It’s 4:15 in the morning and I’ve already been up for an hour (insomnia is this writer’s best friend). I’m reflecting that I get lots of readership when I give advice on how to save money and reduce carbon emissions at the same time– slashing your electric bill, for instance, has been my best-seller at [...]
Entries Tagged as 'cars'
The Poverty of Hyper-Individualism
March 17th, 2009 · No Comments · community, lifestyle, relationships
Tags: Bill McKibben·cars·consumption·Deep Economy·happiness·life·relationships·Southern California
Top Ten Tips For Carpooling, Part I
January 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · money, simplicity, sustainability, work
Coming up on my one-year anniversary in my carpool, I recently wrote a post about how it is saving me $6,800/year according to this cost calculator. (I have a 100 mile round trip, and five carpool partners). I’m also saving a lot of carbon emissions, and arriving at work and back at home sweeter and [...]
Tags: carpool·carpooling·cars·commuting·thrift
Rethinking Cars And Public Health
December 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · health & well being, lifestyle, simplicity, sustainability, transportation
I have another thought or two on the proposed bailout of the American auto industry. Then later this week I’ll be reporting on desalination, the increasingly popular, carbon-intensive transformation of ocean water into drinking water. While acknowledging that job loss in the auto industry (or anywhere) is extremely painful, let’s take a step back and [...]
Tags: automakers·cars·Drive Less Save More·exercise·green living·Grist·Oregon·Zipcar
Fate of the Automakers: The Lady Or The Tiger?
November 18th, 2008 · 3 Comments · energy, transportation
My carpool has naturally been discussing whether the government should bail out the Detroit automakers. The bailout question reminds me of the short story “The Lady Or The Tiger” in which a woman decides which door to send her lover to, i.e. death or a new life with a new lady. Carpool opinions may be [...]
Tags: automakers·carpooling·cars·climate change·Detroit·economics·energy conservation·General Motors·global warming·GM·hybrids
Election Day: Mail-In Ballots Rock
November 4th, 2008 · No Comments · energy, health & well being
Exactly four years ago on the first Tuesday in November I was on the #15 bus here on Belmont in Southeast Portland — going nowhere. Traffic was standing still. And we never have traffic jams on SE Belmont. I was late to my breakfast meeting at Zells Cafe, but at least my bus driver was [...]
Tags: bipartisan politics·cars·climate change·congestion·Election Day·environment·green living·iceman9294·Oregon·voting
