Dear EarthTalk: Are there any electric bicycles or scooters that make for a nice cheap, green-friendly commute?
Bicycle commuting has long been a symbol of greener living, and it is great exercise, too. But most people are probably not up to commutes much beyond five or 10 miles one-way in the interest of time and [...]
When we lived in Santa Monica, CA, we did not have the option of buying “green power” – the electric company said that everyone paid a little more for their power so they could invest in new technologies. But when we moved here, we were actually given a choice to buy our percentage of [...]
In a world with steeply declining oil supplies, the transportation wave of the future (that is, if we can get them built before the oil runs out) will be electric cars that are charged by solar panels. This bio-fuel and hydrogen nonsense aside, there are a few innovative companies going the all-electric route, and [...]
So maybe we should stop complaining?
“Honked off by American pump prices? Cheer up. You could be commuting in Oslo, Norway, where gasoline costs $9.85 a gallon and filling up a Mini Cooper would set you back $130. That’s the priciest petrol on a list of world gas prices released Wednesday by Associates for International [...]
