Stirling Solar-Thermal Generators

Tricia Schmidt posted this in Energy, General, Noise, Power Grid, Sustainable

A 37-foot diameter dish of mirrors that focus the sun’s light onto a Stirling engine.

October 12th, 2005 | Category: Energy, General, Noise, Power Grid, Sustainable | 16 comments

Philadelphia Phantom Freeway

Automatt posted this in Automobiles, Bright Light, Climate Change, Desertification, General, Impervious Surface, Noise, Particulates, Petroleum, Pollution, Sprawl, Transport

“Total impervious surface area in the United States adds up to the size of Ohio.”

June 27th, 2005 | Category: Automobiles, Bright Light, Climate Change, Desertification, General, Impervious Surface, Noise, Particulates, Petroleum, Pollution, Sprawl, Transport | 3 comments

Sprawl with Mall

Automatt posted this in Automobiles, Bright Light, Cities, General, Noise, Particulates, Pollution, Sprawl, Transport

The Springfield Mall in Springfield, Virginia serves as both a major transit corridor for people commuting to Washington, DC as well as a commerical hub. It’s not really a place for walking around, unless you’re walking to your car. If you zoom up you can see how the pattern made by the sprawl contrasts with [...]

May 3rd, 2005 | Category: Automobiles, Bright Light, Cities, General, Noise, Particulates, Pollution, Sprawl, Transport | One comment

Costly Freeways

Automatt posted this in Automobiles, Cities, General, Noise, Particulates, Pollution, Transport

cityscape1963 Originally uploaded by automatt. As an example of urban planning gone mad consider this picture of San Francisco’s skyline from 1963. Note the giant elevated highway looping around the waterfront. The neighborhood is still trying to recover from this concrete monstrosity, part of which was knocked down by an earthquake and then finally demolished [...]

April 24th, 2005 | Category: Automobiles, Cities, General, Noise, Particulates, Pollution, Transport | 5 comments