Rattle wrote:
] ] The cost of oil dependence has never been so clear. What
] ] had long been largely an environmental issue has suddenly
] ] become a deadly serious strategic concern. Oil is an
] ] indulgence we can no longer afford, not just because it
] ] will run out or turn the planet into a sauna, but because
] ] it inexorably leads to global conflict. Enough. What we
] ] need is a massive, Apollo-scale effort to unlock the
] ] potential of hydrogen, a virtually unlimited source of
] ] power. The technology is at a tipping point. Terrorism
] ] provides political urgency. Consumers are ready for an
] ] alternative. From Detroit to Dallas, even the oil
] ] establishment is primed for change. We put a man on the
] ] moon in a decade; we can achieve energy independence just
] ] as fast. Here's how.

Will it spoil anyone's fun if I point out that nuclear powered hydrolysis and gasoline are the proposed primary energy and feedstock choices for the new hydrogen infrastructure? Are gasoline and nuclear power 'green' now?
You can get a dog to swallow anything if you wrap it in a ball of hamburger....

RE: Wired 11.04: How Hydrogen Can Save America

A sober look at the developing environment of complete surveillance.

ACLU on data/video surveillance

If at first you don't succeed, ...

The plan, known as eDNA, called for developing a new
version of the Internet that would include enclaves where
it would be impossible to be anonymous while using the
network. The technology would have divided the Internet
into secure "public network highways," where a computer
user would have needed to be identified, and "private
network alleyways," which would not have required
identification.

Agency Weighed, but Discarded, Plan Reconfiguring the Internet