Blog Heap o'Transport Links 25 March 2009

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Blog-Heap links regarding transportation and related infrastructure,
also energy, because it takes energy to transport,
and virtuality, because telepresence saves on transpresence.

Nature vs Infrastructure

Space storm alert: 90 seconds from catastrophe
newscientist.com Wed 2009 Mar 25, 10:55pm

Sunthe skies above Manhattan are filled with a flickering curtain of colourful light. Few New Yorkers have seen the aurora this far south but their fascination is short-lived. Within a few seconds, electric bulbs dim and flicker, then become unusually bright for a fleeting moment. Then all the lights in the state go out. Within 90 seconds, the entire eastern half of the US is without power. ... A year later and millions of Americans are dead and the nation's infrastructure lies in tatters. The World Bank declares America a developing nation. Europe, Scandinavia, China and Japan are also struggling to recover from the same fateful event — a violent storm, 150 million kilometres away on the surface of the sun. ... an extraordinary report funded by NASA and issued by the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in January this year claims it could do just that.

Energy

Oklahoma House committee clears nuclear power bill
yournuclearnews.com Wed 2009 Mar 25, 1:26pm

Legislation that would streamline the review process for nuclear power plants in Oklahoma was sent to the floor of the state House Tuesday, but critics said the measure does little to protect consumers from onerous rate increases that would be needed to help pay for it.

Endeavor Power Provides Oil Resource Data for Patrick Henry Lease
marketwire.com Wed 2009 Mar 25, 1:26pm

Endeavor Power Corp. (OTCBB:EDVP) is pleased to announce that its joint venture partner on the Patrick Henry Lease (the "Lease") located in Oklahoma, Federated Energy, believes that the existing 13 wells that are being reworked should be producing, in the aggregate, approximately 30 barrels of oil per day by late spring to early summer.