Saturday, July 4, 2020

The Future Of Transportation


Most people are obfuscated about what to do to change their lifestyle to keep from destroying our environmental life support system. These people are totally brainwashed by capitalism. Some have turned to anarchistic Nihilism because they believe the Reagan-deistic clandestine subversive rhetoric that claims government is inherently corrupt just because the alternative is to share the excessive wealth stolen from the earth by the capitalist system. Are we lost to stupidity?

To all of you whinny people that think you can't stop burning gasoline; I say BULLSHIT ! Any one that believes the passive aggressive self defeating Republican rhetoric like “ it is not possible for a woman with five children to go to the food store without a car” is brainwashed by fear mongering that they heard on National Petroleum Radio [NPR]. Avoiding change is like banging your head against a brick wall. The sooner people change their life style the easier it will be.

Who will pay for the change in transportation and other things? Every one will pay for your inaction, and far more than action now. Getting rid of petroleum powered vehicles will be to every ones advantage. People that refuse to change are self centered sociopaths. Even those that refuse use LED light bulbs in their houses are mentally ill.

If the under class keeps listening to the republican fear mongering rhetoric, there will never be anything but suffering. The facts are that people are going to have to learn to work together without pumping the money up to the top of the capitalist pyramid. There will be community work projects and co-operatives to solve all the problems of the climate crisis, like transportation and energy. Or there will be chaos and poverty for all [except the oligarchy]. Make a choice. 





The Covid 19 virus pandemic showed us a lot about how petroleum powered vehicles produce greenhouse gasses. The air was 30% cleaner after only 6 weeks of non-driving. And now the price of oil has gone down so much that one OPEC country had to raise the petrol taxes; they didn't want to tax the rich.

A farm to market electric truck will be the most important project. Yet farmers are allowed a truck for this purpose that otherwise would not be legal on the road. So why not challenge that concept and build a minimalist electric vehicle with hydraulic brakes that can haul at least 600 to 1000lbs. Classified it as a 3ft wide tractor so that slow speed is not a problem.

I can see a time coming when people will be rioting in the streets every day and burning petroleum powered cars. And probably even big expensive electric cars, because these will be owned only by the money oligarchy and their submissive cohorts. And don't think that their secret police will stop it.

If the psychopath in the white house is reinstated I will have to blow by brains out, I can't stand it anymore. It took me several years on a sub poverty income to build the kind of vehicle I need to live without a petroleum powered vehicle. So if you don't get started learning now, you can just suffer the consequences.




Even bicycles will be autonomous if you believe Google's video, but they could apply your brakes and make you fall over. And they will be taking away your drivers licenses because humans are much more dangerous that robots.

The price of oil crashed this year and I pray that it will stay non-profitable for the imperial fascist corporations.







Thursday, June 18, 2020

Folding e-Bikes?



For a short ride to the bus stop and short rides to the shop or office, all you need is a single speed bike with 16” or 20” tires. The smaller the drive wheel, the lower the gear is, but try to find one with room for 2.25” wide tires. And use a simple voltmeter on the accelorator, a lot cheaper than a fancy CycleAnalyst. There is a MINI CYCLONE mid-drive kit that I want to install on a single speed folding bike. But a 2000 watt direct drive hub motor could work on suach a light weight bike as long as you don't need to climb steep hills with cargo. Just be aware that hub motors weight a lot more than mid-drives.

It would be good to build a folding mini electric motorbike simular to this one, With room for 2.25” x 20” OD [16” rim] motorcycle tires. I believe all bikes should be made Heavy Duty no matter how small.

How to make Mini Electric Motorcycle at home DIY PROJECT



single speed:








Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Kill your car before it kills your children


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fUDIucr2eo



If the lack of driving during the Covid 19 pandemic has reduced air pollution by 30% over only 8 weeks, just think what could be done if everyone stopped driving their cars. But the capitalists don't give a damn! They have done noting but pump up the carbon greenhouse gases. They will not stop untill you and every one you know, converts to electricity.

