Brian,

I agree, in principal, with your credo.  I see flaws based upon the
human greed factor. The "haves" will insist that their life, as it
currently is, is good and the "have nots" see no hope of things
changing.  What you are suggesting is a major paradigm shift, one that
will only be adopted, I believe, too late to be effective.  It is human
nature!

How many innovative ideas have been bought or squashed by the major
energy producers, e.g., Mobil-Exxon.  And the guys who "hold" the rights
to the remaining oil reserves, if we stop using oil they might not make
the billions they are now.

I see many of these beliefs in effect on a small scale in my region, but
being in New England and thinking about our northern neighbors I have
concerns about our winters and heating methods.

If we go to a "central mass transit" system we will be forced to
relocate closer to our places of employment (for those of us who can't
electronically commute) or suffer two and three hour commutes one way as
our industries have spread out rather than being all clumped together in
a central location.

I sound negative, but I think you are leading the charge and now we need
to convince everyone to follow you.  Even if we don't make it all the
way to your goal all the changes will be improvements for our heirs.

My 0.5 rubles.

Phil Nutting



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From: EnviroNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brian Ellis
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 10:57 AM
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Subject: [EN] Environment and Energy

As most of you know, I've been heavily involved in the environment, how
our use of energy affects it and how we are destroying nature, for many
years, on both a high-level professional basis and one of personal
conviction. I'm quite aware that many of you do not agree with my views
and we must agree to differ. I've been attempting for some time to gel
my views into something fairly concrete and the result of this can be
found in My Credo at http://www.cypenv.org/Files/credo.htm along with a
linked discussion forum. Please feel free to look at this document and,
if you feel like it, comment.

Brian
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