Yet another reason I'm glad I live in Portland

Beyond the cool eco people that are here in Portland and besides the 10 or so people that voted for Bush, emissions of carbon dioxide in Portland and Multnomah County have dropped below levels not seen since 1990, the first time a major U.S. urban area has shown such a decrease. Given the train wreck that is peak oil, we need to get off fossil fuels entirely and the City of Portland appears to get it at least on this issue.

I really need to figure out a way to work closer to where I currently live, live closer where I currently work, work from home more, or just really get into riding my bike 20 miles one way every morning. I am planning on selling my 2003 Toyota Echo and/or giving the 1994 Buick Wagon away to buy something I can run on biodiesel so when peak oil hits in the next few years I can buy locally produced fuel. The other upside of running 100% biodiesel is you are burning carbon that was only recently sequestered in plant matter so you are not adding any net carbon to the atmosphere.