Oliver Erlewein on January 2nd, 2009

While blogging and thinking about those electric scooters I’ve finally thought my way back to the power source (again). I’m still terribly angry at the present government for going back on the whole coal for energy thing but that’s a separate rant. So what are we supposed to do?! The effective energy sources destroy the [...]

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Oliver Erlewein on January 2nd, 2009

Miraz has put together a cool list of the current offers on EV scooters in NZ. I have been watching the market too and in the last months it has really started developing. The high petrol price and the heightened sensitivity around emissions is doing its part. There really is nothing that can get you [...]

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Oliver Erlewein on December 14th, 2008

Well seems like someone put it very simple for the masses… I think the message is that simple and maybe we can do it without the politicians. You don’t necessarily need a law to forbid lightbulbs (thanks Nats for killing that act). You can just go and buy energy efficient ones. You can stop asking [...]

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Oliver Erlewein on December 11th, 2008

I just got sent a link that set me off again. http://tinyurl.com/5laabm Make a long story short this is another case of scientists saying Global Warming is a myth. What I hate about the whole f*****g Global Warming discussion is that nobody seems to have gotten the point. I couldn’t care less about the official [...]

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Oliver Erlewein on December 4th, 2008

A few months ago I discovered BetterPlace and they have changed my view on electric vehicles and the future of personal transport. After Israel and Denmark getting into the race Australia, California and Hawaii are lining up nicely too. I’m still waiting on what New Zealand will be doing. BetterPlace has contacts but nothing has [...]

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