You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. The payoff for plug-in hybrids: 95 years? http://www.google.org/recharge/ http://www.7gen.com/article-summary/plugin-hybrid-electric/23973-payoff-plugin-hybrids-95-years Technosanity #1: News for April 4, 2008External Media

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. Given todays crisis with the rising prices for oil and the rising prices for food, I thought it would be interesting to look back at George W. Bush's statement "America is addicted to Oil". As astonishing as it was for GW to be so honest as to admit the national addiction, as I reread the State of the Union speech this statement was embedded among some interesting promises related to freeing the U.S. from dependence on oil. Links:  http://audio.davidherron.com/technosanity/e000002.m4a "America is addicted to oil" - Looking back at the State of the Union, 2006External Media

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. NOTE: This is a repost of the previous episode, encoded in MP3. Links:  http://audio.davidherron.com/technosanity/e000002.mp3 "America is addicted to oil" - Looking back at the State of the Union, 2006External Media

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. Today I want to talk about the Peak Oil situation and do an overview of some of the current news related to this. Let's start with a quick primer on what this is. Adapted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil http://www.7gen.com/website/peak-oil/23988-peak-oil Links:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil Links:  http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/oil/peak-oil.html Links:  http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3060 Links:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_megaprojects Links:  http://atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/JD17Dj04.html Links:  http://audio.davidherron.com/technosanity/e000003.mp3 Technosanity #3: Peak OilExternal Media

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. This is a very deeply interesting documentary about oil, oil supplies, the peak oil phenomenon, and the coming looming disasters which await us. The documentary is not "balanced" in that they gave no voice to the other points of view, but I suppose they think those other points of view are so far out of truth to not be worth addressing. It starts with some assertions of truth: Oil is the Blood of the Dinosaurs, Oil is the Bloodstream of the Global Economy, Oil is the Blood of the Earth Links:  http://audio.davidherron.com/technosanity/e000004.mp3 Links:  Peak Oil Links Technosanity #4: Review: A Crude AwakeningExternal Media

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. Rebroadcast from ifyoulovethisplanet.org:- David Lochbaum, Director of the Nuclear Safety Project for the Union of Concerned Scientists, about the public health dangers of the 104 aging nuclear power plants in the United States. Hear about near-melt-downs, how terrorists could easily crash planes into the planes or sabotage them from the inside, and how the Nuclear Regulatory Commission fails to ensure community safety. Also includes a short excerpt of a lecture by Dr. Links:  Hazards of U.S. nuclear power plants, part 1 - Audio Links:  Nuclear Safety Project for the Union of Concerned Scientists Links:  If You Love This Planet (1983 Academy Award-winning documentary) Links:  http://ifyoulovethisplanet.org/ Hazards of U.S. nuclear power plants, part 1External Media

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. Rebroadcast from ifyoulovethisplanet.org:- Paul Gunter, director of the Reactor Oversight Project at Beyond Nuclear and former director of the Reactor Watchdog Project at Nuclear Information and Resource Service, illuminates the operation, disrepair and vulnerability of U.S. nuclear power plants. This episode also includes an excerpt from the 1983 Oscar-winning documentary, If You Love This Planet, which features Dr. Links:  Hazards of U.S. nuclear power plants, part 2 (audio) Links:  http://ifyoulovethisplanet.org/ Links:  Reactor Oversight Project at Beyond Nuclear Links:  Nuclear Information and Resource Service Hazards of U.S. nuclear power plants, part 2External Media

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. I recorded this a couple weeks ago during the Solfest. Solfest is a yearly gathering sponsored by Real Goods and the Solar Living Institute, it focuses on solar energy, off the grid living, appropriate technology, and much more. This was my first time attending the Solfest and I had a great time. The episode is pretty long but it covers a lot of things. Links:  http://audio.davidherron.com/technosanity/e000006.mp3 Technosanity #7: Solfest 2008External Media

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. Parking cars, climbing on scooters You may have noticed more scooters or motorcycles on the road this summer. They are small, usually very fuel efficient and cheaper to operate than a car. Many customers say they are giving scooters or motorbikes a try because of the great fuel mileage they get. Electric scooters designed for commuters Links:  http://audio.davidherron.com/technosanity/e000007.mp3 Technosanity #8: Growing popularity of high miles/gallon motorcyclesExternal Media

