Most efficient vehicle ever!!!

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Friday March 09, 2007 · 4:19 PM PST

2007/03/09 · 16:19

This is the silver-bullet climate change technology solution we have been waiting for! I have just invented the most energy-efficient vehicle ever. Near-zero emissions! It is compatible with existing fuel stations, and drivers can also very easily carry their own fuel. My design is one hundred times less expensive than conventional automobiles! The vehicle is low-maintenance and inexpensive to repair. Its compact, space-saving design will eliminate traffic jams in all but the most severely crowded areas. It is so compact that we frequently won't need to set aside dedicated parking facilities for it. As if this wasn't enough, it will address major public health problems too!!! Move over Thomas Edison, move over Henry Ford, I am the new Great American Inventor for the 21st Century! Buy my Rookie Card now while you can still afford it!

Seth Baum

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Thursday March 01, 2007 · 11:45 AM PST

2007/03/01 · 11:45

Hi DK, your trusty utilitarian blogger here again, doing my part to increase quality of life on Earth as much as I can. Here, we're talking about how to improve quality of life the most per dollar.

My dirty little secret: I don't donate to political campaigns.

Right now, I'm more of an Oxfam person; see this Felicifia discussion for more. (Felicifia is an online utilitarianism communtiy I help run.) But while I can't bring myself to donate money for TV ads when they could be going to alleviating global poverty, I also can't bring myself to tell you to not to support great candidates. I understand the importance of electing good people, and I can't figure out which donatation improves quality of life more per dollar. It breaks my heart knowing that if the campaign finance situation was better, those ~~hundreds of millions~~ billions of dollars could be spent on education or disaster relief or potable water.

Seth Baum

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Friday February 23, 2007 · 4:40 PM PST

2007/02/23 · 16:40

Hey there DK, your trusty utilitarian blogger here, doing my part to increase quality of life on Earth as much as I can.

One of the most fascinating topics (there are several) I've been introduced to from my involvement in the utilitarianism community is "lab-grown meat" aka "in vitro meat" aka "cultured meat". It's exactly that: meat grown in cultures in which cell mitosis occurs. At first I was totally weirded out by this, but then I learned that the process is exactly the same as regular cell mitosis, except that there's no living animal involved. This technology may produce meat that's healthier, safer, tastier, less expensive and less polluting. It also consumes less energy and of course avoids the horrendous suffering of our factory farm livestock, since there's no animal to suffer. This could put factory farms out of business, but not food companies, since they'll step in to produce and distribute it once it's commercially viable. These days, it's in research phase.

Seth Baum

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Tuesday February 20, 2007 · 8:11 PM PST

2007/02/20 · 20:11

Note: I read and reply to comments on old diaries, so feel free to leave a message on any of my diaries, no matter how old they are.

Hi all. I've been a lurker at this site for a while now. A few years- yikes, I'm an old timer? I've been using DK (among others) to stay informed (and keep my people informed!), so I didn't have reason to participate actively. Well, I do now. Oh yeah, I do now.

I'm very much the planet amelioration ("make the world a better place") type, and I reckon many here are too. Also, I'm a big nerd (where my nerds at?), so I've been studying how to do this planetary amelioration stuff. This is what I'll be writing about here, so brace yourself for a funtastic mix of philosophy, economics, physiology, environmental science, math, and more. Given the current discussion on values, I suppose this is timely. I'll also be shamelessly promoting Felicifia, the online utilitarianism community I help run.

Did I really just say funtastic? Eeek. You didn't hear that.

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