Can Nuclear Power Extend the Economic Expansion?
By Bart Hawkins Kreps, An Outside Chance
Rhodes argues that the only realistic – and the most ethical – way forward is a gradual progression on the path we are already taking, and that means an “all energy sources except coal and oil” strategy.
Energy: A Human History – a Slim Slice of History and Science
By Bart Hawkins Kreps, An Outside Chance
Rhodes tells an engaging tale of energy transitions over some 500 years. Yet the limitations in his field of view become critical in the book’s concluding chapter, when he reveals which particular axe he is especially eager to grind.
Kings of the Yukon: a Travel Story as Deep and Wide as the Great River
By Bart Hawkins Kreps, An Outside Chance
As a travel tale the book is first-rate. But Weymouth’s keen interest in the Chinook – aka King – Salmon, and his listening skills when he meets dozens of river-dwellers whose cultures have been shaped by the migrations of this fish, combine to fascinating, awe-inspiring, and often heart-breaking effect.
First Principles for Sustainable and Equitable Transportation: A Review of Beyond Mobility
By Bart Hawkins Kreps, An Outside Chance
Subway systems, trams, Bus-Rapid-Transit, high-speed trains, cars – these can all play useful roles in well-designed transportation systems. But we must not forget what still is and what should remain the world’s most important transportation method: walking. That is one of the key messages of Beyond Mobility: Planning Cities for People and Places, a survey of urban planning successes and failures around the world.
The Mobility Maze
By Bart Hawkins Kreps, An Outside Chance
Mobility, after all, is generally less important to people than accessibility. When we go somewhere it’s not the movement that’s valuable, it’s the access to something – a school, shopping, a workplace, a friend’s house or a park – that really counts.
A Measured Response to Surveillance Capitalism
By Bart Hawkins Kreps, An Outside Chance
A flood of recent analysis discusses the abuse of personal information by internet giants such as Facebook and Google. Some of these articles zero in on the basic business models of Facebook, and occasionally Google, as inherently deceptive and unethical. But I have yet to see a proposal for any type of regulation that seems proportional to the social problem created by these new enterprises.
3 Cheers for A2Bism: a Review of ‘Copenhagenize’
By Bart Hawkins Kreps, An Outside Chance
How do we get beyond the dependency-inducing trap of car culture? After 100 years in which auto-oriented infrastructure has dominated public works spending and reshaped civic life, how can we make our streets safe and healthy spaces?
Speeding Down a Dead End Road
By Bart Hawkins Kreps, An Outside Chance
Since the birth of car culture more than a century ago, lavish consumption of energy has not been a bug but a feature. That’s now a feature we can ill afford, as we attempt the difficult and urgent task of transition to renewable energies.