined with electric cars.<br /><br />See the 'feudalism' citation in the June 24th SAR.<br />ckmCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-26113107481902393422009-06-24T09:37:21.068-05:002009-06-24T09:37:21.068-05:00Personal transportation requires a real rethinking...<i>Personal transportation requires a real rethinking and a new paradigm.</i><br /><br />But what we will actually Get will be a return to the old ways of the world where the peasants were bound to the lands of their Lord & Master needing his lordships permission to travel.fajensennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-68567560272068129912009-06-23T11:48:24.366-05:002009-06-23T11:48:24.366-05:00Steve - I agree on the divide and conquer approach...Steve - I agree on the divide and conquer approach to some problems - healthcare for one. But I storngly suspect that the problem is not so much with "electric" part of the solution, but with continuing to believe that the solution can possibly incorporate "car".<br /><br />Achieving single payer universal health insurance coverage will be a 25 year process of small steps.<br /><br />Personal transportation requires a real rethinking and a new paradigm.<br />ckmCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-84195006077135753632009-06-23T11:29:04.426-05:002009-06-23T11:29:04.426-05:00Re: "Madness of Crowds - Nissan is making ele...Re: "Madness of Crowds - Nissan is making electric cars"<br /><br />True, electric vehicles will first be powered by burning carbon upstream, but this is a necessary step, in that it separates the burning of the carbon from the vehicle. The next steps are to replace the upstream electric sources, but that is then an independent problem from 'vehicle'. Split the problem, solve each one.<br /><br />I'd say the same type of thing should go on with health care - separate health coverage from an individual's employment situation, and once that's done, then go about changing the now-standalone health insurance system without employer/payroll concerns.<br /><br />You can't change huge things all at once. Incremental steps and constant forward progress...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037715549911352465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-41688758722191217082009-06-23T11:10:34.612-05:002009-06-23T11:10:34.612-05:00i finally figured out what the greenshoots are, li...i finally figured out what the greenshoots are, little nitrogen fixing nodules setting up for the next blast, S&P 250 anyone?????tulsatimenoreply@blogger.com