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. The Silicon Valley EAA Chapter has done a yearly rally for, now, 36 years and I have been attending for 10 years or so. Back the major car companies showed up, the most impressive being GM's presence with the EV1. They'd arrive with one or two tractor trailer trucks with 4 EV1's and make them available for test rides. I got to test drive the EV1 a couple times due to this, and other car companies showed up back then as well. Needless to say, since GM axe murdered the EV1, that the major car companies did not show up today. Links:  http://audio.davidherron.com/technosanity/e000008.mp3 Technosanity #9: 36th Annual Silicon Valley EV RallyExternal Media

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. [i][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoculture]Monoculture is the practice of producing or growing one single crop over a wide area. The term is also applied in several fields....The dependence on monoculture crops can lead to large scale failures when the single genetic variant or cultivar becomes susceptible to a pathogen or when a change in weather patterns occur. The Great Irish Famine (1845-1849) was caused by susceptibility of the potato to Phytophthora infestans. The wine industry in Europe was devastated by susceptibility to Phylloxera during the late 19th century. Links:  http://audio.davidherron.com/technosanity/e000009.mp3 Links:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoculture Links:  Monoculture considered harmful Links:  http://patrickdeneen.blogspot.com/2008/04/against-monoculture.html Links:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU57-eac9po Links:  Our future does not include an energy monoculture Technosanity #10: Monoculture rambleExternal Media

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. I'm attending the yearly gathering of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and my method of traveling to the conference gave me a word to ponder. Normalthink is the accepted normal pattern of behavior that "everybody" follows without really thinking. Links:  http://audio.davidherron.com/technosanity/normalthink.mp3 Normalthink, the way "everybody" behavesExternal Media

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. Republished from http://www.ecoshock.org/2008/08/peak-oil-and-media.html -- a panel discussion about Peak Oil and its coverage in the Media. What we can do. Vancouverpeakoil.org presents a panel of 5 journalists: Rex Weyler, Barbara Jaffe, Charlie Smith, Sara Robinson and Alex Smith. How to organize, use media, bypass the mainstream. Links:  PEAK OIL AND THE MEDIA Links:  http://www.vancouverpeakoil.org/ Links:  http://www.thetyee.ca/ Links:  http://www.ecoshock.org/ Links:  http://www.ecoshock.net/eshock08/ES_080829_Show.mp3 Technosanity #12: Peak Oil and the Media (from Radio Ecoshock)External Media

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. Peter Wells.. Neftex Petroleum Consultants, Ltd bio: http://www.aspo-usa.org/aspousa4/ConfirmedSpeakers.cfm?bid=510 slides: http://www.aspo-usa.org/aspousa4/proceedings/Wells_Peter_OPEC_ASPOUSA2008.pdf Oil geologist and other work in the oil industry in the Middle East, former Soviet Union, West Aftrica, etc. Currently working as a consultant with one contract being Toyota. Toyota had studied and internalized Peak Oil long ago, and 6 yrs later developed the Prius. Links:  http://audio.davidherron.com/technosanity/episode-13-plenary-vbr.mp3 Links:  http://www.aspo-usa.org/aspousa4/ConfirmedSpeakers.cfm?bid=510 Links:  http://www.aspo-usa.org/aspousa4/proceedings/Wells_Peter_OPEC_ASPOUSA2008.pdf Technosanity #13: Peter Wells at ASPO-USA 2008External Media

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. Petroleum 101 Mr. Ken Verosub, Geology Professor, University of California, Davis http://www.aspo-usa.com/aspousa4/ConfirmedSpeakers.cfm?bid=522 slides: http://www.aspo-usa.org/aspousa4/proceedings/Verosub_Ken_Petro_101_ASPOUSA2008.pdf Specialist in paleomagnetism of sediments, the history of the geomagnetic field. He presents an introductory lecture in Petroleum Geology giving an overview of how geology & biology came together to create the gift of oil. Links:  http://audio.davidherron.com/technosanity/episode-14-petroleum-101.mp3 Links:  http://www.aspo-usa.com/aspousa4/ConfirmedSpeakers.cfm?bid=522 Links:  http://www.aspo-usa.org/aspousa4/proceedings/Verosub_Ken_Petro_101_ASPOUSA2008.p... Technosanity #14: Petroleum & Peak Oil 101External Media

