Berkeley Priuses

The Economist posted an article today about the study of environmentally green locales. Unsurprisingly they found that green actions beget other green actions. Berkeley and much of Marin county have some of the highest green areas in California, nonetheless the United States. It would seem there is a certain competitiveness of being green at the moment. Not surprisingly, they also found that Bakersfield and Folsom are at the bottom of California's scale and I can confirm the greater Folsom area from personal observations--it would seem that El Dorado Hills and Folsom are oblivious to rising energy/fuel costs as the parking lots of the overpriced shops are littered with large SUVs.