What is Peak Oil and what can we do about it? I had the opportunity recently to listen to a talk and discussion about peak oil and climate change here in our local town . The talk was interesting and a good presentation of the topic, but also interesting was the reactions of people in the crowd. Here’s what happened: It’s a serious issue that we shouldn’t take lightly, but it’s also easy to feel overwhelmed and get into

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Environmentalists need to examine if their words and actions go together As the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster in the gulf continues to wreak environmental havoc, I’m sure the reaction from many environmentalists will be loud calls to stop drilling and curtail offshore oil drilling. This may be something we should do, but I wonder how many of these same environmentalists will continue to drive their cars every day, mindlessly burning up oil while they wait for electric or alternative vehicles

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Will electric cars solve our oil dependency problems? There’s a lot of hope and hype about electric cars, with just about every car company jumping on the promised future of these vehicles with a design of their own. But electric cars just don’t solve one fundamental problem of transportation by car. What problem is this? Watch to find out. What do you think about electric cars? Give me your comments below. -Elise Go By Bike is a daily video

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Give your kids a cleaner, brighter future Welcome to Go By Bike! I started this series to talk about how to ride more and use your car less, including electric bikes, electric kits, cargo bikes, bike safety, and getting motivated to bike. Using your car less reduces your carbon footprint, saves energy, helps the environment, keeps you healthy, and makes your community a nicer place to live, so overall most people would agree it’s a good thing. In today’s episode of

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We had the pleasure of making it out to the Shakori Hill Festival today to let the kids participate in various events such as the Paperhand Puppet Intervention, and to listen to a bit of good music. The organizers had a booth there, asking for contributions towards a solar electic system that would power the event in the future. The card indicates that 10,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity are used to put on the event. I applaud

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