Obama Signs Major Land Conservation Law | 44 | washingtonpost.com

The good thing about the financial crisis is that nobody's paying attention to this stuff, and it sneaks on through:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/03/30/obama_signs_major_land_conserv.html?wprss=44

Financial Safety Net of Nonprofit Organizations Is Fraying, Survey Finds - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/us/26charity.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

If you build it, they will come

Shai Agassi, former SAP exec, thinks if we build a whole bunch of electric car charging and/or battery swap stations, then the electric cars will show up.  Big bet, pretty cool, and probably a durable technology - maybe not the battery swapping stuff, but electricity isn't going away.  And the cool thing is that you're paying per mile.

Although I'm curious if that will affect driving too much.  If I actually start thinking about my per-mile charge, I might start to get really annoyed.  Easier to think about buying one tank of gas every week or so - even if it works out to the same thing.

From the Desk of David Pogue - Electric Cars for All! (No, Really This Time) - NYTimes.comhttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/technology/personaltech/19pogue-email.html?_r=1&8cir&emc=cira1

Solar Dish

Way better than normal solar panels, hopefully much cheaper and definitely easier to install... Friend at Sempra Energy said this is real;

MIT prototype solar dish passes first tests - MIT News Office

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/solar-dish-0618.html