An interesting video about the super moon expected March 19, 2011.

On Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, the moon will arrive at its closest point to the Earth in 2011:  a distance of 221,565 miles (356,575 kilometers) away.

The moon has not been in a position to appear this large since March 1993. The supermoon will not cause natural disasters , such as the Japan earthquake, a NASA scientist has stressed. We can only hope this is true.

Not all electric cars have to be ugly little boxes. I can almost hear the sigh of relief. The increase in interest from auto makers suggests the majority of us will be driving one in the next 5 to 10 years. And as electric cars become more mainstream, like most technology, costs will go down and significant improvements will develop. Tesla was one of the first electric car makers and many have taken a shine to the Tesla Roadster. But they’re not the only ones busy coming up with cool electric car designs.

Tesla Roadster

The Tesla Roadster is a great example of an electric car that will make heads turn. Even Magnum PI probably wants one.

BMW electric car

There isn’t a lot known about the electric BMW that was at the Detroit auto show, but its coming soon.

Electric Porsche?

The Porsche 918 Spyder is a plug-in hybrid supercar that provides the same thrills as your “average” Porsche with 718 horsepower, a mid-engine V-8 with two electric motors, and a claimed 78.4 mpg.

Audi electric car

Audi is getting on track with an e-tron supercar too. The hybrid driveline will be followed by all-electric vehicles soon. While quatro has become synonymous for all wheel drive, e-tron is to be the Audi brand name for electric mobility. Coincidentally, etron is also French for turd, but don’t let that skew you.

Fisker Karma

The Fisker Karma is no slouch in style either. A plug-in hybrid sports sedan, its introductory model will be about $80k, with less expensive models to follow.

Dodge Circuit EV

Makers of the 60′s muscle cars are also joining the race. The Dodge Circuit EV could be in production by 2011.

Cadillac Converj

This concept car is right out of the matrix, but its entirely possible you’ll soon see a Cadillac Converj rolling down the highway. While the roadsters and supercars of the new electric era don’t come cheap, its only a matter of time as they become more common before the prices begin to drop.

This oil spill tracker gives a new perspective of what we’re facing.

We rely on fuels for transportation, a non-renewable resource, and since the age of industrialization began its been slowly killing our planet. The latest oil spill off the coast of Louisianna is yet another reminder of that we are an unsustainable course and desperately need to find new alternatives to energy for our cars and homes.

Our reliance on fuel is of greater concern than most may realize, just look at the amount of deaths cause by CO2 emmissions. Or take a closer look in real time the rate that barrels of oil are pumped, accumulation of CO2 emmissions, and respiratory infections. Link

To the huge corporations, this is a wake up call. Of the top 10 in the Fortune 500 list, 7 are directly related to oil, and one is a car manufacturer. Since big business probably sets the policies as often or more than the government, it seems unlikely that these companies are concerned with anything other than profits.

Take a look at the following graphic illustrating the oil spill caused by a BP oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. If the oil well causing the spill isn’t plugged in 50 days, it will overtake Exxon Valdez as the largest oil spill in U.S. history. (click image for larger view)

A look at what’s happened:

Does it seem that there is much more to fear that emissions? Everything works in cycles. The precipitation in the air that waters the food we grow comes from the sea. Are we unconsciously poisoning ourselves?

The demand for energy is only going to increase as the population does, and as developing nations become more affluent their increases use further compounds the problem.

The need for renewable energy or sustainable energy is practically beyond the eleventh hour. Sorry for the doom and gloom, but something is going to give without change.

From hydroelectric and solar to wind and nuclear power, an interesting look at where electricity comes from and the state of renewable energy in the US.