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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (310993)	11/17/2006 3:05:27 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578006

A lot of people could bicycle to work, and it would do their fat asses a lot of good to do so. If you're within ten miles of where you work, that's an easy bike ride..

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (310993)	11/17/2006 3:15:25 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578006

Will you stop complaining once America only represents 15% of the world's oil consumption? How about 10%? Nope...can't grow complacent. What are YOU personally going to sacrifice to make that happen? The house is colder in winter, warmer in summer, my electric bills are down about 40%, incandescent lights are gone, i didn't change my car, but my MPG is up 15% just by driving less aggressively, and some more such other things. I am considering a $20K investment in a photovoltaic system for the house...not moving closer to work, may build a greener house when i retire. That's it more or less... Hence my comment about "giving up your home and your car and moving closer to work." Bombast... Al

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (310993)	11/17/2006 5:42:06 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1578006

re: Speaking of complaining, it will take a lot to reduce our share of the world's oil consumption from 1/4 to 1/5. BS. "A lot" of what? We have the resources to sent 140K folks to Iraq for 3+ years, certainly we have the resources to use current, in fact very old, technology to reduce gas consumption. re: Yet guys like yourself will still complain that America is consuming more than its "fair share" of oil. It's got nothing to do with "fair share"; it's got to do with economic and political security. Wake up. re: Hence my comment about "giving up your home and your car and moving closer to work." Give me a break. Only people that piss into the wind don't get this. John