Victory is Very Nearly Ours

How can it be true that San Francisco is less green than Pelzer, South Carolina, or Hastings, Nebraska, or Fairfax, Virginia? Those are some of the cities beating out SF in Yahoo's greenest-cities contest. But you can make a difference! We've already jumped from 168th place to 16th, and your signups can push us up even higher. Plus, you get a free light bulb out of the deal. No more stumbling around when the sun goes down!

The winning city gets ten cute hybrid taxis. To Gavin's credit, whether we win or not, he's pledged that the city's entire fleet will be hybrid by 2011. And we bet we'll be able to hold him to that promise, as he's probably still going to be mayor when that deadline rolls around.

Sign up here -- it only takes a couple minutes to prove that SF doesn't hate the planet. What would a tiny burg in South Carolina even do with a fleet of taxis? Clearly, we need it more than they do. Sorry, Pelzerist.