Red Bluff

I just paid for two days more at this campground along the Sacramento River. It is a good transition from desert to Eugene (soon) for me. It is also the beginning of a transition from chronicler my perceived future, and my becoming more active in Post Carbon activities in Eugene (when I arrive back). It is so green, so wet, and it rained last night. Jeez.
I'm enjoying the time to catch up on reading more in depth on issues about a sustainable future. Meanwhile I have some pictures up - like the one above, on the main site here.
When I arrive back in Eugene/Elmira, I will buy a small older Honda Civic, Geo Metro, or similar, but less than $2000 is the budget. This will keep the miles off my truck, and as long as it gets to November I would be happy. I want something light, old, good gas mileage, and as simple as possible. I've been following a Geo Metro conversion to electric which I would dearly love to do, and then build a larger solar array to charge it but it would be a year long project, and I don't want to commit resources (money/time) into something that is not critical to my preparations for my near future. However you might want to look at a starting place for your own gasoline to electric conversion. Electric car conversions will become increasingly difficult and expensive, if not impossible after some larger fraction of the population begins turn their attention seriously away from gasoline. I would guess that this is the last year that you will find fork lift motors and larger recycled batteries for cheap. If you're thinking of a solar electric project, we are probably already past the cusp, but maybe it is not too late.