Seven Myths About Alternative Energy

Read the entire Foreign Policy Article in full page mode to connect the dots.

1. “We Need to Do Everything Possible to Promote Alternative Energy.”
2. “Renewable Fuels Are the Cure for Our Addiction to Oil.”
3. “If Today’s Biofuels Aren’t the Answer, Tomorrow’s Biofuels Will Be.”
4. “Nuclear Power Is the Cure for Our Addiction to Coal.”
5. “There Is No Silver Bullet to the Energy Crisis.”
6. “We Need a Technological Revolution to Save the World.”
7. “Ultimately, We’ll Need to Change Our Behaviors to Save the World.”

Build a Solar Powered Bike Yet?

http://www.solarpoweredbike.com

This is the place to start if solar powered bikes are on your mind. While a part of a page below gives a hint of the information contained, a brief read uncovered this set of tips:

How to build a solar powered bike

1. Save up enough money to live on for at least 6 months. It is important that you do this before you proceed to step 2.
2. Quit your job or arrange to take an extended sabbatical leave. You won’t have time for your job once this project gets under way. You did follow step 1 first, right?
3. Next, you’ll need to decide between an old fashioned safety bicycle and a recumbent bicycle.

Taste of what you'll find at http://www.solarpoweredbike.com

Bottom line: Best sets of data well presented, best answers to energy and transportation related questions.  Go there.

Lately I’ve made a habit of going to Wikipedia first with questions. Works for me and the links are always the best. Learn more about power calculations  in this entry about solar car racing.