Geoff Jones

Inveterate dabbler in business, travel, gadgets & life

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Random Roger’s Big Picture: We No Longer Need Oil

Here is the nub of the worlds future : “I will call on Puru Saxena’s nugget about per capita consumption of oil. US per capita consumption is about 25 barrels per year. China’s and India’s per capita consumption is less than one barrel. What do you think will happen to global demand for oil when their demand rises to 1.5 barrels per year?” Answer is Oil demand rises by about 12%

Note population of USA is 295,734,134 China 1,306,313,812 India 1,080,264,388

Modes of operation..

This is just so true Kim Cameron’s Identity Weblog: “I guess I’m in input mode.” some days there are just so many interesting things to read and no time to write. Certain books have this effect on me, they are so good I cannot finish reading them the minute I read a page it sends my brain into thought mode. Examples of the genre (for me) are:-

The Innovators Dilemma – Clayton Christensen

The Art of Seduction – Robert Greene

Mind Hacks – Tom Stafford Matt Webb

First BBC programme on blogging! Radio Five Live – Julian Worricker

I was a guest speaker with Suw and Saira on what I believe is the first BBC programme to give blogging a 30 minute slot. (The programme is available here until 9th October 2005). It was well put together by Clare and I think offered a very balanced view on the subject.

I’m not sure how long Robert and Hugh etc have been blogging for but I guess its better late than never for the UK mainstream media to start discussing blogging.

I was incredibly nervous sat in a studio here in Cambridge all on my own with one of those old fashioned BBC table microphones.

Web applications unplugged

Could Morfik be the company that Robert is hoping Microsoft will buy? It certainly is a very interesting product “offers developers the opportunity to create web applications that run on the desktop after being unplugged from the web” This would mean for instance that a product like gmail could run even with the web disconnected this would be a major breakthrough for developing internet nations where net connections are so difficult to obtain.

Story obtained from Memeorandum and then from Rob Reg in Roberts mudpit http://web2.0central.com/