In this episode: gas prices and what we're doing about it, presented from a couple of different angles; a follow-up on the local case of alleged racial profiling by a local businessman, some upcoming events that may not already be on your calendar, and a review of An Inconvenient Truth – a movie that isn't actually playing in Richmond. Plus, meet our highlighted blogger of the week, and learn how you can win an iPod Nano just by disagreeing with something you hear on this broadcast – now that won't be hard. Read more below for links from this episode. Enjoy!
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Pal-Item Story: Gas Price Hike Survey
- Chris Hardie's Weblog: Gas Prices and New Minds
- Pal-Item Letter: What do trails have to do with transportation?
- Pal-Item Letter: Story called inflammatory, unfair
- IMDB profile: An Inconvenient Truth
- Featured weblog: Cultural Relevantism
Regarding alternative transportation: I thought it was fitting that today a new world record was set on a bicycle. Over 53 MPH in one hour.
Although I don't go quite as fast on my Rans V-Rex, I can attest that recumbents are fast.
More than once I've found I've been able to get around town faster by bike than by car.
Read about one such story and calculate your own true average speed at my new post:
Calculate Your True MPH.
The results my surprise you!
I also want to add that bikes can work surprisingly well for hauling-- last
Comment by Mark Stosberg — Monday July 10, 2006 @ 8:55 pmweek I pulled 80 pound load across town from Lowes. The speed was slower, but
the pedaling didn't need to be particularly hard. (On the other hand, the
folks at Pedal People look like they have to work a little bit...)
A correction to an event announced in this episode: the Conflict Resolution Center's 10 year Jubilee is actually on July 22nd from 4-7 PM, NOT on July 29th as previously indicated. Sorry for the confusion.
Comment by Chris — Monday July 10, 2006 @ 9:25 pmLocal blogger E. Thomas Kemp has posted some notes on this episode in his entry, Local Coverage of the Energy Crisis, and has some related discussion happening there. Thanks for the link!
Comment by Chris — Tuesday July 11, 2006 @ 11:19 am