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This article isn’t about how to retrofit a gasoline engine to run on used dishwater.  And it’s not about the lifecycle energy costs of an automobile.  This article is about how your number one weapon against using oil for transportation is personal choice.

Americans are often keen to consume their way out of a problem.  Case [...]

So my wife was giving me a little grief the other day because not driving a car makes it a little difficult to bring flowers or similar romantic sentiments home.  Sure there are lots of great ways to carry cargo on a bicycle, and I have a grocery pannier which can carry many different  things.  [...]

I received some local media attention from our NBC affiliate here in Charlotte. They did a small profile on my year long carfree challenge while also covering the Google Maps bicycling addition. Have a look here:
http://www.wcnc.com/on-tv/Charlotte-man-parks-car-for-a-year-documents-commute-online-88847142.html

It’s been a little over two months of not using an automobile for personal transportation, and in this post I will analyze the financial savings that I have realized in this time.  I did my analysis using Microsoft Excel.  In January and February I commuted by bicycle or bus a total of 36 days or [...]