Don't bother killing large trucks or other peoples vehicles, that will only aggravate the law enforcers. It is much better to show how fedup you are with capitalist feudalism, by living without petroleum. Or anything transported with petroleum. This may require that a co-op in the U.S. to start making Brushless DC motors as good as the Chinese build. And the post office needs to convert all their vehicles to electricity.

Batteries do not need large factories, they can be built on a small scale D.I.Y. Graphene battery Don't believe the “efficiency” lies, you don't need dangerous lithium-ion batteries.

If you don't understand how world capitalist kleptocracy is killing our world with fuel extractive methods like “fracking”, read the book [“This Changes Everything”]. The only way out of this economic tail spin, that capitalism has created, is a Co-Operative economy. Create wealth from the ground up; top down economics does not work for the 99% of people on the bottom of the pyramid.

And if you are one of those pacivists that worry about psychopathic boys running down animals trying to cross the road, you really need to start thinking about the poisons coming out of your exhaust pipe. It is killing all life on earth.


There are way too many ignorant people out there, so it is up to you to enlighten them; watch these videos, and read about Francois Marie Charles Fourier.

This is the kind of car we need right now!

Energy Decent Action Plans:


There needs to be mass movement to start building the things we need to get the capitalist petroleum power monopoly out of our lives. There are a lot of ways to build electric vehicles and all a co-operative would need is some idea of how to give people what they need. Everything from heavy duty cycletrucks to light weight pedal-electric hybrid trike cars. Entrepreneur produced vehicles will not solve the problem any more than new electric cars will simply because capitalism is not capable of building a human centered world.


Tell your friends and relatives to help fund a co-op or else
!. Go to welding school, get a welder or at least a brazing torch, build a frame building jig and get a few other tools like the ones on this page clean out your garage and start having fun: http://commutercycling.blogspot.com/2013/09/how-to-build-cargo-bike-from-mountain.html


I have been specializing in designing vehicles that can move heavy cargo up steep hills because that is what we need where I live [
https://commutercycling.blogspot.com]. But if you live on flat land it will be a little easier. But no matter what your hills are like, heavy duty utility cycles need heavy duty wheels. Motorcycle tires are not only much stronger but actually cheaper than bicycle tires. And they will eventually be made of Biodegradable materials. There needs to be educational programs helping people to apply mid-drive motor kits to their bicycles. This could be a fist project.


Part of these vehicles can be made from recycled materials. There is no need to use high tech aerospace materials like some people think. Square tubing is much easier to use than round tubes, and cheaper to buy new. But if you are smart enough you can use round tubing from old bicycles. Take lesson from “AtomicZombie.com”


Motorcycles would be a good thing to build if they have more room for cargo and batteries. “Keeping up with cars on a bicycle” is an insane concept, but motorcycles are made for longer faster trips; and you don't need pedals [https://newatlas.com/escargo-electric-cargo-motorcycle/42219/] . Personally I like to keep my speed below 16mph on my hybrid cycletruck with 21”O.D. motorcycle tires. 20” OD motorcycle tires fit on 16” BMX rims: https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=97335#p1425730.


Then there should be educational opportunities to help people convert their cars to electricity. There is no reason that people cannot get local grants to start doing these things right now. If you have a public broadcasting station in your town, demand airtime to present a case for starting a transportation co-operative. Or even go door to door spreading the word. And you could harass your local food co-op to get help to start something beyond food. Don't take NO for an answer.


Divest in petroleum” means stop burning gasoline! [As well as take all your investment money out of that business.]


