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J McKinley added the blog post 'To Drill or Not to Drill' Jul. 1, 2008

J McKinley added the blog post 'It's Not What You Drive, It's How You Drive It' Jun. 26, 2008

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J McKinley added the blog post 'High Tech Toys and Your Power Bill' Jun. 4, 2008

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What do you think about all this talk of eschewing the ban on US offshore drilling? Senator McCain, President Bush and many other Republican talking heads are touting this as the be-all, end-all to the current state of high fuel prices. Unfortunately, and, might I add, as is completely expected from such… Continue

Posted on June 30th, 2008 at 10:30pm — No Comments (Add)

It's Not What You Drive, It's How You Drive It

A few weeks back, I was returning from a wonderful trip to Yosemite National Park on the somewhat depressing 2 lane farm 'highways' that litter the Central Valley of CA. The strangest thing happened - some guy in a blue Prius came rocketing by us, passing (somewhat legally) in the oncoming lane at 80+ mph. As I watched up the road, the Prius driver continued to… Continue

Posted on June 26th, 2008 at 8:39am — 2 Comments (Add)

Buy Locally: Farmers Market Los Altos

I'm going to start a column on local goods and produce, focusing first on area farmers markets. Granted, this will be somewhat constrained to Bay area markets for now, but hopefully it will inspire everyone out there to… Continue

Posted on June 22nd, 2008 at 10:45pm — 1 Comment (Add)

These Legs Don't Run on Petroleum

The next time someone complains to me about how high gas prices are this summer, they are taking one straight in the kisser. Trust me, I just dropped $4.79 a gallon a few days ago - I KNOW that it's expensive to drive these days. But you know what? Screw it. Things are not going to cha… Continue

Posted on June 18th, 2008 at 10:30pm — No Comments (Add)

High Tech Toys and Your Power Bill

A recent study has confirmed what you may not have thought about: that video game system or flat panel TV uses a lot of power, even in standby mode. A modern plasma TV consumes more than four times that of a traditional analog set. Leav… Continue

Posted on June 4th, 2008 at 8:30am — No Comments (Add)

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At 10:20am on July 29th, 2008, David G said…: Dude how come your page is so much more bad ass than mine?

At 5:35am on May 6th, 2008, Lauren said…: hey!
well there is a lot of people who care down here, but not evough. :/
-i think our main issue here is litter. (yuck!)

At 6:15pm on April 24th, 2008, Brian Shiro said…: Hi Jon, thanks for posting this community to Facebook. I look forward to getting more involved.

At 1:23pm on April 22nd, 2008, Nicole said…: I would but I don't know how to "blog." I'm serious.

At 2:39pm on March 11th, 2008, Kathy said…: Hey Jon, TN is good. Still landlording... How did you end up working on this site?
~K