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<DIV>How about more children walking and biking to school rather than parents driving them?</DIV>
<DIV>Many parents started driving their children to school because of concerns about their safety. There is a growing concern about the amount of congestion cars cause around the schools, often creating an unsafe environment for children crossing the road and getting in and out of vehicles. <STRONG>Fewer cars on the roads around schools mean safer roads for children and this is an energy efficient and non-polluting alternative to car travel.</STRONG> Walking and biking to school is an easy way for parents to introduce exercise into a child's daily routine. Daily exercise not only improves our children's physical health, it also helps their memory, concentration and academic performance. -Tom Ivie<BR><BR><BR><B><I>Tom Hansen <idahotom@hotmail.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I know what you mean, Dick.<BR><BR>My wife and I have a 1991 Toyota Pickup that we dirve sparingly.<BR><BR>Then we have "Old 48". We call it old because it is a 14 year-old Geo <BR>Metro. We call it "48" because: it gets 48 MILES PER GALLON.<BR><BR>It may not be a babe magnet. But, what the hey, I am way passed that stage <BR>in my life. And beside where am I going to house them all.<BR><BR>Take care,<BR><BR>Tom Hansen<BR><BR><BR>>From: "Richard Schmidt" <44schmidt@earthlink.net><BR>>To: <VISION2020@MOSCOW.COM>, "Mark Solomon" <MSOLOMON@MOSCOW.COM><BR>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] conserving gasoline<BR>>Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:19:46 -0400<BR>><BR>>We have noticed out here (Greenville, NC) that there are less cars in the <BR>>gas stations and traffic seems slightly reduced. It was really light on <BR>>Labor Day weekend. Nolead dropped to $2.95 thi!
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here. We have <BR>>certainly cut our gas usage and have cut our trips to the store in half. I <BR>>am doing more business on the phone and mail instead of driving and seeing <BR>>the customer face to face. I talked to sales manager Friday who is working <BR>>with his outside sales force to cut driving time and spend more time on the <BR>>phone. I filled my Taurus up the other day and it was $47.00. I can <BR>>remember not too many years ago when I was shocked when it took $20 to fill <BR>>up.<BR>><BR>>Dick Schmidt<BR>><BR>><BR>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Solomon" <MSOLOMON@MOSCOW.COM><BR>>To: <VISION2020@MOSCOW.COM><BR>>Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 9:01 PM<BR>>Subject: [Vision2020] conserving gasoline<BR>><BR>><BR>>>the link below to a NY Times article seems to indicate that we've found <BR>>>the price at which the nation's gasoline consumers start to seriously <BR>>>change their drivi!
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habits. $3/gallon seems to be the magic number <BR>>>resulting in an estimated 5-10% drop off in gas consumption over the last <BR>>>two weeks.<BR>>><BR>>>http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/14/business/14cnd-oil.html<BR>>><BR>>>Mark Solomon<BR>>><BR>>>_____________________________________________________<BR>>>List services made available by First Step Internet, serving the <BR>>>communities of the Palouse since 1994. http://www.fsr.net <BR>>>mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>>><BR>>><BR>><BR>><BR>>_____________________________________________________<BR>>List services made available by First Step Internet, serving the <BR>>communities of the Palouse since 1994. http://www.fsr.net <BR>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>><BR><BR><BR>_____________________________________________________<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of the Palouse si!
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