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To: James Calladine who wrote (3286)	12/1/2005 11:27:48 PM
From: Bill on the Hill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24213

How many of you use craigslist.com daily? I visit craigslist daily on about five of their sites. I can monitor business attitudes from the posts on that site. I love it because it is internet 1 and will stay that way. unfettered and free. no rules other than those the posters enforce...... God I love internet freedom. I loved internet freedom so much I built an internet company so I could feed my internet addiction.....small but very good we supply internet thru the valley. the best of free internet that i have found is the following site. craigslist.com anyway. craigslist founder Craig Newmark is going to do the same for news sources that he did with craigslist. this is wonderful news. this is great news. this is a chance to be a part of something very big. if Craig Newmark follows the craigslist model for his news service it will open up bloggers as the spokespersons for society. bloggers as the source of news. blog reporters everywhere. from one single source. needless to say. the news services are not posting this on their news servers much. they all stand to lose millions if the internet is freed up the way it used to be. and they lose control of the news. they are also giving him little chance of success creating Citizen Journalism. Newmark believes he can do it. craigslist.com has worked very well. i hope he does it. truth may out. truth may out. This Is Great News sfweekly.com in my opinion this is worth reading twice. maybe three times. especially the last part. that is the part to reread. Citizen Journalism its time has come. ps: this news was posted to sioux a few days ago by someone other than me. i picked it up off of craigslist a few weeks ago. that is how far ahead that site is. i knew then it was important but after thinking about this a bit more.... i think its monumental. a complete shift that is just beginning to catch on completely. a aware population from the intenet. totally aware of what is happening all around the world. millions all at the same time aware of whats going on. once that sinks in..... instant news from one source. the entire internet. one globe. think of the power.

To: James Calladine who wrote (3286)	12/2/2005 5:18:33 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24213

(Rat's and James') Congressman backs post-oil planning: Thompson says Willits can set national example by Claudia Reed "We can't keep going the way we've been going," said Congressman Mike Thompson. "That's a no brainer." Speaking during Mondays meeting with local officials and members of the Willits Economic LocaLization (WELL) group, Thompson was referring to an economy based on insatiable consumption of fossil fuels. The United States, he said, comprises about 6 percent of the worlds population, but consumes at least 25 percent of its oil, most of which is imported. Congress has a responsibility to take the U.S. away from foreign (fuel) dependency, Thompson said. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) currently predicts the condition of peak oil (the time when demand outstrips supply) will begin in 2036. Thompson joined WELLs Phil Jergensen in calling the timeline overly optimistic. Thomson charged the date was set in order to allow time to win the current U.S./China competition over a dwindling oil supply, rather than to prepare for a post-oil economy. President George Bushs energy policy, he noted, calls for heavy subsidization of the oil industry and relatively little incentive for development of sustainable energy sources. Keith Rutledge, who has acted as consultant to such clients as the City of Sacramento in the transition to renewable energy, compared federal energy policy with burning the wood on the Titanic for heat, rather than using it to build life boats. He called for using existing oil resources to build the infrastucture needed for a post-oil economy. Mendocino County Supervisor Hal Wagenet suggested calling the DOEs bluff by asking for funding and incentives to begin the full-scale development of alternate energy systems that must be operational in another 31 years. In the meantime, Thompson strongly supports renovation and use of Californias North Coast Railroad Authority lines in order to reduce the number of gas and oil guzzlers on the road. He said hes taken flack for his position from those who call the project, pegged at between $60 and $200 million, too expensive. The question remains: too expensive compared to what? Abandoning the lines, Thompson said, a job that includes disposing of the creosote-soaked rail ties, could cost as much as $2 billion. Repair and expansion of roadways impacted by heavy truck traffic, he added, also runs into the millions of dollars. Thompson recommended reducing truck traffic by promoting an active connection between smaller ports and rail lines. Larger ports, he said, are already at capacity. WELL co-founder, Dr. Jason Bradford, pointed out the cost of the future Willits Bypass is currently estimated to be at least $150 million. Several of those taking part in the discussion noted an historic preference for roadways over rail lines on the part of both federal and local agencies. Thompson said long-standing connections with road builders may be influencing the viewpoint. Turning from transportation fuels to energy sources for homes, local governments, and businesses, Thompson noted the administrations energy plan, which authorizes an additional oil industry subsidy of $1.5 billion, also authorizes expenditure of about $800 million for development of alternate energy. He promised to look into ways to send some of that money this direction. We could use it here, said City Councilman Ron Orenstein, who chairs an ad hoc committee on development of sustainable energy systems for city buildings and operations. Thinking aloud, Thompson suggested federal incentives aimed directly at establishing renewable energy cities. Meeting participants discussed ways to expand city-owned renewable energy systems to the private sector. Possibilities include city ownership and maintenance of solar panels and other generating equipment that could be rented or leased by home owners. Madelyn Holtcamp of the Economic Development and Financing Corporation said city-owned utilities can make different decisions on serving the public because they dont have to provide profits for stockholders. With or without a city-owned utility, Kevin Erich, president of Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital, said his facilitys new building complex would comprise the first rural green hospital in the country. I really believe renewable energy (use and production) can create jobs, said Janet Orth of Willits Renewable Energy Development Institute. Thompson agreed. He offered to help develop something that can work for this area in making the transition to a post-oil reality. If we do, he said, we can get something that will work for the rest of the country. Published on 1 Dec 2005 by The Willits News. Archived on 2 Dec 2005. energybulletin.net