Everything connects, including greenhouse gas emissions
No more pie!
The new Manual of the Dwelling
Le Corbusier was on to something in 1927. We pick up the ball.
Universal design comes to the e-bike
Gazelle may have accidentally designed the perfect e-bike for everyone.
What's new in e-bikes? The Gazelle C380 HMB has been Lloyd-proofed
I ride the new model in Amsterdam and Dieren and don't break anything!
An all-electric multi-modal vision of the future
Electric cars are glorious, but they cannot be allowed to dominate e-transportation.
Investing in infrastructure: Bike parking garage is built under Amsterdam canal
Every city should treat its bikes and their riders so well.
Happy Våffeldagen, or Swedish Waffle Day, my annual celebration of waffle slabs.
But first, some notes and thanks to my wonderful readers and supporters.
IPCC: Always look on the demand-side of life
The latest summary report shows us what to do to mitigate and how to adapt for a liveable future, and it's living the 1.5-degree lifestyle.
Does 3D-printing houses make sense?
What's not to love about squirting out cement single-family suburban houses?
We need speed governors on cars and watercraft as well as bikes and scooters.
A new electric personal watercraft makes me very nervous.
Maybe people who replace their windows are not so deluded.
Building science expert John Straube had something to say about a previous post.
(With Images!) Bill Gates doesn't think much of a 1.5 degree lifestyle
Due to a technical error, this post was emailed out previously without images. I apologize and resend it here.
Bill Gates doesn't think much of a 1.5 degree lifestyle
He doesn't think telling people they can't eat meat or have a "nice house" will solve anything. But perhaps he is just talking to the wrong people.
It's time to dump Railway Time and War Time and go Local Time
Time zones are anachronistic, unhealthy and unnecessary in this modern world.
UK might ban demolition without planning permission
The "Embodied Carbon Lobby" is hard at work promoting renovation, and the demolition industry is worried.
Forget Repo Man, Ford applies for a patent that would put a repo computer in your car
I think I will stick to my e-bike.
What's wrong with this picture?
Why we need a big honking progressive carbon tax on McMansions.
Cows burp a lot of methane. Does it cause climate change?
No, happy burgers are not back on the menu, but methane from cow burps may not be as bad as we thought.
No, the Canadian oil sands are not making "clear strides to net-zero."
The companies are running all these big ads making promises, without explaining what they are. It is all a fantasy.
Stop eating fossil fuels and tune in to turnip.
If you are eating hothouse tomatoes, you are eating natural gas. If you are eating imported tomatoes, you are dining on diesel.