Motorcycle tires for CycleTrucks:

https://commutercycling.blogspot.com/2016/01/bicycletires-do-not-do-well-on-really.html


Choosing a Motor:

https://commutercycling.blogspot.com/2018/03/welldarn-my-sox-at-long-long-last-found.html


Build a short utility bike from Recycled parts:

http://commutercycling.blogspot.com/2013/07/short-cargo-bike.html


Improved CycleTruck:

https://commutercycling.blogspot.com/2019/09/improved-cycletruck.html


Electric Farm Truck:

https://commutercycling.blogspot.com/2019/11/electric-farm-truck.html


Battery Building:

https://www.electricbike.com/introduction-battery-design-1/

https://www.electricbike.com/introduction-battery-design-2/

https://www.electricbike.com/introduction-to-battery-pack-design-and-building-part-3/


Gross national happiness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CLJwYW6-Ao

Capitalism Hits the Fan:


Cure for capitalism:
Capitalism is the crisis


Saturday, May 9, 2020

Pedalectric trucks




I have been dreaming about building a Pedalecctric truck with a full Double Chain Drive.

Heavy duty motorcycle tires [2.25” wide on 16” BMX rims], 3-5000watt motor at 72volts with super low gears on a two speed reversible planetary gear set.


 
We have steep hills here in the pacific northwest [9 to 16%] so NO one is going to use a non-motorized velomobile in our town. I wore out my knees with Osteoarthritis by pedaling my heavy cycletruck without a motor for too many years, now I cannot pedal at all. And most people are not going to be able to pedal an aerodynamic velomobile even on flat land [unless the hills do not go over 5% and they are not hauling cargo].

Power assist rigs are usually too wimpy for cargo on our hills. But there are a lot of people that think they can pedal enough power to make up for being restricted to 900 watts or less (legal limit). Yet I know of only one person that has even tried. Well the politicians need to somehow become aware of the need for powerful yet slow pedalectric trucks. Oh sure, motorcycle trucks are popular in the orient, but not even allowed on the road here in the USA unless they can be driven at least 45mph.

There are good reasons to avoid any kind of vehicle that needs to travel more than 30mph. I think it would help the fuel mongers but nothing else. Pedalect vehicles are allowed to drive as fast as 30mph [not in our state of washington] 20mph is more than enough for me. I expect that eventually they will be allowed to drive along with cars [As soon as they lower the speed limit for cars to save energy]. Velo-trucks are already in service for delivery in Europe.

All we really need is a fuel crisis as bad as the Covid 19 pandemic. And it will happen with the environment, but only after it is too late to do anything about it. So I keep dreaming.


the future of city driving:









Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Small Electric Vehicles




If you are waiting for big electric cars, and if you think they will have a positive impact on the energy crisis you are dreaming! If you think that the status quo will be maintained by solar and wind energy, you are woefully ignorant. If you do not admit to being insane, you are going to remain insane! The only way out of insanity is through knowledge and action.


There are a lot of these little plastic cars getting ready to flood the market because energy is about to become incredibly expensive. In fact it has been insanely expensive for a long time, but the corporate masters have been telling you that you are not going to have to pay for the environmental damage caused by their fossil fuels used by every-one even if they don't have a car. Our whole culture is using way more energy than it needs.

It is true that the plastic parts can be made from soybean oil but if the farming practices are as deadly as they are now, nothing will change. It would take a lot less energy to commute on a bus and a folding electric bike. I found one that has an inclosed belt drive that is so lightweight and foldable [GoCycle]. Folding makes them easier to take onto public transit.

Energy use is going to change drastically very soon. And jobs are going to be very few unless you can create your own niche. So people that know how to build minimalist vehicles are going to have a job even if they won't get rich from it. Fools that think they can get rich are dangerously insane and need to go to a mental hospital now.

Buildings will change to a 'net-zero carbon output', but not fast enough. Food production must change to local biointensive market gardens. If the filthy rich doesn't put up the money for maglev trains they will have nothing to invest in.

If there is one good thing about the Covid 19 pandemic it is that every one is finding out how unprepared we are for change. Start changing now before it is too late.

If you are not a hopeless pacifist you should watch these videos to shock yourself out of your passive denial. And then when you survive your depression you can be motivated to do something to help positive change happen, like join the 20/20 energy decent think tank. It starts with passing on the knowledge that things are not what the corporate masters claim.



















