MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Power Outlets for the People
By artappraiser on Sat, 11/03/2012 - 12:11am |
By Will Doig, Atlantic Cities, Nov. 2, 2012
New York is in the midst of two energy crises [....]
[....] makes you wonder why, in the year 2012, we're still crawling under tables in coffee shops and reaching behind couches in hotel lobbies, searching for outlets meant for vacuum cleaners and lamps, when it's painfully obvious that what people need are convenient, accessible power sources for their many portable devices. "Common sense says that at one point electricity was expensive and unreliable, and you wouldn't just let anybody walk up and use yours, but these small electronic devices use such a small load," says Malcolm McCullough, professor of architecture and information design at the University of Michigan. "Recharging is becoming a basic infrastructural need in cities, like subways or lights."
Few cities have taken steps to facilitate this new reality [....]
URL:
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/11/it-will-make-sandy-seem-like-nothing-the-massive-quake-coming-to-istanbul/264437/
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