Scorcher.org
Title
Scorcher!
Description
I learned from Ted White's 1992 documentary, Return of the Scorcher, that the word "scorcher" was used in the 19th Century to refer to bicyclists, who were then the fastest things on the road. I had already read Ivan Illich's 1973 essay, Energy and Equity, where I'd learned how slow cars are when you add up all the time used to pay for owning and maintaining them. Illich concluded that, ultimately, nothing is faster than a bicycle. In the 21st Century, we are still the scorchers.
Cars are also filling our atmosphere with carbon, soot, and ozone-depleting substances. Unless more of us become scorchers, our planet is in for a worldwide scorcher of a much less pleasant type.
I fell in love with the word, and started using it as much as possible. When I discovered that scorcher.org was up for grabs, I grabbed it. How could I resist? I mostly wanted it to have some snazzy email addresses, but I've shelved that dream until we figure out how to get rid of the scourge of Internet spammers. (My public email address remains at another domain.)
Contact
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- San Francisco CA
- United States 94107
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- +1.347563750
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