[Shiplyopidomi]

I am all for cycling ideas. I actually enjoy trips to the grocery store now since it's mostly an excuse to bike somewhere. Most people are easily impressed about others carrying lots of stuff on bikes, but it really isn't that difficult if they would just try it. I know many people aren't going to be full time bike commuters, but little trips add up to big savings if everyone did it.

I also like the idea of little gardens for ALL families. Even my personal 'failures' at gardening still yielded tons of food that didn't require much effort to plant and grow. If I actually did it right, I can't imagine how much I could actually grow and store. And with the use of hyrdroponic (I think that's the word) gardening containers, you don't need a lot of space to at least grow something. Every little bit helps and it's fresher and it tastes so much better!

I know people get all political and deny it's existence when they hear it, but there was a neat video I saw on peak oil and Cuba. Once they got cut off from Russia during the cold war, they had a simulated world with no oil. The video showed how they adapted to very low supplies of oil, used less cars, more mass transit and bikes, but the farming part was the most interesting. They adapted new growing strategies for food so it didn't require petroleum based fertilizers. And gardens were EVERYWHERE. Even on the roofs of apartment buildings and in balconies. The point being that we use a lot of oil to fertilize and move crops and it can be reduced with not a lot of effort. Again, it takes a little effort on everyones part, but even little steps for lots of people translate into big positive results.