Solar forest

• This is how it could work with electric cars. Inhabitat has the details:

Neville Mars has conceived of an incredible EV charging station that takes the form of an evergreen glade of solar trees. His photovoltaic grove serves a dual function, acting as a go-to source for clean renewable energy while providing a shady spot for cars to park as they charge.

• Here’s how to grow and flourish the Netflix way.

• We’ve Gone Nuts: During the previous administration, people were being turned away from political events (some were even arrested) if they wore the wrong shirt or had the wrong bumper sticker on their car. Now people are going to political discussion meetings not to discuss issues but merely to disrupt them. We’ve gone from touches of a police state to mob rule. And of course Obama isn’t a U.S. citizen, and there’s so much more. We’re plain nuts.

• In a good case of one thing leading to another, I came across the Food Poisoning Journal that mentioned a recall of cilantro, news that would terrify my wife. From there I found links to the  Barf Blog from Kansas State, Not in My Food from the Consumers Union, Chow Food Safety and other givers of queasiness.
• Here’s to looking at your future, via the Gompertz Law of Human Mortality.

• Get ready for the weekend here.