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Riding a bicycle can be fantastic in Huntington Beach. The city has all the right ingredients for a pleasant ride….lovely weather, wide roads, and almost exclusively flat terrain. Plus the recent economic downturn has illustrated the advantages of changing to a means of local transportation that is convenient, healthy, and low-cost, in other words, cycling.

Before signing the contract get references. An experienced solar contractor should have no problem producing references of at least five satisfied solar customers. Actually visit a few of these locations to make a visual inspection of the work and ask whatever questions will make you feel comfortable before signing a contract.

Poseidon Resources Inc. told elected officials and taxpayers that if its energy intensive and costly desalination projects were approved in Carlsbad and Huntington Beach, California that there would be no cost or risk to taxpayers. But they will directly benefit from a $350 million subsidy with much more likely to come.

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At first glance, surfing might seem like an inherently earth-friendly sport. Surfers paddle out and catch waves by sheer force of will and muscle. No need for fossil fuel-burning speed boats to get around. But a closer look reveals that, like most human activities, the environmental impact is far from nil and, consequently, there’s a nascent movement within the surfing industry to clean up it its act.

Given that urban dwellers pass 90 percent of their time inside, any strategy to improve indoor air quality is of widespread interest, especially one as appealing and environmentally sustainable as adding potted plants to the décor.

When asked to write about why I am a vegetarian, I was initially reluctant. But I accepted this assignment, in part, to clear the record. There are many reasons people choose to be vegetarian. They run the gamut from environmental to social to moral to health to religion.

Maintaining the American Lawn Wastes Energy, Water and Money
By Sarah Mosko
Special to the OC Voice
Which consumes more fossil fuels: lawn maintenance with gas-powered tools or lawn watering? For residents of Southern California, the correct answer is watering because of the energy it takes to transport water to the region.
Southern California (SoCal) is a semi-arid [...]

Americans have been led to believe that they can’t make a significant difference in much of anything once corporate and governmental interests are involved. Plug In America, www.pluginamerica.org, a non-profit coalition of plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) advocates, proves just how incorrect that assumption actually is.

City council and company claims to the contrary, Poseidon Resources Inc.’s desalination projects have little to do with free-market karma and the entire desalination industry was built on over $1 billion in tax subsidies–and more is on the way.

By John Earl
OC Voice Editor
If you live in Orange County, pat yourself on the back the next time you sit down on the toilet with your copy of the OC Voice, because you’re helping to solve California’s water shortage.
Think of it as one way of giving back to nature what you take from it when [...]