Garry Golden

I just posted on Memebox FutureBlogger about a recent CERA forecast on the potential plateauing of US gasoline demand inthe next 10-15 years - possibly in 2010.
How can demand peak so soon?
Because sustained high energy prices are forcing the auto industry to increase efficiencies and move beyond the combustion engine as we electrify the industry […]

It is official!
I will be leading efforts to launch a future of energy blog within the Memebox network on Monday, August 18th!!
“The Energy Roadmap” will be a forward-focused, globally oriented site exploring aspects related to the Energy Industry, Energy and Transportation, Energy and Design, and Energy and Society. I will be the lead writer […]

A personal/professional update since this blog has not been an accurate mirror of my freelance work world.
The spring and early summer have been quite fantastic (and busy) with several collaborative projects on the:

future of transportation infrastructure (TxDOT/University of Houston Futures Studies program)
future of financial services (Citigroup/FutureThink)
association leadership in 21st century (ASAE/ UK-based FastFuture)
future of […]

My resource notes for a radio interview on WORT (in beautiful Madison, WI) - looking at strategies to counter Peak Oil scenarios through the use of biologically derived energy. e.g. Algae/bacteria that produce biofuels or hydrogen
[First, an important question: Which is more likely to happen first - The ‘end’ of oil? Or the end […]

It is easy to set up a blog, but not easy to maintain an accurate web presence that reflects, or better yet - balances, one’s personal interests and professional services.
I have struggled to post on a regular basis, and to make those posts accessible to wider audiences. One of the downsides of working […]

For those readers who are in the New York area, I will be giving a talk on the future of energy this coming Saturday (February 16th)
The ‘Futures Salon’ Meetup(.com) is the local chapter of Futures Salons sponsored by John Smart and the Accelerating Foundation Studies.
Saturday, February 16, 2008 at 3:00 PM
Stone Creek Bar
140 E. 27th […]

An Association of Professional Futurists colleague Kaipo Lum (CEO Vision Foresight Strategy) has turned me back onto presentations by Thomas Barnett - author of the Pentagon’s New Map and Blueprint for Action.
I remembered Barnett’s 2005 TED Conference presentation quite well - but it always struck me as a specific look at the Iraq war […]

“The seemingly impossible is possible” - and then watch me shock the audience in the end… Hans Rosling is back!
TED 2007 has released its latest video of Hans Rosling’s (of Gapminder.org) visual journey / talk on global health and economic development. Nearly one year after his web-famous TED 2006 talk which highlighted […]

I can now add Park Slope, Brooklyn to the list of great neighborhoods that I have been fortunate to call home…
Since growing up (and leaving) my home just blocks outside of Philadelphia in Upper Darby - I have lived in Madison, Wisconsin (James Madison Park & Willy Street), Kathmandu, Nepal (Swayambunath), Austin, Texas (South Austin/78704) […]

We should remember that web pages, as we know it, are only ten years old – and have been built around first generation web programming languages, network architecture and the dominance of the desktop/laptop web experience. There is no shortage of visions about where the web is headed – but what seems […]

 
Continue reading below for notes on:
1) ‘Taco shell’ protein reveals quantum effects of photon/electron energy;
2) Nanoscale photocatalytic solar cell with ‘superior opto-electronic properties’ splits water into hydrogen;
3) Cheaper H2 catalyst based on nickel-ruthenium complex
4) Studying genomes of phytoplankton & carbon cycling effects;
5) Solid state H2 storage
6) Hydrogen ‘chewing’ bacteria (Ni-Fe)
7) Platinum nickel surface for improved […]

I am inspired by GM’s bold push into the all electric motor age of vehicle design… I have been watching their reinvention of vehicle design and manufacturing since their ‘Autonomy’ concept car…
See recent images of Volt’s new fuel cell/battery chassis - via CNET
Continue below to check out my cheat sheet… it is […]

Looking down at the Earth – 2015
While delivering a keynote at the University of Wisconsin River Fall’s new University Center I asked a group of 200 students (and 20 staff) if they had ever seen a picture of the planet taken from space. All hands went up. Then I asked […]

I just ‘Stumbled upon’ another Google Earth ‘gliding’ interface called M3D Glider (also here) designed by a Netherlands based software firm – Medality (no current link available). This is only a few days after seeing Microsoft Vista’s embedded fly-through feature through Live Search. Thought it was worth a short post on […]

 
 
 
…organic compounds for optical devices, Zinc oxide nanowires, CMR (UK) ready to ‘inkjet’ print fuel cell membranes, DMFCs, biological energy solutions, bio-encapsulation

(Older post from Jan. 2007 - could use an update- but I need to migrate all my posts from the old Wordpress first!!)
As the YouTube led video revolution fades as the novel story of this digital age, we can see quite clearly that virtual worlds such as Second Life are ready for their mainstream media […]

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