Recently there was a lively discussion over on the Rootsradicals mailing list about energy usage and electric bikes. There was debate about whether it takes more energy to run a bike by electric power or leg power. While the debate was all well and good, it sidesteps the bigger picture. Biking in any form, whether by leg power, electric power, or both, is a far more energy efficient endeavor than driving a car. Depending on how

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This post has been much delayed because of all the work at the shop and for my day job. But it is perhaps more important than ever, given that gas prices have been dropping. Gas prices dropping makes a lot of people think, phew, the crisis is over. Now things will go back to normal. Hardly. There are two issues here. As I mentioned before, we are not running out of oil. But what is happening,

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