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Comment on Farewell, sweet passport by Carolin

Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:01:47 +0000

Wiesbaden is one my favorite places in Germany! I believe the largest cuckoos clock is actually in Triberg (Black Forest):) It’s a great place to visit.

Comment on Farewell, sweet passport, part 2 by Michael

Fri, 28 Feb 2014 17:09:04 +0000

California has, or had, a partial hydrogen highway, built in part around public buses that use fuel cells. But 2025 is a long way off, and what tends to happen with these public mandates is that we start to get close to the deadline, everybody realizes that the goal cannot be met, and there’s a burst of activity aimed at creating some progress, but also moving the date.

IcelandAir is advertising on the Red Line. Every time I see them I think, ‘gee, wouldn’t it be nice to go back?’

Comment on Farewell, sweet passport, part 2 by Jennifer

Fri, 28 Feb 2014 04:30:26 +0000

I enjoyed reading your story on hydrogen in Iceland. Made me want to visit!

Comment on Farewell, sweet passport, part 2 by Jennifer

Fri, 28 Feb 2014 04:28:49 +0000

California has mandated that by 2025, 15% of new vehicles sold in the state will be zero-emissions vehicles. Fuel cell cars will be among these. Hydrogen has been slow to catch on here. There’s a battery-charging parking spot at my local whole foods, but I have yet to see it occupied.

Comment on Farewell, sweet passport, part 2 by Michael

Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:33:57 +0000

Good questions, Jennifer. Hertz stopped renting hydrogen powered cars in Iceland a few years ago. Norway opened a ‘hydrogen highway’ in 2009, which a quick search suggests is still operating. I have been wondering since I posted this about the state of hydrogen power. I know I have heard little, and the US initiatives I mentioned seem to have made little progress.

Comment on Farewell, sweet passport, part 2 by Jennifer

Wed, 26 Feb 2014 03:57:15 +0000

That was 7 years ago. Where are hydrogen powered cars today? Are they widely used in Iceland and Europe? Will we see more of them here in the us?

Comment on Farewell, sweet passport, part 2 by Michael

Wed, 12 Feb 2014 17:17:39 +0000

I saw this headline today about the Prius recall. I ran into the same (or a similar) problem with my hydrogen rental car. I was driving on the highway to the Blue Lagoon when the car just shut down. I was able to pull over to the side of Rte 41, the Reykejanesbraut, and after a few minutes pushed the button and the car restarted, kind of like a reboot. but after another couple of kilometers it stopped again. I couldn’t get it to restart this second time. I trudged off to some little town to find a payphone (my cell phone didn’t work in Iceland) and called the rental agency. I arranged for a cab to the Blue Lagoon, where I splashed around and relaxed.

The next day, Hertz told me there was nothing wrong with the car. They’d gone to pick it up and it started just fine and they drove it back to Reykjavik, and indeed I had no more issues with it. It was just a weird glitch. I suspect they thought I was making it up, as a nice tale for my story on the hydrogen economy.

Comment on Eco funerals by Michael

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:45:48 +0000

Here’s a link to the blog post by the writer, which includes a slew of photos and a multimedia story he put together.
http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2013/05/11/ashes-to-ashes-dust-to-dust/

Comment on We can’t get little data right by ed newman

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:50:09 +0000

yes, this is all too troublesome… and wait till you try to deal with elderly parents’ savings and investments. The banks can be even worse.

Comment on A look into The Wronged Man. by Michael

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:25:04 +0000

Thanks, Jim. Thanks for the tip on the movie, too. I think Andrew mentioned it when I talked with him but I hadn’t sought it out.

Michael