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. This is a presentation given by Naomi Klein equating the financial meltdown of August/September/October 2008 with her general thesis of the Shock Doctrine of Disaster Capitalism. This thesis cuts to the heart of the reshaping of whole societies, using disasters as a means to justify enacting societal changes which would normally be untenable but under the influence of some kind of disaster societies are more agreeable to suggestions they would not normally accept. This idea is not new, other writers have discussed the same pattern. Links:  http://radio.indymedia.org/en/node/17046 Links:  http://www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine Links:  http://popdefectradio.blogspot.com/ Links:  http://audio.davidherron.com/technosanity/FRSC_Naomi_Klein_10-17-08.mp3 Technosanity #15: Naomi Klein, Shock Doctrine presentation in Santa Cruz AASIN:  The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. A presentation at ASPO-USA 2008 by Mr. Jeremy J Gilbert, Managing Director, Barrelmore Ltd Jeremy Gilbert. Jeremy is the recently retired Chief Petroleum Engineer from British Petroleum (BP) where he was responsible for the company's worldwide petroleum engineering performance and associated research and development program. He joined BP in 1964. Links:  http://www.aspo-usa.org/aspousa4/proceedings/Gilbert_Jeremy_ASPOUSA2008.pdf Links:  Mr. Jeremy J Gilbert, Managing Director, Barrelmore Ltd Technosanity #16: Peak Oil Global Overview, An American Wake Up CallExternal Media

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. Q&A session with Ken Verosub and Jeremy Gilbert immediately following the presentations they gave and which were broadcast in immediately prior Technosanity Podcast episodes. Technosanity #17: QA session with Ken Verosub, Jeremy GilbertExternal Media

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. Matt Simmons is Chairman of Simmons & Company International, a specialized energy investment banking firm. Mr. Simmons' recently published book Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy has been listed on the Wall Street Journal's best-seller list. He has also published numerous energy papers for industry journals and is a frequent speaker at government forums, energy symposiums and in board rooms of many leading energy companies around the world. Mr. Links:  Matt Simmons bio Links:  http://www.aspo-usa.org/aspousa4/proceedings/Simmons_Matthew_ASPOUSA2008.pdf Technosanity #18: Matt Simmons discussing oil supply disruptionsExternal Media

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Each action, each deed, is like falling knives striking melted butter. Each action divides the present into the future and past, forever rendering the possible from the achieved. Each action seems to cut away possibilities, yet there are always infinite possibilities. Each action divides the present yet the present always exists immutable. The universe is built on a foundation so strong it can take the continuing rain of an infinite number of knives and survive. How can this be? External Media

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. The World Energy Outlook is a yearly publication from the International Energy Agency giving the official projection of the future energy outlook. They just released the 2008 report and there are a couple slide decks available giving some hints of what is contained in the report. WEO 2008 Presentation at COP 14 Side Event Links:  World Energy Outlook Links:  International Energy Agency Links:  WEO 2008 Presentation at COP 14 Side Event Links:  Launch of World Energy Outlook 2008 Technosanity #20: World Energy Outlook 2008 AASIN:  World Energy Outlook 2008

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. I own an Electra Townie 21 bicycle on which is mounted a Wilderness Energy hub motor. The motor is rated for 36 volts maximum of 35 amps and with this setup the maximum speed achieved was 18-20 miles/hr and the maximum range could be 30 miles or more per charge. With this bicycle my normal commute can be achieved using 0.3 kilowatt-hours of electricity and a 45 minute travel each way. Links:  http://audio.davidherron.com/technosanity/ebike-wilderness-energy-h264-15.mp4 Technosanity #21: Electric bicycle conversion kitsExternal Media

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. Continuing from Technosanity #21: Electric bicycle conversion kits I'm taking the first step to using a hub motor to electrify a bicycle. This is to put together the hub motor with tire and inner tube and mount it on the bicycle. A hub motor kit replaces one of the wheels on the bicycle and for the most part is the same as a normal bicycle wheel. It is later steps, where the motor is wired up, and it begins to diverge from being a normal bicycle modification project. Links:  http://audio.davidherron.com/technosanity/ebike-crystalyte-1-512-29.mp4 Technosanity #22: First steps to installing a hub motor on a bicycleExternal Media

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. There's a lot of talk about how Green Jobs are going to save the U.S. economy. I have high hopes for this, but at the same time I have worries. The word "Green" is being bandied with imprecise meanings. What does "Green" mean? Who defined this term and what is their goal? And is it what we think it is. It seems to have an underlying meaning about technology or practices that have beneficial environmental effect. Links:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainability Links:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Sustainable_development Links:  http://www.thenaturalstep.org/the-system-conditions Links:  five Axioms of Sustainability Technosanity #23: Defining green technology and sustainable technology AASIN:  Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines (New Society Publishers)

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. In the C-Realm Podcast episode #124 is an interview with Toby Hemenway which has several interesting thoughts in it. The interview was drawn heavily from his article Apocalypse, NOT. They were discussing "the end of the world as we know it" (TEOTWAWKI) and the likelihood of the collapse of our society due to the various crises facing us. Technosanity #24: Is it required for society to collapse to build the society we desire?External Media

