The Well Run Dry

Maybe it's me, but it seems that Oregon (or at least the Portland metro area) is no longer quite the state I encountered when I moved he...

Over the last couple of weeks, the price of oil rose from the low $70's to over $81 a barrel before settling to $80.50 a barrel today....

In 2005, as gas prices topped $3.00 a gallon in Southern California, I became a bicycle commuter. In January 2007 I bought the bike that ...

Portland, Oregon has earned a reputation as a “green” city, a city that is progressive with regard to environmental and sustainability iss...

Here are a few tips for bicycle commuting. If any readers have more tips, feel free to send them in. If you have to ride a fair distance...

Of all the potentially helpful responses to climate change, Peak Oil and financial collapse, bicycle commuting is one of the handiest. Bi...

In my last post I described how I became a bicycle commuter, and the cost of the learning curve I experienced as I searched for what I con...