home again
yay! we're home again. we just got back from our annual trip to camp michigania. a great time was had by all. i went swimming (once), sailing (once), ate some vegetables (once), didn't have a cheeseburger on the beach for lunch (once), went to ropes (once). i didn't ride any horses. ah well. maybe next year. the faculty thing about life after fossil fuels was interesting. the you-are-to-blame-for-global-warming bludgeon wasn't quite as bad as previous years. i cornered the speaker to collect info on the state of the art of fuel cells. they're still pretty useless. cause they all use platinum. but maybe someday. that and they run on hydrogen. and let's just face it, if you have a source of hydrogen you might as well burn it to run your car. which means the only useful thing about fuel cells is to run them backwards. ie make hydrogen (a storable transportation fuel) from electricity. which can in theory be made from renewable sources. but in practice will be made from coal.