{"id":2680,"date":"2022-09-05T21:53:10","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T21:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=2680"},"modified":"2022-09-05T21:53:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T21:53:11","slug":"bicycles-and-bucket-brigades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=2680","title":{"rendered":"bicycles and bucket brigades&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/e-bikes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/e-bikes-1024x758.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/e-bikes-1024x758.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/e-bikes-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/e-bikes-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/e-bikes-405x300.jpg 405w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/e-bikes.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;e-bikes   &#8230;photo by Joe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With all the climate chaos catastrophes going on worldwide now, I have focused some of my reporting, of late, on alternative energy solutions, and such.  For instance, I recently did a story on e-bikes.  While researching, I learned that in Denmark, some 37% of the working populace there bicycle to work.  Impressive!   A local college here recently put in a 1,800-panel solar field. Continental, Ohio (pop. 1,408) just put in a solar field as well.  This was being discussed at a council meeting I was covering in a nearby the town.  That town was considering a solar field as well.  It will be these local, alternative energy initiatives, which are now gaining steam across the country, that will be at the heart of the shift&#8230;  I&#8217;ve also reported on the Northwest Ohio Volunteer Firefighters Association.  It was established in 1874 (when they still used &#8216;Bucket Brigades&#8217;), has grown incrementally ever since, and is a first responder lynchpin throughout rural Ohio&#8230;  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;e-bikes &#8230;photo by Joe With all the climate chaos catastrophes going on worldwide now, I have focused some of my reporting, of late, on alternative energy solutions, and such. For instance, I recently did a story on e-bikes. While researching, <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=2680\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2680"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2682,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2680\/revisions\/2682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}