Commute By Bike Because Fat, Stupidly Oil-Dependent and Un-Green Is No Way To Go Through Life, Son
Join the forum discussion on this postWritten by: Jeff Stevenson
Right now people in the industrialized world are facing two very grave problems: obesity and a growing scarcity of oil. Compounding this problem is the new food shortage brought about, in part, by the conversion of food cropland to bio-fuel crop production. Most [...]
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