Month May 2009

Fortynine Palms Oasis. Joshua Tree National Park

It was a surprisingly rugged 1.5 mile hike to the oasis in probably 95 degree weather (in another month, forget about hiking, it’ll be 110…) The desert can be quite beautiful, it is also completely unforgiving. We brought 3 quarts…

Fuel cell street cleaner

The world’s first hydrogen-powered street cleaner is undergoing an eighteen month trial in Basel. The makers estimate that even though the hydrogen will be manufactured from natural gas, it will still emit 40-percent less CO2 that a comparable diesel engine…

Moving beyond Leftist sects

Left Luggage Our essential reading for the weekend is a new article by The Commune’s Dave Spencer which aims to draw some lessons from his decades of experience with far-left groups. It’s a little heavy on obscure and now obsolete…