Monday, April 6, 2020

STOP IGNORING THIS!

Apparently you do not understand that this is a full blown all encompassing life threatening disaster bearing down on the whole earth. Do you think you can buy your way out of it? Obviously the republicans do. Electric cars will do nothing to mitigate or ameliorate the problem. I would write an article for “Yes” magazine, but they are so Milquetoast that they could not even bear to read what I say. So I will just have to start a magazine called ”Panic Now” just to get people off their complacency. 


Do you really want o leave your children a burned out planet? Maybe you don't believe that this is a burning all inclusive full blown crisis? Or, like too many people I know, you have given up and taken-up religion as an excuse to do nothing [unconsciously?]. Your apathetically hopeless view is self fulfilling.

You could start by reading this book [“This changes everything” available on audio and digital as well as paper] it talks about what the corporate fascists have done to keep us from saving our world and freeing our self's from wage slavery. Then read the rest of my collection of instructional lectures [that I have been working on for 16 years], and ask Google questions; I do not have the internet in my house. It is easy to convert your car to electricity; lots of people are doing it.

Take some responsibility for this deep dog-duty we are in! If you are not willing to fight back against fascism you could at least stop consuming the BS that they sell. They have been fighting to become the dominate beings for longer than you have been alive. Passivity will not balance the economy and it will not make life possible for most people on this planet. Capitalism feeds the 1% only.





This book is about how the imperialist corporate petroleum industry is trying to make climate change invisible by doing everything they can to blame the effects on socialism. The imperialists are already rewriting history to fit their own 'reality grid' scam. Because to admit to the so called 'CLIMATE CHANGE' [environmental life support system collapse] is to admit to not only how their fossil fuels are creating chaos in order to keep us their obsequious groveling wage slaves. But it will also make it harder to make a deal for our future.


She talks about how “Trump” is a brand name and how to disgrace it. Which is about the only thing we can do to fight back against American racist fascism and make a Just and Verdant world by starting a large democratic Co-operative movement like the Evergreen Cooperative Initiative in Cleveland Ohio.

The stock market givith and the stock market taketh away...
If money is printed for banks that “claim” there is a need for more cash, why doesn't the klepto-money-mongers print up enough to create a massive jobs program. It will keep people from loosing faith in the capitalist money illusion, more work energy will go around and people will be happy until all the money gets to the top of the capitalist pyramid again. But if you think computers made productivity go up and wages go down, wait for the robot worker revolution. It looks to me like the money hoarding oligarchy will have to guarantee a minimum income to keep people from annihilating their robotic factories. Or people will just stop buying anything from a capitalist source.

I think there are few choices left:

  • Co-operative businesses. [Create a circular money flow from the ground up and somehow keep it from the money mongers].
  • Explain to people why they must never buy anything from a capitalist corporation. And pass the word about what capitalism really is.
  • Or get ready to live in “Koch-Land” [pronounced “coke”] where everything [schools, libraries, the water supply] is privately owned and run by 'Market-based-Management'! Did anyone say “Soylent Green” ? [the final solution]


The “the National Debt” and “gold standard” are a scams to keep the money out of the hands of the lower classes. Unfortunately the federal reserve is a private corporate bank. If the government wants to produce a work program like the Green New Deal to rebuild our infrastructure, or start circular-profit democratic worker Co-Ops that will make life in Amerika possible, it has to borrow from the bankers. That is why we must start enough democratic worker co-operatives our self's. And know enough facts to argue down anyone that believes what Fox-Hate-News says. It's time to re-evaluate capitalism in a big way.





The Evergreen Cooperative Initiative is working to create living-wage jobs in six low-income neighborhoods.
The initiative was designed to create an economic breakthrough in Cleveland. Rather than a trickle-down strategy, it focuses on economic inclusion and building a local economy from the ground up. Rather than offering public subsidy to induce corporations to bring what are often low-wage jobs into the city, the Evergreen strategy calls for catalyzing new businesses, owned by their employees. Rather than concentrate on workforce training for employment opportunities that are largely unavailable to low-skill and low-income workers, the Evergreen Initiative first creates the jobs, and then recruits and trains local residents to fill them.

