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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tom,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I hate to defend the Bush administration
on this one but they certainly have not terminated the bio-diesel program. The
DOE released a call for proposals for creation of two bio-energy research
centers on August 1, each center will be funded up to $125 million over 5 years
(needless to say the Fairbanks North Star Borough and University of Alaska
Fairbanks are preparing an application). The DOE/USDA is also supporting
a “Biomass Research and Development Initiative” at $14 million, the
“Commercial Demonstration of an Integrated Biorefinery System for
Production of Liquid Transportation Biofuels, Biobased chemical, Substitutes
for Petroleum-based Feedstocks and Products, and Biomass-based Heat/Power at
$80 million. I will concede that they have cut research
funding; however that funding has been transferred to
development/implementation projects.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>On the big oil company front, Shell is
leading the charge to develop biofuels. Their European di<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">vision</st1:PersonName>s are actively constructing several biofuels
facilities throughout <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region>,
the Baltic States, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Russia</st1:country-region>,
and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Poland</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
BP is ramping up their biofuel efforts in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region>
and <st1:country-region w:st="on">Great Britain</st1:country-region> (provided
they don’t go broke because of their “minor” problems on the <st1:place
w:st="on">North Slope</st1:place>). If big oil truly wanted to kill
bio-fuels they would drop the price of gas and diesel below $2/gallon, the
current price level that bio-fuels programs need just to break even. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>We have three bio-fuels projects that are
underway; the first is install a modest 15 ton/day operation to convert wood
waste and paper that is presently dumped in the landfill into a bio-diesel product
that our local utility will use in its power plants. Second is a program
designed to wean Alaska bush villages from expensive diesel ($6/gallon when
delivered) using bio-diesel from their local biomass with the components
manufactured assembled and tested here in Fairbanks; and third is a larger long
term program to create bio-fuel from a mix of locally grown canola, willows,
black spruce and so forth to the tune of around 30 million gallons of B20.
We are working with growers in Delta Junction, UAF, and the USDA to complete
field testing of canola this year. A small press will give us enough fuel
to test its characteristics in cold climates<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>On a larger front local <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">vision</st1:PersonName>aries have proposed a 50 year program to completely
replace (on a sustainable basis) North Slope crude in the TAPS system with
bio-fuel created through harvesting of large tree farms planted with local varieties
of really fast growing trees. I planted one of these seedlings; a variety
of Pacific Willow, this spring, the tree is now just over 12 feet. (My
wife hates the thing now because of its scrawny size, she was expecting a
smaller dense willow). The thing has little bulk to it but I have been
told that as long as the moose do not eat it, its girth will increase
dramatically in the next few years.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I am of the firm belief that bio-fuel
projects should be local economic development efforts. Just imagine if
LEDC, the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Port</st1:PlaceType> of
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Whitman</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, UI, WSU, and others
were to team up on such a project. The intellectual capacity of the
Palouse is remarkable, combine that with abundant agricultural lands, large
forests and local will power, I am very willing to bet that the Palouse region
can produce far more than enough bio-fuels to completely remove big oil from
your local picture. Imagine shutting off the leakage of local dollars to
big oil and keeping that money in your community; imagine the job creation
potential; farm income potential; and so forth that such a program would award
the region. Your government leaders will be silly not
to embrace such a project. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Take care, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Chris<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">vision</st1:PersonName>2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">vision</st1:PersonName>2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Tom Hansen<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 24, 2006
10:55 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'Art Deco'; 'Vision 2020'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020]
Inconvenient Truth -- What WE REALLY HAVE TO DO</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>One good idea would be to re-invest in
bio-diesel research. The program was promoted and supported under the <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Clinton</st1:place></st1:City> administration
and terminated under the Bush administration.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Simply coming up with an alternate fuel
source will not work. It needs government support. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Remember the “Get the Lead
Out!” campaign that was mandated by government policy? It
worked. If the government mandates that all vehicles will be fueled with
bio-diesel by the year 2012, you can bet your last gallon of regular gas that
Exxon, Standard Oil, etc. etc. will do their best to get into the bio-diesel
market.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Has anybody got any ideas on how to
develop some SERIOUS interest in alternate fuels, the kind of ideas that will
“spark a fire” of major interest within the George “All for
Oil” Bush administration?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Moscow</span></font></st1:City><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>"Life should NOT be a journey to the
grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved
body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, a drink in the other,
body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO. What a
