March 29, 2010April 4, 2012 0

cult of diesel

So we joined a cult… we bought a diesel car. a vw jetta TDI to be exact. why? well this one gets up to 50 mpg when driven properly. you should be able to run this on bio-diesel which is renewable even with all its byproducts and problems. as joel salatin says, farming is the […]

February 13, 2010April 4, 2012 1

Transport

It feels like a big step to be letting go of burningman and our mutant vehicle discomo who consumed hundreds of hours of our time over the years. The fact is that while i am sure we can make something work without a car, it is not clear that is the best use of our […]

February 8, 2010April 4, 2012 0

FOSSIL FUEL, CARS, and HEAT

so i have been researching cars and the short answer is that we are going to try to do without as long as we can. the cost of owning is just a big money sink. this weekend i drove a uhaul from boston full of second hand scores (another story) and found that we have […]