Magazine open to car ad for 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle.  Picture taken looking into the lobby of Roy's Motel, an abandoned motel along old Route 66 in Amboy, California, February 5, 2011.  Photo by Gregory A. Abbott, gregabbott@mac.com
Grow-Through Cars are Better than Drive-Through Trees! Known affectionately as the Memorial Car Grove, or alternatively as "Petro Pig Park," the five "muscle cars" at the Solar Living Center in Hopland, CA illustrate a natural phenomenon: eventually nature takes back whatever humans, even with the most advanced technologies, can create.

Photo by Sven Eberlein
Chevy Volt recharging at the Solar Living Center in Hopland, CA.

Photo by Sven Eberlein
Guzzling a whopping 10 miles per gallons, The H2 Hummer may be remembered as one of the most wasteful relics of the past. Both the H2 SUV and SUT are being discontinued after the 2010 model year as GM is winding down the entire Hummer brand.

Photo by Sven Eberlein
Magazine open to car ad for 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle. Picture taken looking into the lobby of Roy's Motel, an abandoned motel along old Route 66 in Amboy, California, February 5, 2011. Photo by Gregory A. Abbott, gregabbott@mac.com
Magazine open to car ad for 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle.  Picture taken looking into the lobby of Roy's Motel, an abandoned motel along old Route 66 in Amboy, California, February 5, 2011.  Photo by Gregory A. Abbott, gregabbott@mac.com
Magazine open to car ad for 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle. Picture taken looking into the lobby of Roy's Motel, an abandoned motel along old Route 66 in Amboy, California, February 5, 2011. Photo by Gregory A. Abbott, gregabbott@mac.com
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