New hippies are fighting to replace oil
The generation of activists who fought for civil rights, against an unpopular war, and started the environmental movement is poised for one last hurrah, one more attempt to cure the ills of American society. They’re older now, and perhaps a little wiser. They’re settled into their communities, some of them already retired. And they’re scared as hell about the lives facing their children and grandchildren once the oil runs out.
October 22, 2006
San Francisco in a post-oil future
Acres of chard and lettuce in Golden Gate Park? The Marina Green with community gardens? Wind turbines on top of the Bank of America Building?
October 11, 2005
After the oil runs out
The coming permanent scarcity of fossil fuels will touch off a seismic cultural shift, and some Portlanders are planning for it now.
August 20, 2005