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Betting on Peak Oil
If you start to define the characteristics of the American spirit, the profit motive would rank pretty high on that list. While I continue to discuss the peak oil issue with people on and off line, the...
View ArticleState Per Capita Gas Consumption
While the entire country seems obsessed with gas prices, no seems to be really curtailing their consumption. Ianqui writes about this topic in some of her recent posts over at the Oil Drum, including...
View ArticleLobby GE For Wind Powered Liberty
A few weeks ago I proposed an idea to give green power an image boost - making the Statue of Liberty's lights run on clean wind and solar power.I think I have found the perfect partner for this...
View ArticleGreen Building Tour
This evening I took at tour of the "The Solaire" a 27 story, 293 unit building that was the first to be built under the Battery Park City Authority's groundbreaking Residential Environmental...
View ArticleEconomics, Freedom & Choices
I've been discussing the issue of how society could respond to peak oil if they became aware. Since I believe that the situation could worsen quickly in the next few years, particularly if the rise in...
View ArticleAll U Can Eat - Get It While You Can
Every so often I hear a random song that completely captures a moment in time. I few months ago I wrote into The Oil Drum when I heard Billy Joel's "I've loved these days" from the album...
View ArticleCarpooling for Katrina?
I feel rather helpless watching Katrina bear down on Southern Louisiana, the great city of New Orleans and the entire state of Mississippi. This could be an enormous disaster that ripples well beyond...
View ArticleCoverage of August Critical Mass Ride
The city and NYPD by extension are basically at war with the people who participate in the monthly Critical Mass bike ride (last Friday of the every month at Union Square). I read on Bikeblog that last...
View ArticlePrayers for New Orleans
New Orleans sits 18 feet below sea level. Whatever water goes over the storm levies, will pool up in the city center and need to be pumped out.The port of Southern Louisiana is the busiest US port,...
View ArticleFreakonomics Taken Down A Notch
As a quick follow-up to my exchange with Dr. Levitt over at Freakonomics, please see this insightful guest post over at Kunstler's site by Dmitry Podborits which pulls apart Dr. Levitt's post comparing...
View ArticleSimmons on Brian Lehrer
Matthew Simmons, author of "Twilight in the Desert" an expose of the Saudioil industry which explains peak oil, will be on Brian Lehrer's show todayon NPR. You can catch the show on 820 AM or on their...
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Composting for a greener New York
My building's tenant's association has decided to begin a newsletter. Recently, after a neighbor saw me taking a my bag of compost to the Union Square Greenmarket, she asked me to write an article...
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Staten Islanders Call for Toll Fairness
I don't often align with the Staten Island Advance Editorials page, but they recently took the Democratic candidates running for mayor to task for all coming out against East River, while also calling...
View ArticleHeartbreaking News from New Orleans
So I'm sitting at home watching and reading about the unfolding disaster happening in New Orleans, Southern LA and Mississippi. I couldn't help but feel a deep sense of empathy for those caught in the...
View ArticleFinding Your Carpool
As I mentioned earlier, there will be higher gasoline prices while production, imports and refining capacity is cut in the wake of Katrina. I think the best way to reduce prices is to have as much...
View ArticleRally Today Against Mass Arrests of Cyclists
From Time's Up:RALLY AGAINST MASS ARRESTS and POLICE REPRESSIONWednesday, Aug. 31, 5:30 p.m.Centre St. sidewalk east of City Hall (bet. Spruce and Beekman)Last August marked the beginning of mass...
View ArticleFriends in the Sustainable Blogosphere
I'd like to point regular readers of this site to check out some great blogs that I have been following over the past few weeks and highlight some other people involved in building a more sustainable...
View ArticleSecond Letter to Friends and Family
Following up on my letter to Friends and Family back in July, I decided that in light of the sky rocketing oil prices, I would send out another letter to help put the current situation into...
View ArticleEvery Man for Himself
This was perhaps the most anticipated natural disaster in history. For decades, all levels of government were aware that a major Hurricane would devastate New Orleans and much of the surrounding areas....
View ArticleGas Is So Cheap!
While everyone else in the country seems to be complaining about high gas prices are, I'm lamenting how cheap it is compared to Amtrak.I'm planning a trip from NYC to Washington DC for the weekend and...
View ArticleJoining The Oil Drum
My inspiration for starting this blog came in large part from reading andcontributing to a blog called The Oil Drum (TOD: www.theoildrum.com). Theyhave done an excellent job of covering the...
View ArticleBuilding a Sustainable NYC
NOTE THAT THIS BLOG IS MOVING TO NYC.THEOILDRUM.COM PERMANENTLY STARTING FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9TH. UNTIL THEN I WILL POST AT BOTH SITES.Let me simply state that I am not one of those "head for the hills"...
View ArticleImpact of Higher Gas Prices
From today's NY Times, it seems that even a city boasting the largest mass transit system in the nation is suffering under the effects of three dollar (or more) a gallon gasoline.Many businesses are...
View ArticleTri-State Commuters Adjusting to $3 Gas
NOTE THAT THIS BLOG IS MOVING TO NYC.THEOILDRUM.COM PERMANENTLY STARTING FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9TH. UNTIL THEN I WILL POST AT BOTH SITES.There are already signs that New York City area residents are...
View ArticlePermanent Move to www.nyc.theoildrum.com
As I mentioned earlier, I have moved over to www.nyc.theoildrum.com from here forward. They have a scoop site which allows for greater connectivity and group participation. If you would like, you can...
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