Day 62 of My Car-Free Experiment – Because Bikes Are Faster
Today's picture: Brian Young has been commuting by bicycle to work from the Highlands since the beginning of the summer. He works for Humana at Fifth and Main Streets. What got him started was simple: the need for speed. Brian, 28, finds it's faster by bike than by car. "If
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Day 61 of My Car-Free Experiment – On A Special Mission Today
Today's Picture: Going car-free can be inconvenient for certain trips. For example, how do you get your 50-pound boxer to the veterinarian? If my dog Miya were a tiny dog, like the one shown here, I could carry her on my bike in a basket attached to the handlebars –
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Nov 18, 09
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American Idle
If idle hands are the devil's workshop, then an idling engine is surely the devil's ginormous, ugly, surreal oil refinery glistening against the night sky. In modern engines, idling for as little as 10 seconds is a net waste of gas. That means, yes, that if you're inching forward in
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Nov 17, 09
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Green Spreading in NuLu
When Zak and Laila Riles moved back to Louisville, they discovered that the city was lacking something that was plentiful in environmentally-friendly Oregon. High-quality green building materials and supplies. So the Riles opened the Bluegrass Green Co. in a storefront on Baxter Ave., selling products designed for homeowners interested in
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Nov 17, 09
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Solar Influences on Climate Change
There are few climate change myths that grab my attention more than the idea that fluctuations in natural solar cycles are the cause for the general warming of the Earth's surface over the past 100 years. Basically the idea is this: there are natural cycles that bring us closer to
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Nov 13, 09
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With a cluck, cluck here....
The magazine Backyard Poultry is, unlike most publications, growing rapidly. It's subscription base has climbed by 42 percent (!) in the past year. That is one piece of evidence cited in yesterday's USA Today to illustrate a growing trend -- amateur, urban chicken farming. I knew it! Alll my friends
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Nov 10, 09
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Day 51 of My Car-Free Experiment – And Still Paying At The Pump
Today's Picture: That's me, the Car-Free Guy, pumping gas into an approved, one-gallon container. So, for those of you who may choose to believe bicyclists aren't paying their way, take a careful look, you won't see this again for a long time. No, I don't own a car. But I
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Nov 7, 09
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Day 50 of My Car-Free Experiment – Met A Human-Powered Amphibian
Today's Picture: Meet the Invisible Bicyclist, Carter Ruml. He has a passion for rowing a one-man scull on the Ohio River – and at regattas in distant waters. But in recent months, the Louisville attorney has turned his interest to another form of human-powered transportation – bicycling. Aside from driving
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Nov 6, 09
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Day 49 of My Car-Free Experiment – A Night Run To The Grocery
Today's picture: A freshly painted bike lane on my way home to Crescent Hill from Downtown. It's 9 p.m. Wednesday. I'm throwing together a gigantic pot of white chili for the weekend. But lo and behold, halfway through the highly specialized process of combining the carefully chosen ingredients, I discover
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Nov 4, 09
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Day 48 of My Car-Free Experiment – And 262 Days Until RAGBRAI 38
Today's Picture: A view of an Iowa highway overrun with bikes during the 2009 Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI). It's a week-long adventure that attracts bicyclists from all over the U.S. and the world to ride nearly 500 miles. One young Louisville guy rides the whole way
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Nov 3, 09
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Day 47 of My Car-Free Experiment – Perfect Weather For Cycling
Today's picture: My workhorse is cleaned up and ready for winter weather. But first, let's enjoy the crisp autumn air. If your bike is equipped with lots of lights, as mine is, riding in the chill of autumn mornings can be a whole lot of fun. This morning I was
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Nov 2, 09
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