These Exponential Times.

Rustic Modern for Rent in Silver Lake. (Hello Portland)

Exhibit #1: “The Hummer” at The OIL Museum

Last Chance Yellowstone Park

Parts of Yellowstone National Park have been extensively leased for oil and gas, with more than 3,000 wells already drilled and industry is pushing for still more leases and drilling permits in this biologically crucial area. And the Bush administration is working hard to fulfill their requests.

The administration’s latest plan for the area calls for TRIPLING the current number of wells as well as opening for development swaths of biologically important big game habitat for development.

Oil: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed.

Bush = FAIL!

I’m Not A Plastic Cup double walled porcelain mug with silicon lid.

SMALLEST CARBON FOOTPRINTS

Per capita carbon emissions from transportation and residential energy use.
Rank, Metropolitan Area, Carbon Footprint (metric tons)

1. Honolulu, HI, 1.356
2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA, 1.413
3. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA , 1.446
4. New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, 1.495
5. Boise City-Nampa, ID, 1.507
6. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA , 1.556
7. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA , 1.573
8. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA , 1.585
9. El Paso, TX , 1.613
10. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA , 1.630

Los Angeles (pictured) ahead of Portland and San Francisco????

Hung with my old Brooklyn roomates who just bought an airstream and drove it out to Malibu for the summer. So long fire island…

I went backpacking. I fought a Manzanita Squid.

Not So Fast....Oil for Nuclear?

Bush and Saudi Arabia Make Oil for Nuclear Deal

Hmm…is this meant to bolster our oil reserves while
at the same time bring civilian nuclear energy
to Saudi Arabia? So, here’s 1 point for Nuclear Energy to
be the next black market drug that will push us toward
the brink of war.

I mean who gets to have “civilian” nuclear energy in the future
and who doesn’t? Iran? North Korea? We get to decide?

Actually…We’ve already offered nuclear to Iran in the past.

WIRED chimes in on what Environmentalism should really be about. Although I don’t agree with everything, like going “all in” with nuclear energy rather than continuing our wind, solar, wave power technologies…it’s well worth reading.

Like most arguments, it’s difficult to make black and white. For instance, their claim that city slickers have less of a carbon footprint due to public transportation, shared living spaces, etc…but how much carbon is used to fly, ship, drive their romantic dinner to their plates? Where are the urban farms? They don’t mention this…

Yes. Oregon.

Lunch in LA

April: Hey, there's been a fallen eucalyptus off the side of the 2 fwy by echo park for 2 straight days!
me: uhh..you thinkng what I hope ur NOT thinkng?
April: Grab your chainsaw and meet me there in 20 minutes. benches!
me: chainsawing a tree during my lunch break on a friday. by the fwy.
April: I'll bring the PB&J's.
me: 90 dgrees, sawdust and ur offring refreshing Pnut butr?!?!
April: I mean, fish tacos and horchata!
me: you should of led with that. what exit?

Eugene Does Sustainable Olympic Trials

Gotta hand it to my home town for stepping up while they have the spotlight with how to throw a sustainable party. Love the all-compostable table service…

“Plans include purchasing wind-generated electricity from the Eugene Water & Electric Board to power the event — an estimated 200,000 kilowatt hours over 10 days. Caterers and food venders have committed to using all-compostable table service — a move that should allow athletes, media, volunteers and fans to dump their leftovers — food, plate, straw and even ketchup containers — into the compost bin with one easy plop.” — The Register Guard

dihard:

Check out the difference in gas prices throughout the country as of 5/15/08.

How Green are Biofuels?

A good article about the growing debate between FOOD vs. FUEL