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Western Maryland: An Energy Crossroads

by Kim | Sep 13, 2011 | Environment | 0 |

I’m standing in a physical and metaphorical crossroads here. I’m in Western Maryland this week visiting my parents who live on the top of Backbone Mountain. It’s gorgeous pristine country, that is, if you can...

New Car: With Apologies to the Planet

by Kim | May 21, 2011 | Environment | 0 |

Well, we tried. The electric car seemed like such a good idea, but the timing failed us. No cars available. No place to plug in even if there were. Next choice was a hybrid. But even that didn’t fly. Budget, timing, and...

Car Shopping Day 1: Customer Service Fail

by Kim | May 10, 2011 | This is Broken | 0 |

Our first venture into electric vehicles and hybrids went .. well .. oddly. We’ve decided that we’re too far ahead of the curve to go full electric. The cars aren’t here and neither is the infrastructure. So we...

Putting the plate before the car: Now what?

by Kim | May 6, 2011 | Environment | 0 |

Last winter we bought this license plate in anticipation of our future electric car. The plan went like this: Limp the 2001 Jetta (with almost 250K miles on it) to the end of the year. Then see what’s available in plug-in...