TameBear: The FutureVisions of the near and distant future -- in technology, the environment, science, politics, society and religion. A TameBear weblog.(Untitled)- October 31, 2006 Doubts Can't Stop Plug-In Hybrids: It's a compelling idea -- if you have solar panels on your roof powering your house, why not plug in your car to tap some of that renewable energy. Though technical challenges remain, consumer demand suggests the emergence of alternative vehicles is inevitable. Wired Newshttp://www.wisdomroad.com/tamebear/categories/theFuture/2006/10/31.html#a820 (Untitled)- October 21, 2006 Googleplex Goes Solar: The search company is partnering with EI Solutions to install solar panels on the rooftops of their Moutanin View CA campus. The 1.6 Megawatt array is expected to offset 30% of their peak energy consumption. Google already uses a lot of electricity: "The amount of electricity that will be generated is equivalent to powering about 1,000 average California homes." Futurismichttp://www.wisdomroad.com/tamebear/categories/theFuture/2006/10/21.html#a818 (Untitled)- October 15, 2006 Light Theory - Transcripts: In response to our growing audience of listeners, we've begun publishing transcripts of some of our more notable "TameBear Radio" podcasts. Three episodes in particular have been getting a lot of attention, and so we're featuring them here. These are the initial episodes in what is likely to be an ongoing theme regarding the Bear's "Theory of Light and Existence"... Into the Light - Everything we perceive of the material world, including ourselves, is made of...http://www.wisdomroad.com/tamebear/categories/theFuture/2006/10/15.html#a817 (Untitled)- October 6, 2006 The American Energy Vision: A hopeful new report from the Worldwatch Institute is titled "American Energy: The Renewable Path to Energy Security". The report shows that an energy future based on abundant and clean renewable resources is not only urgently needed, but achievable. In advocating the thoughtful expansion of renewable technologies, American Energy presents a clear and practical path to end this country's troublesome addiction to fossil fuels, and in the process make headway against...http://www.wisdomroad.com/tamebear/categories/theFuture/2006/10/06.html#a815 (Untitled)- October 1, 2006 Riding Waves: We are everything we perceive in the world, everything we think, everything we belive and everything we imagine. We are, at our core, the merest stuff of substance and dream. This week's podcast expounds further on the unity of mind, matter, and light. The Bear's conjecture that we and everthing we see around us is made of light, implies that everything we are, and everything we do, and all the ways we impact our sphere of influence and partipate in the repetitive march of...http://www.wisdomroad.com/tamebear/categories/theFuture/2006/10/01.html#a814 |