Obama’s Take on Fuel Economy

Democratic nominee for president Barack Obama turned his attention to climbing gas prices and the auto industry last week. Obama steered clear of any contentious comments – like telling would-be voters to stop driving their gas-guzzlers. He did, however, say that change was in the air.
From Reuters:
We’ve seen that this quarter. People are changing [...]

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New Research: Gas Prices and Behavioral Tipping Points

It’s hard to miss the effects of rising gas prices all around us. Coupled with the accompanying spike in food costs and the threat of a general economic recession, the national belt-tightening is evident. Miles driven have plummeted along with car sales while mass transit ridership and bike use continue to flourish.
A recent study by [...]

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High School Students Protest Gas Prices, Forgo Cars

High school students in Long Island, New York and in Alabama separately came to the same conclusion: they were upset about the rising gas prices and wanted to do something about it. In-class discussions about civil disobedience served as the impetus in both cases, inspiring the students to take a stand.
At Sayville High School in [...]

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You’re Fat and You Need to Ride Your Bike

Here’s some classic You Tube: really low production value coupled with cornball song n’ dance and an acoustic guitar. But the carectomy-friendly message is spot on and it all takes place in my home-away-from home, Albuquerque, NM.
Face it people – as Rachel Gibson and Peter Walsh say, “You’re fat and you need to ride your [...]

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Gas Prices Squeeze Car Racers Too

It’s not just the everyday car-commuters and airline travelers who are feeling the effects of soaring gas prices; car racing teams have found themselves cutting corners and skipping events to stay on budget.
The Indianapolis 500 and Nascar drivers aren’t feeling the squeeze – increased gas costs represent a minor component of their overall sponsor-supported budgets. [...]

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How To Drive Less: Small Steps To a Complete Carectomy

No one expects you to change overnight. For many of us, going completely car-free is a lifestyle change on the scale of switching from big city living to farming in the boondocks; from bone-crunching carnivore to raw vegan; from sinner to saint. It’s major, and best to begin your transformation by taking baby steps.

Here’s [...]

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Pimp Your Pet’s Ride

There’s a short but stubborn list of excuses that keeps me from turning totally car-free. The foremost reason? I have a dog. (I know, lame!) I also live in a city that’s sick with sprawl and addicted to its gnarly freeways. The public transit here is bogus: urine-soaked buses that go nowhere useful and aren’t [...]

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City Dwellers Pollute Less

Although most of the planet’s man-made greenhouse gas contributions come from cities, that statistic is deceptive – the majority of the Earth’s population live in urban settings. Per capita, the emissions of city dwellers is much lower than those living in more rural settings.
According to a recent study by the Brookings Institute focused on 2005 [...]

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School Principal Refuses Bike Rack, Students Protest

Sloth isn’t the sole reason kids aren’t riding their bikes to school. At Bridgewater-Raritan High School in New Jersey, student members of the school’s environmental club raised $2,000 and, with it, offered to buy the school a bike rack.
Principal James Riccobono refused the students’ gift, citing safety concerns. The road to the school, he [...]

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For Car-Free Family, Biking Replaces Bad Habits

"Do we really have to have a car?"
It’s a question many households ponder, but seldom explore. It’s the very question Erick Cave posed to his wife, Jess, as he drove their sputtering Volvo toward a SoCal freeway, before they went car-free.
The family of three didn’t meet the stereotypical symptoms that lead many to undergo [...]

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