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. On April 4-5, 2009, Zero Motorcycles held the 24 Hours of Electricross race. This was an endurance race for their brand of electric motorcycle, 24 hours in length, 10 teams, three battery packs per team, the winner being the team achieving the most number of laps during that period. I've never been to a dirt bike race, never ridden a "dirt bike" style motorcycle "on dirt", but am an electric vehicle enthusiast and was excited to see this race occur. Technosanity #25: 24 Hours of Electricross - Interview with Neal SaikiExternal Media

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. Continued coverage of the 24 Hours of Electricross race, continuing from Technosanity #25: 24 Hours of Electricross - Interview with Neal Saiki. Don Amador is with the Blue Ribbon Coalition, an organization specializing with taking off-highway vehicles (OHV) into the wilderness (mission: "The BlueRibbon Coalition champions responsible use of public lands and waters for the benefit of all recreationists by educating and empowering its members"). Technosanity #26: Interview w/ Don Amador at 24 Hours of ElectricrossExternal Media

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. While at the 24 Hours of Electricross race, I took a demo ride on the motorcycle. This is the video. Technosanity #27: Zero X Motorcycle demo rideExternal Media

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. In the waning days of the Bush Administration they released a draft Continental Shelf 5-year program meant to cover 2010-2015. The current program runs from 2007-2012 and it's curious that there's an overlap. The overlap means that the Bush Administration sped up the 5-year planning process by a couple years. Under the normal schedule the next 5-year plan would have covered the years 2012-2017. Offshore drilling on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf, an Interior Department hearing, held in San Francisco, April 16, 2009External Media

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. Green Jobs: A Guide to Eco-Friendly Employment is a job hunting guide that's especially relevant to Americans right now. Technosanity Book Review: Green Jobs, A Guide to Eco-Friendly EmploymentExternal Media

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. In October 2009 the UK Energy Research Centre released an indepth report on Peak Oil. In this episode of the Technosanity Podcast we go over several articles discussing the report. Articles discussed in the podcast:- "Global Oil Depletion" a report on Peak Oil by the UK Energy Research Centre is my summary of the report. Of especial interest is the following two charts. TechnoSanity #30: Peak Oil and the UKERC Peak Oil report References:  Beyond Oil: The view from Hubberts Peak References:  "Global Oil Depletion" a report on Peak Oil by the UK Energy Research Centre

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. The other day talking with a friend I noticed a Waste Management trash truck roll by and had this sudden reflection "I own a piece of that truck". I own a few shares of WM's stock, hence I "own" a tiny fraction of the truck that rolled by. She was surprised and asked "you don't do socially responsible investing, then?" While I try to select companies with socially responsible thinking my investments are not SRI pure. TechnoSanity #31: A look at Waste Management and landfill gas energy resources References:  What are Biofuels: Biodiesel (algal or otherwise), Ethanol (cellulosic, corn, etc) and more References:  Are Biofuels Sustainable?

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. The World Energy Outlook is a yearly report from the International Energy Agency. It provides data and projections about energy supplies world wide, and is used by nearly 30 countries in planning policies. It is an important report that carries a lot of weight around the world. TechnoSanity #32: Fudged numbers in the IEA's World Energy Outlook, 2009?? References:  TechnoSanity #30: Peak Oil and the UKERC Peak Oil report References:  Technosanity #20: World Energy Outlook 2008

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. As noted in TechnoSanity #32: Fudged numbers in the IEA's World Energy Outlook, 2009?? the International Energy Agency (IEA) has released the 2009 edition of the World Energy Outlook. This yearly report focuses on worldwide statistics about "energy" use where "energy" is primarily defined as coal and oil and natural gas. Links:  http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/ Links:  http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/docs/weo2009/fact_sheets_WEO_2009.pdf Links:  http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/docs/weo2009/climate_change_excerpt.pdf Links:  http://www.iea.org/speech/2009/Tanaka/WEO2009_Press_Conference.pdf TechnoSanity #33: A look at the World Energy Outlook, 2009 References:  Technosanity #20: World Energy Outlook 2008 References:  TechnoSanity #32: Fudged numbers in the IEA's World Energy Outlook, 2009?? References:  TechnoSanity #30: Peak Oil and the UKERC Peak Oil report

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You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly. What is the extent of responsibility we have when we buy a thing? In this podcast I suggest we have a lot of responsibility over the cradle-to-grave effects over the thing we buy, as well as the packaging that comes with the thing. Our purchases set in motion a bewildering array of activities aimed at fulfilling the desire we expressed through that purchase. TechnoSanity #34: Our collective responsibility as consumers for the things we consume

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