Green Options

While Mark’s Green Team blazes its way through Europe by high-speed rail, I start my public transportation journey through South Korea in a slightly more humble place: in front of a dried squid.

The squid is between a pair of tongs, which an elderly Korean woman holds over an indoor propane stove. As the squid crisps, I look around. I’m standing in front of one of the dozens of shops and small restaurants lining the spacious hallway of the main bus terminal of Gangneung, a city on the Sea of Japan, where my trip begins.

Already, we’ve come the first advantage of car-free travel: outside of a car, you see things that you probably would never see inside a car. BBQ squid, for example.

Editor's note: This week, Ecotality's A Siegel reviews Fred Pearce's When the Rivers Run Dry - Water: The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century. This post was originally published on July 12, 2007.

Humanity faces severe challenges in the coming century.

• Are you fearful about Global Warming? I am.
• Peak Oil giving you the blues? Join me in concern.

Well, let me add to your worries — as mine have been mounting. Water, one of the most renewable

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