Random Thoughts

Cell Phones Are Transformative

It can be argued that the three most transformative technologies of the last twenty years are the personal computer, the Internet and the cell phone.   I have written often in Evolution Shift about the first two, but not of the third, until now.   ...

Article - David Houle - Feb 16 2007 - 1:38pm

New Technology Coming Your Way

  In January, I spent two weeks attending the world’s largest consumer technology convention and a much smaller but very important annual television convention.   This column is to give you an idea of what will new cutting edge gadgets will soon be availa ...

Article - David Houle - Feb 16 2007 - 1:38pm

An Electric Car

  [Note to readers: I was one of a select few bloggers to be invited by General Motors to a behind the scenes opportunity at the current Chicago Auto Show to meet and interview top management.   As far as GM knew or I could discern, they were the only maj ...

Article - David Houle - Apr 17 2007 - 6:06pm

A Man Who Wants To Change The World

It was great to meet with a number of the top executives at GM prior to the Chicago Auto Show to learn about the Chevrolet Volt, the company commitment to developing battery technology and to really find out how committed this company is and will be in th ...

Article - David Houle - Feb 19 2007 - 8:45pm

The Ultimate Fate Of The Universe- The "Big Game Over"

What is the ultimate fate of the universe? The big crunch and the big freeze aside, what is the fate of intelligent beings in the universe? It is reasonable to assume that even if it is the case that humanity and its spawn become destroyed, then other int ...

Article - Anonymous - Mar 4 2007 - 6:02pm

Water

  A few years ago I started the process of buying a second home in a warm part of the United States.   Living in Chicago, I wanted to find a place that, through the years would be where I would spend an increasing amount of time during the winter months. ...

Article - David Houle - Mar 7 2007 - 3:06pm

Evangelical Environmentalism

  One of the very first posts I made on a  blog over a year ago was “Praise the Lord, not Petroleum”.   It discussed the very public and high profile actions a significant number of Evangelical Christian organizations were taking to fight global warming. ...

Article - David Houle - Apr 10 2007 - 5:27pm

Revisiting Peak Oil- Part Two

  In the prior post I gave a general definition and overview of peak oil for those that have yet to track this development.   Until recently, the brightest minds unencumbered by vested oil interests have strongly suggested, and with good documentation, th ...

Article - David Houle - Oct 1 2007 - 6:31pm

An Amazing Conference On Energy

  Last week I had the great good fortune to attend a three day energy conference attended by some of the world’s greatest energy experts.   Thanks to the good graces of the Foundation for the Future I was invited to attend the conference as an observer.   ...

Article - David Houle - Apr 12 2007 - 4:39pm

A Man Who Is Working To Save The Planet

Last week I wrote about an incredible energy conference hosted by the Foundation for the Future.   As one of a select few invited to observe and participate in the conference, I had the incredible experience to listen to and meet with 15 of the top thinke ...

Article - David Houle - Apr 19 2007 - 7:14am