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My Latest Site is Launched.

Pack your bags, devotees… the small forum contained within Containerist.com will shut down soon because it is very lacking in features and functionality. Alas… the launch of my newest site is official. I am still tweaking it here and there, but I think it’s stable enough to open for business. What exactly is it about? [...]

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New “No Building Codes” Book is Available!

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If any of you have been wondering what I have been up to, you are about to find out. I have been working on a book project this past month or so. It’s a trade paperback guidebook called No Building Codes. It will help the average owner-builder find the last remaining places in the United [...]

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Investors Wanted for Start-Up

Ever wake up on any random Monday from an inadequate slumber, hittin’ snooze just a tad harder than last Friday, full-bladdered, and think to yourself: Geez, this sucks!? The daily grind… The same ol’ same ol’… Asking yourself: “Is this it? Is this really what my life is about?” Not being able to distinguish January [...]

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Maersk Loses $555m

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As if pirates off the coast of Somalia weren’t bad enough, leading shipping giant Maersk reports a first quarter loss of $555 million over last year’s meager profits of $9m for the same quarter. President of the Danish company Nils Andersen said: “The situation is still very difficult in the container business. We have been [...]

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Why Are Solar Panels Expensive?

Off-Grid Ouch!

In similar respect to diamonds, the materials used for photovoltaics are not readily available and relatively rare compared to other materials used for everyday technology. If they used sand for solar panels, we would all be off the grid quite easily; electricity and energy generation wouldn’t be much of an issue. Crystalline silicon is the [...]

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Asia Trade Hits Rock Bottom

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Seems that there is such a huge slump in shipping from Asia to the world, we have cargo ships sitting idly in the waters off China and nearby countries. The busiest U.S. ports, Long Beach and Los Angeles (where I filmed my documentary), seem like ghost ports… what could this mean for shipping container prices? [...]

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