One thing you'll like about being up here is how popular the bio-gas movement is.
In general, I expect the PNW to be a good place to find people who've come up with reasonable viable alternate solutions to problems that are normally solved with the use of petroleum products. This is one example.
You may think I'm paranoid, but one of the reasons I got the eye surgery was to cope with emergency situations up to and including The End of the World As We Know It. Harder to do if your glasses can break and turn you blind--remember that "Twilight Zone"?
You think _I'm_ going to call _you_ paranoid when I've just outlined the possibility of getting shot for my shoes before I get the opportunity to do hard labor for a living in a post-quasi-holocaust environment? *wry smile* I've read enough post-holocaust fiction (including some that mentioned the potential problems of being blinder than any bat in a world in which "optician" is no longer found in the nonexistent Yellow Pages) that this motivation occurred to me, too, although it wasn't a big part of my decision (or I might have got it done sooner).
I must admit I don't remember the Twilight Zone episode you're referring to, though.
I don't expect to get a whole lot of sympathy over this one, but if airpland travel becomes prohibitively expensive (and it's working on it) then it's going to be harder for me to stay in my house and work from there.
There's someone I know at HP Labs who does this (lives in Port Orchard, WA, and (tele)commutes to the Bay Area). I'd thought of this as a possibility down the line, although I've definitely come to appreciate the advantages of having an office that isn't colocated with my residence. (Among other things, it makes it much harder to know when to stop working.)
I wonder if recent events will bring on the housing bubble's pop?
I don't see how _recent_ events would contribute; clarify, please? I've been wondering whether the fact that there are a whole bunch of people who've been buying housing on interest-only and variable-interest contracts--that they can't really afford otherwise--might cause it, though.
Food for thought: one of my friends is starting to move some of her more liquid assets into euros. Might be more useful than dollars if the US economy starts to (oil) tank for any reason--which, considering the current ruinous rate at which we're acquiring new debt, is becoming more likely. (On the other hand, of course, if it tanks hard enough, she may neve see those euros again...)
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Date: 3 September 2005 22:40 (UTC)In general, I expect the PNW to be a good place to find people who've come up with reasonable viable alternate solutions to problems that are normally solved with the use of petroleum products. This is one example.
You may think I'm paranoid, but one of the reasons I got the eye surgery was to cope with emergency situations up to and including The End of the World As We Know It. Harder to do if your glasses can break and turn you blind--remember that "Twilight Zone"?
You think _I'm_ going to call _you_ paranoid when I've just outlined the possibility of getting shot for my shoes before I get the opportunity to do hard labor for a living in a post-quasi-holocaust environment? *wry smile* I've read enough post-holocaust fiction (including some that mentioned the potential problems of being blinder than any bat in a world in which "optician" is no longer found in the nonexistent Yellow Pages) that this motivation occurred to me, too, although it wasn't a big part of my decision (or I might have got it done sooner).
I must admit I don't remember the Twilight Zone episode you're referring to, though.
I don't expect to get a whole lot of sympathy over this one, but if airpland travel becomes prohibitively expensive (and it's working on it) then it's going to be harder for me to stay in my house and work from there.
There's someone I know at HP Labs who does this (lives in Port Orchard, WA, and (tele)commutes to the Bay Area). I'd thought of this as a possibility down the line, although I've definitely come to appreciate the advantages of having an office that isn't colocated with my residence. (Among other things, it makes it much harder to know when to stop working.)
I wonder if recent events will bring on the housing bubble's pop?
I don't see how _recent_ events would contribute; clarify, please? I've been wondering whether the fact that there are a whole bunch of people who've been buying housing on interest-only and variable-interest contracts--that they can't really afford otherwise--might cause it, though.
Food for thought: one of my friends is starting to move some of her more liquid assets into euros. Might be more useful than dollars if the US economy starts to (oil) tank for any reason--which, considering the current ruinous rate at which we're acquiring new debt, is becoming more likely. (On the other hand, of course, if it tanks hard enough, she may neve see those euros again...)