As it stands, the only options are a bland salad and a very tasty plate of blistered shishito peppers served with four sorts of salt: green tea, wasabi, hickory, and yuzu.

NEWYORKER: Do or Dine

Victory in Salt Lake would bring them even more green.

FORBES: Going For Gold

But some, after many portions, could make an unthinking mantra of the list of ingredients: Wheat Flour, Palm Oil (Tocopherols), Tapioca Starch, Salt, Dehydrated Vegetables (Cabbage, Green Onion, Carrot), Disodium Guanylate, Disodium Inosinate.

ECONOMIST: Momofuku Ando

The Nakd Apple Pie was the only bar in the study that did not contain any added sugar, while the Alpen Light Apple and Sultana was the only one to have three green traffic lights for fat, saturated fat and salt.

BBC: Cereal bars: Healthy image a myth - Which?

Now salt is back on the table as states such as California green-light big solar thermal power projects to meet ambitious renewable energy mandates.

FORBES: Secret Ingredient To Making Solar Energy Work: Salt

Salt Lake City has just joined several other cities that offer free metered parking for all green vehicles.

NPR: Cities Offer Free Parking to Hybrid Drivers