tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post8939410477259133424..comments2023-11-03T04:29:29.498-04:00Comments on Paleo-Future: Closer Than We Think! Poor Man's Yacht (1958)Matt Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09360406896692501416noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-24469048979208518732008-01-06T15:55:00.000-05:002008-01-06T15:55:00.000-05:00Was everyone in the 60s a compulsive liar? I want...Was everyone in the 60s a compulsive liar? I want my jet-pack darn-it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-79788701925440823652007-09-30T10:51:00.000-04:002007-09-30T10:51:00.000-04:00It's hard to see how this scheme could be made che...It's hard to see how this scheme could be made cheaper (especially in total-cost-of-ownership) than the price of an outboard motor. But maybe that's just me talking with 21st-century hindsight.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03404920751035863730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-7746266991205706682007-09-28T02:47:00.000-04:002007-09-28T02:47:00.000-04:00The link to the photos is definitely not working. ...The link to the photos is definitely not working. Could you repost so we can see the larger version in detail?<BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/>JPJulie Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11876823747636845427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-59360821705850950342007-09-26T17:53:00.000-04:002007-09-26T17:53:00.000-04:00The link doesn't seem to be working; I get the fil...The link doesn't seem to be working; I get the file name, not the image.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-86671426591633555872007-09-24T11:09:00.000-04:002007-09-24T11:09:00.000-04:00Yeah, that's efficient -- gasoline, combusted to m...Yeah, that's efficient -- gasoline, combusted to mechanical energy, transferred through a transmission, transferred through rubber tires and rollers, transferred (presumably) through yet another transmission or gearing... all while adding 2000 to 4000 additional pounds that need to be floated and moved about with the boat!<BR/><BR/>And what fun, to be "yachting" from the driver's seat of your car. Might as well just ramp up the soma and stay at home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-52236061771599727842007-09-23T11:31:00.000-04:002007-09-23T11:31:00.000-04:00Paleo-future thinking coincided with a social-demo...Paleo-future thinking coincided with a social-democratic era in American politics and culture (from tne New Deal through the end of Jimmy Carter's presidency). For example, Buckminster Fuller talked about using something called "design science" to provide for the material needs of "100 percent of humanity." Who talks about doing that now? Tribalistic and Screw-you-I've-got-mine thinking has replaced the social idealism of the paleo-future.Mark Plushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03859046131830902921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-35639266375073322192007-09-22T01:48:00.000-04:002007-09-22T01:48:00.000-04:00In the past, at least the wackos thinked of the po...In the past, at least the wackos thinked of the poor man; right now nobody does :-)runnerfroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08869695820038831604noreply@blogger.com