These are not your traditional small-scale co-ops,” wrote The Nation, noting the initiative’s large ambitions. The Evergreen Cooperative Initiative remains an important model for healing neglected post-industrial economies in the American heartland. But it’s also part of a larger experiment in alternative wealth-building and wealth-sharing models being considered by stakeholders in the Greater University Circle Initiative.





Thursday, February 27, 2020

ON FIRE


 


The Burning case for a Green new deal


This is a really good book that everyone needs to read or listen to. But she did not tell how badly we need many hundreds of bike building co-operatives. We need to be cranking out large heavy duty cycle truck hybrids in ever city in the USA, just to begin to get rid of those energy wasting S.U.V.'s that are poisoning our air. There could be co-operatives to setting up solar-power systems in millions of houses and suburban market gardens with real cycletruck delivery. And it will need to be done on sliding pay scales with some volunteer work. (ie: if you want a vehicle and don't have enough money or credit). Every one must stop burning gasoline right now, not ten years from now, the world is On Fire!

Energy Decent Action Plans:

There needs to be mass movements to start building the things we need to get the capitalist petroleum power monopoly out of our lives. There are a lot of ways to build electric vehicles and all a co-operative would need is some idea of how to give people what they need. everything from heavy duty cycle trucks to light weight pedal-electric hybrid trike cars. Entrepreneur produced vehicles will not solve the problem any more than new electric cars will simply because capitalism is not capable of building a human centered world.




Tell your friends and relatives to help fund a co-op or else
!. Go to welding school, get a welder or at least a brazing torch, build a frame building jig and get a few other tools like the ones on this page clean out your garage and start having fun: http://commutercycling.blogspot.com/2013/09/how-to-build-cargo-bike-from-mountain.html

I have been specializing in designing vehicles that can move heavy cargo up steep hills because that is what we need where I live. But if you live on flat land it will be a little easier. But no matter what your hills are like, heavy duty utility cycles need heavy duty wheels. Motorcycle tires are not only much stronger but actually cheaper than bicycle tires. And they will eventually be made of Biodegradable materials. There needs to be educational programs helping people to apply mid-drive motor kits to their bicycles. This could be a fist project.

Part of these vehicles can be made from recycled materials. There is no need to use high tech aerospace materials like some people think. Square tubing is much easier to use than round tubes, and cheaper to buy new. But if you are smart enough you can use round tubing from old bicycles. Take lesson from “AtomicZombie.com”
Motorcycles would be a good thing to build if they have more room for cargo and batteries. “Keeping up with cars on a bicycle” is an insane concept, but motorcycles are made for longer faster trips; and you don't need pedals

Personally I like to keep my speed below 16mph on my hybrid cycletruck with 21”O.D. motorcycle tires they fit on BMX rims: 
https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=97335#p1425730.

Then there should be educational opportunities to help people convert their cars to electricity. There is no reason that people cannot get local grants to start doing these things right now. If you have a public broadcasting station in your town, demand airtime to present a case for starting a transportation co-operative. Or even go door to door spreading the word. And you could harass your local food co-op to get help to start something beyond food. Don't take NO for an answer.

And it looks like cars can run on steam produced by electricity. 







https://newatlas.com/ev4-skopinski
-tilting-electric-assist-tricycle/44327/



https://escargomotorcycle.com/



https://inhabitat.com/velometro-mobility
-to-launch-the-first-velocar-sharing
-program-in-vancouver/velocar
-velometro-vancouver/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velomobile
http://www.xyzcargo.com/cycles/

https://khooll.com/post/34558008778/cargo
electric vessels:
https://www.dw.com/en/are-electric
-vessels-the-wave-of-the-future
-in-shipping/a-43046309