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To: LindyBill who wrote (257642)	7/13/2008 8:50:21 AM
From: skinowski	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793916

We have all the energy of the universe available to us. The more we use, the better we live. Look around, it's obvious Yes, but on the cheap and easy variety of energy we are running low. If a person can afford heating and cooling a MacMansion and drive a big SUV, that's fine with me. But as an ideal for a lifestyle for people on general, it's finished -- unless we invent - or discover - the Perpetuum Mobile in some form or another. And good old black gold simply ain't it.

To: LindyBill who wrote (257642)	7/16/2008 1:04:47 AM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793916

>>I hate this kind of thinking.<< I hate it too. Cheap energy and rampant consumption was fun, but now we're in a totally different cycle... Postcards From the Hedge: Faking a Vacation at Home Cost-Conscious 'Staycationers' Simulate the Travel Experience; A Tent in the Living Room By MARY PILON July 16, 2008; Page D1 Karen Ash is about to take a weeklong Japanese vacation. She'll buy postcards and souvenirs at a traditional Japanese market. She'll admire bonsai plants and view Japanese films. She'll eat ramen, ordering in Japanese. And she'll never leave the Bronx. Ms. Ash, a legal assistant who lives in that New York City borough, called off her plans to travel to Japan this summer. The ballooning cost of airfares, weak dollar-to-yen exchange rate and difficulty saving travel money while keeping pace with bills forced her to rethink her summer plans. So she's determined to have the ultimate "staycation," or vacation spent at home. more: online.wsj.com