CA has lots of “green”. I was there years ago at a convention. As we drove out of ??Anaheim I think to visit a friend (who had moved there from NJ (northern, so not so bad), I looked back and was amazed to see this greenish yellow cloud over the city. It was the darn freakiest thing I’d ever seen.

I grew up in a small GA city and now live in Richmond, VA. We have several “air quality alert” days during the summer heat and humdity, so we’re certainly not living in the lap of great air, but I’m not sure there is a green cloud floating over our city yet. Mainly b/c we’re more business than industrial in this area. And until recently, we actually had lots of farmland at the outer edges of the city (now taken over by blacktop and HA!, the irony of ironies, little communities designed to house work/shop/live all in te same place. Yeah, whatever) It’s still suburban and every family owns 2 cars, including us, b/c we bought where we could afford, which did not included all those ammenities. But we still do our share of reduce, reuse and recycling as much as we can. That’s how I found this site today!

The end of the tour only drops off at the airport or hotel car park. Any alternative mode of transport isn’t accommodated. Seems like California isn’t as green as we’re lead to believe!