If you are in Key West, Florida, keep your eyes out for a strange new vehicle. The T3 is a three-wheeled vehicle similar to the two-wheeled Segway, and the U.S. Postal Service has begun pilot testing using the T3s in delivering mail in Key West to reduce its carbon footprint.

The T3 is easy to maneuver and can fit into narrow alley and roadways, along with some wide sidewalks. The T3,however, is slow, running at 12 mph and one single charge of its rechargeable battery is good for 40 miles. The T3 delivery system would also save the US Postal Service money because it cost only 25 cents per day to run a T3 while it can cost $13 to $15 per day for the propane-powered delivery trucks plying Key West.

 Those are huge savings for the Poster Service! And huge savings for the planet!

If this pilot program in Key West, along with ones in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and elsewhere, prove successful, you will be seeing a lot more of the T3s across the US.

Maybe this will help postage stamp prices stabilize? At least for more than a few months? Hopefully?

-Jess 

Did you know the Statue of Liberty is green? Duh, it's green in color (due to the oxidation of its copper), but it's also eco-friendly green. The Statue of Liberty is powered by wind power! The wind power is sadly not from the statue itself (I'm sure it gets rather blustery by that torch) but from wind power purchased by the government from a firm that has farms producing wind power in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Hmmm don't know about sourcing wind power from another state, however New York is on its way as becoming the statue's new source of wind energy.

Image via Gatekeeper USA, Inc 

I hope everyone was patriotic today and exercised their right to vote. Take advantage of the freedom that many others do not have! 

-Jess 

This election has seen a lot of cool art come out of it promoting candidates and pushing people to vote. Here are some of the few I enjoyed!

I know, it's depressing, and I'm always posting about it, but I think it's important that we know about what's happening in our economy and why we need to support it. Well more jobs have been cut in the States.

  Circuit City announced its closing 20% of their stores, which is 155 stores to be exact. Times Inc, which publishes Time Magazine, People, Entertainment Weekly, and In Style, is laying off 600 employees. And last but, sadly, not least, American Express is laying off 10% of its global workforce, which is 7,000 jobs.

With all this awful news, it's more important than ever to get out tomorrow and exercise your right to vote! Choose who you think the best candidate is to rescue the US economy and American jobs!

-Jess