From TBS contributor, Localcrew:
I signed up for this work at a time when special-interest-fueled politicians spout all variety of appalling solutions for energy independence, including petroleum extraction schemes in some of our country’s most remote and wild landscapes. With this in mind, it seemed to me the height of hypocrisy to burn gallon after gallon of gasoline in a highly motorized attempt to create wilderness—one of the last bastions of silent, motorless peace. That is why I decided to complete my survey work by bike.
Read more @ The Cleanest Line.
-M
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I’ll check in on this topic - This is an interesting article on how the Pentagon, currently on a mission to secure our resources on a global scale, is becoming such a thirsty machine that in the foreseeable future it will need to fight wars just to fuel it’s own military infrastructure!