Rapid population growth in the developing world does not significantly contribute to rising greenhouse gas emissions and focusing on the population explosion in poor countries diverts attention from the far more serious issue of over-consumption in rich countries, according to a new study. Introduction. Paper (pdf). Opinion.
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Vintage Alloy Tools
Alloy Artifacts: online resource for 20th century hand tools and the companies that made them. Via Makezine.
Good Question
"How much of what we readily identify as 'progress' in urban-industrial society is really the undoing of evils inherited from the last round of technological innovation?" Quoted from: "Where the Wasteland Ends
The Blackpool Tramway
They have the worst weather in the world, but they also have the hottest looking open top trams (streetcars). Welcome onboard the 1930s Blackpool Balloon cars in the UK. Alan Robson has around 1,300 pictures of the vehicles, some of them below. Text and first picture from Wikipedia.
Competing with Computers
Magnetic deviation, lightning calculators, nomograms and more "lost arts in the mathematical sciences" at Dead Reckonings. Related: Satellite navigation in the 18th century.
Optical telegraph in the Netherlands
The communications device was located on the beach of Scheveningen in the 1700s. More on the optical telegraph: Email in the 18th century. Source: geschiedenis van de techniek in Nederland.
Can Cars
More pictures and plans at Sandy's Can Cars (via Ikkaro). Related: 26 paper models of vintage cars.
Cycle Chics
Fast cars are considered sexy, but we disagree - try to show off your legs when you are driving a sports car or an SUV. More pictures of biking boys and (especially) girls at Copenhagen Cycle Chic. Their motto: "Style over speed".
