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Comment It is good for science at large. Example: (Score 1) 227

Ask some random person to name another WHOI scientist after Bob Ballard. Thought so. Even when he first started splitting his time between WHOI and NatGeo - many of the established scientists in the field could not comprehend why he would want to go on TV and gas on about ocean science. It was like he was speaking another language. After he got the vents stuff out in the mainstream, I happened to be in Woods Hole and saw that they had finally put together a WHOI exhibit on the work that was done. Understand that WHOI proper has always been a locked-down place with nothing much public. NOAA Fisheries has an exhibit and for a long time you could pop into MBL and see what was going on - within reason - used to borrow their labs to sort out alga specimens. So after going through the new exhibit in an old church at the top end of Water St., I was talking to someone who has a business in town and remarked that it was nice to have something permanent for the public about WHOI, good for them. Punchline? She told me the church was merely rented for the exhibit. Arrrrgggghhhh!

Comment After the local auto show, the eGolf is (Score 1) 426

my first choice if I have $27K to spend. Line for line a Golf, and with the US tax credit it's the same net purchase cost as a GTI. This Mark VII Golf is by all reviews a considerable step up in the platform. It doesn't encroach on the trunk like the Focus Energi, a lot more heritage than the Nissan B platform, it's not a cramped version of a compact Chevy, and for $700 they send Bosch to your house to install a 4-hour charger. Second call would be to SolarCity.

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