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  leading? not really, more like 30 years behind...

  oregon has had state level land use planning since the mid-1970's with the goal of keeping cities compact (through urban growth boundaries) to save farmland and forest land.  the goal may not have been to reduce global warming emissions, originally, but it has evolved towards that, especially since the early '90s. public transit was added to the equation in the early 80s.On California takes the lead posted 2 years, 5 months ago 1 Response

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  on the origin of oil

  on the origin of oil... i've read thomas gold's "deep hot biosphere"; i thought the matter was unsettled?  not that this makes cockburn sane, or anything.On A Nation columnist goes contrarian; GM goes the other way posted 2 years, 5 months ago 7 Responses

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  romm rules

  romm rules.

  his book "the hype about hydrogen" was way ahead of the curve. way to go!  i like how the fox news guys keeps spoon feeding the line "since we know global warming is real".On Yeah, you heard me posted 2 years, 8 months ago 12 Responses

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  i have to second what jnelblack said

  not saying you shouldn't get a car, but...

  santa barbara has a semi-arid mediterranean climate, meaning if you had a bike, you could extend your 30 minute trip distance to 5-7 miles, and you could ride in comfort year round.On Tips on being a green driver posted 2 years, 8 months ago 7 Responses

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  actualy, bungling government bureaucracy

  had something to do with the prius.

  in the 90's California passed a policy requiring a small percentage of vehicles to be zero emmissions by the next decade.  GM was the first on the scene with the EV1, but other automakers--fearing being left behind--came forward with their own models.  Toyota's work on electric engines during this period of time is what lead them to develop their hybrid-electric vehicles.

  just saying... one could also note that :

  Distortion of markets by endless government subsidization of road building, monetary policy, and military oil supply protection, has created and sustained an automobile industry that has no intention of giving up past gains, all on the backs of taxpayers. The government cannot pick economic winners for us. To date the government has picked for us automobile based road transit (unsustainable, ecologically destructive), mortgage interest subsidized mcmansions (ditto, taking many acres of farmland), and coal power (expanding rapidly by lack of consumer concerns).

  and so on...

  not that i'm a big fan of ethanol subsidies.On The ethanol game posted 2 years, 11 months ago 6 Responses