Interesting Links for 15-06-2014

[andrewducker]

• HBO exec: “Belfast is not the most cosmopolitan of cities to spend half of the year.” (For once, read the comments)
  (tags: hbo Belfast cities vianwhyte )
• Edinburgh Tram extension may well become a financial necessity
  (tags: Edinburgh trams )
• US Navy: Converting Seawater Into Fuel a 'Game-Changer'
  (tags: water fuel navy USA )
• On political positioning and the ever-decreasing trust in politicians
  (tags: politics UK )
• Animated Mean Centers of Population: 1790 to 2010
  (tags: visualisation usa history census )

Comments

[dalglir]

"The predicted cost of jet fuel using the technology is in the range of three to six dollars per gallon, say experts at the US Naval Research Laboratory, who have already flown a model airplane with fuel produced from seawater."

Fuck military applications. Fuel at 3-6 USD per gallon? From seawater?

[andrewducker]

Oh yes. Scale that up, and bring the price down a little, and you've changed the world forever.