tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-311845372011-07-07T22:29:59.427-07:00Robert Bairdnoreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31184537.post-3454127826010638172010-03-31T07:41:00.001-07:002010-03-31T07:41:46.153-07:00<span id="contentTitle">Experimental Test Video X 49</span><div id="embeddedPlayer_YAD0X0tNEkqS2qziZ_pGcQ"><object width="360" height="288" data="http://ensemble.atlas.uiuc.edu/app/flash/flowplayer-3.1.5.swf?0.2685213323202732" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="movie" value="http://ensemble.atlas.uiuc.edu/app/flash/flowplayer-3.1.5.swf?0.2685213323202732" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="flashvars" value='config={"clip": {"url": "http://ensemble.atlas.uiuc.edu/app/assets/C1F2D961-1B90-4BBE-A133-D5590A9B8814.jpg?width=360"}, "playlist": [{"url": "http://ensemble.atlas.uiuc.edu/app/assets/C1F2D961-1B90-4BBE-A133-D5590A9B8814.jpg?width=360"}, {"url": "http://media.cs.illinois.edu/ensemble-sandbox/uploads/test.flv", "autoPlay": false, "duration": 17}], "plugins": {}, "playerId": "embeddedPlayer_YAD0X0tNEkqS2qziZ_pGcQ"}' /></object></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31184537-345412782601063817?l=creativecombustion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Robert Bairdnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31184537.post-29026788465573822052007-07-27T13:53:00.000-07:002007-07-27T13:53:36.782-07:00<a href="http://survivalacres.com/wordpress/?p=800">At What Point Do We Stop Eating?</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31184537-2902678846557382205?l=creativecombustion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Robert Bairdnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31184537.post-18809989985031950772007-07-16T10:45:00.000-07:002007-07-16T10:45:06.021-07:00<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/15/AR2007071501110.html">Markus Prior - The Real Media Divide - washingtonpost.com</a><br /><br />This is a phenomenon that I've observed and worried about. We might have a majority of know-nothings and know-it-alls in the midst of the greatest information explosion in history. Too much of a good thing. We are grappling with the cognitive and emotional biases and limits of basic human intelligence. Web 2.0 for our Beta Mind.<br /><br />best<br /><br />Robert<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31184537-1880998998503195077?l=creativecombustion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Robert Bairdnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31184537.post-20336189235381392962007-07-16T07:04:00.000-07:002007-07-16T07:04:50.927-07:00<a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/william_rees_mogg/article2080497.ece">Are these the last days of the Oil Age? -Times Online</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31184537-2033618923538139296?l=creativecombustion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Robert Bairdnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31184537.post-23750816601933367542007-06-20T22:13:00.000-07:002007-06-20T22:13:09.716-07:00<a href="http://www.rockridgenation.org/blog/archive/2007/06/19/debating-energy-as-if-communities-mattered">Debating Energy as if Communities Mattered — Rockridge Nation</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31184537-2375081660193336754?l=creativecombustion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Robert Bairdnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31184537.post-63926870365457971562007-06-01T15:07:00.000-07:002007-06-01T15:07:17.778-07:00<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=3229696&amp;page=1">ABC News: Top NASA Official Doubts Global Warming</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31184537-6392687036545797156?l=creativecombustion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Robert Bairdnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31184537.post-1157491590795518492006-09-05T14:26:00.000-07:002006-09-05T14:26:30.816-07:00<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/01/AR2006090101800.html">The End of Eden</a>: "The End of Eden<br />James Lovelock Says This Time We've Pushed the Earth Too Far<br /><br />By Michael Powell<br />Washington Post Staff Writer<br />Saturday, September 2, 2006; Page C01"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31184537-115749159079551849?l=creativecombustion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Robert Bairdnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31184537.post-1156771938832401512006-08-28T06:32:00.000-07:002006-08-28T06:34:06.796-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/treehouse4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.treehugger.com/files/treehouse4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/03/o2_sustainabili.php">Treehugger: O2 Sustainability Treehouse</a><br /><br />If the Ewoks can do it, why can't we?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31184537-115677193883240151?l=creativecombustion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Robert Bairdnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31184537.post-1153008320183449602006-07-15T16:53:00.000-07:002006-07-15T17:08:13.606-07:00Ok, I've just finished Kunstler's <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/7203633/the_long_emergency/">The Long Emergency</a>, I'm primed to see the new Al Gore film, <a href="http://www.climatecrisis.net/">An Inconvenient Truth</a>, I just read an <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/2006-07-14-2006-warmth_x.htm">AP article</a> that the first half of this year is the hottest since we've been recording temptures in 1895.<br /><br />So, I'm starting this blog to explore what you and me and we are going to do creatively to replace combustion, fossil fuels, big oil, etc.<br /><br />I now <a href="http://guava.cites.uiuc.edu/r-baird/allbikesrcool/uploaded_images/DSC01360-740674.JPG">commute by bike</a> and that is the most perfect form of transportation, returns one to the domain of childlike wonder, and doesn't require a drop of fuel. Meanwhile, I have to take my minivan on 100+ mile trips for soccer tournaments and so forth. Where will it all end? Where will we end? When will the new, post-petroleum, creative combustion world begin?<br /><br />best<br /><br />Robert Baird<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31184537-115300832018344960?l=creativecombustion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Robert Bairdnoreply@blogger.com0