I was watching a Dirty Jobs episode where host Mike Rowe assisted a Bat Biologist into a cave to take temperature readings.
I was rather intrigued when Mike Rowe was trapped in what resembled quicksand but was actually layers of guano… bat droppings…
I guess this would work similar to quicksand since quicksand is not necessarily sand but any fine granular matter and in this case the bat guano fit the bill.
If I were rich, I know which car I’d keep in my garage. With a slick body, and acceleration of 0-60 in 3.7 seconds, and of course, a radio you can hook your ipod up to, the Tesla Roadster is a sports car of my dreams.
Oh, and did I mention its completely electric?
The Tesla Roadster is a new generation of electric cars. Unlike other electric cars with a limited range and top speed, Tesla Motors created a car with an EV range of 220 miles and a top speed of 125 mph. Personally, I can’t recall the last time I went 125 miles per hour, so its good enough for me. A full charge takes 3.5 hours.
There is a reason the Tesla Roadster has taken a jump ahead of the rest of the market, as the website states,
“Most electric vehicles operate under the assumption that driving is merely a necessary evil if you need to get someplace you can’t reach on foot or bike. The result has been cars that are designed, built, and marketed in ways that refuse to glorify driving.”
I have to agree with them… Just take a look at the NMG-1 from Myers Motors. I’m strongly reminded of a deformed grasshopper. They may be electric, but I’m not sure if I could drive one. Of course, that is an extreme examp
Unfortunately, Electric cars still have a way to go before they are accepted by a large population of the driving community. Why buy a Tesla Roadster running over 100,000 dollars, or for that matter a Prius Hybrid when you can get a car that equals in performance, has a lot larger range and is a few thousand dollars cheaper? The prices always go down, and hopefully, our ecological footprint will as well.
The Tesla Roadster will have to remain the car of my dreams…and exist only in my dreams.
The Governator has one.
Outside Links:
-Top Ten Electric Cars by Autobloggreen- http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/02/07/the-top-ten-electric-vehicles-you-can-buy-today-for-the-most-pa/
-Tesla Motors Official Site:- http://www.teslamotors.com
-ZAP! cars- http://www.zapworld.com/
-Toyota’s Prius Hybrid- http://www.toyota.com/prius-hybrid/
I completed 5 dives this weekend for my advanced scuba diving certification. The adventure dives I completed included a deep dive, navigation dive, search and recovery, naturalist and a night dive.
The night dive was the one I was the most apprehensive about and it was the coolest dive I did. There is so much more life at night.
Night diving is awesome. One thing unique to the ocean though is the bioluminescence.
Bioluminescence is light emitted by organisms in a chemical process in which chemical energy is converted to light energy. A terrestrial example is fireflies.
But in the ocean, microscopic creatures, like dinoflagellates produce bioluminescence When you turn off your dive lights and wave your hands, they light up at the water disturbance. It looks like sparkles in the water, tiny pinpoints of light glowing in the darkness. It is like watching a kids movie and seeing the fairy dust. Tinker bell would be proud.
I was very sad to turn my light back on and stop playing with the bioluminescence.
However, there are so many things that come out at night that I was eager to continue looking at other marine organisms… like crabs, shrimp, fish… the list goes on.
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Kallen is currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Biology and Journalism at the University of Oregon and, of course, writing a blog.