ride!'"</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">vision</st1:PersonName>2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">vision</st1:PersonName>2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Art Deco<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 24, 2006
11:41 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Vision 2020<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020]
Inconvenient Truth -- What WE REALLY HAVE TO DO</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'>God (alleged, choose the one that pleases you most) save the Queen!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'>Donovan and I agree on at least some fundamental outlooks.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'>1. There is a limited amount of
terrestrial/atmospheric resources. There are and will be too many people
competing for these resources. Further, overuse of some of these
resources creates life/quality of life threatening environmental problems for
all plants and animals including humankind. Think about this: What
would happen if at least half of the world's human population lived at the same
standard of resource usage as the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place> and western Europe?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'>2. Petroleum resources are not only quite limited,
but their uses are a leading cause of many life/quality of life threatening
problems. Hence, a very high tax on such products may help motivate a
search for much better, kinder to the earth, plants and animals (including
humankind) alternatives, and also decrease their usage and the associated
problems.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'>However, I also think the pessimistic outlook of Nils that we lack the
political will to do what needs to be done before it is too late is also
accurate.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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13.5pt'><br>
Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)<br>
<a href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com" title="donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan
Arnold</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>To:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:nils_peterson@wsu.edu" title="nils_peterson@wsu.edu">Nils Peterson</a>
; <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" title="vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>
; <a href="mailto:areaman@moscow.com" title="areaman@moscow.com">areaman@moscow.com</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Thursday, August
24, 2006 9:30 AM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Re: [Vision2020]
Inconvenient Truth -- What WE REALLY HAVE TO DO<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Niles</span></font></st1:City></st1:place>
writes:<o:p></o:p></p>
<pre><tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>"I doubt we'll find the political will to </span></font></tt><br>
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<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>take the scale of actions Donovan suggests."</span></font></tt><br>
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<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Niles</span></font></tt></st1:City></st1:place><tt><font
face="Courier New">, if we lack the will to do what it takes to save the Earth,</font></tt><br>
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<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>then the Earth is surly doomed. </span></font></tt><br>
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<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dan Carscallen writes:</span></font></tt><br>
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<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>"Hey, you gotta start somewhere."<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>What's the point of building a catapult to go 1/4 the way<br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>across a canyon we must cross, you are better off staying where you are. We will<br>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'>not save the Earth if this generation does not do something drastic<br>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'>and soon. <br>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'>The only reason buses have real ridership is because of economic<br>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'>necessity of the riders. <br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Nobody WANTS to ride a bus. They smell, they are crowded, unsafe, unclean,<br>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'>inconvenient, slow, and uncomfortable. People do it mostly because it is their best<br>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'>option, not because they are trying to save the Earth.<br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>If you really want to raise bus ridership raise gas prices, make them clean,<br>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'>safer, more convenient,<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre
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style='font-size:10.0pt'> and much more comfortable. Add cushy seats that have<br>
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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>online access, more buses, more locations, and give them their own lane.<br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>For <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>, a trolley on the old railroad tracks would work nicely. <br>
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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Best,<br>
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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>_DJA<br>
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<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Nils Peterson
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Thanks Dan for sharing information on Valley Transit ridership. I
understand<br>
that they have a new route for commuters from <st1:City w:st="on">Lewiston</st1:City>
to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>.
Perhaps we<br>
need periodic reminders of the data that these systems are growing.<br>
<br>
And thanks for pointing out that we can, and need, to start small -- because<br>
without that personal action, I doubt we'll find the political will to take<br>
the scale of actions Donovan suggests.<br>
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On 8/24/06 8:13 AM, "areaman> wrote:<br>
Donovan says:<br>
"You guys are thinking so small, so tiny. It doesn't help save the earth<br>
even a day to do these tiny things."<br>
<br>
Hey, you gotta start somewhere.<br>
<br>
An aside to Joe: Believe you me, my good buddy Tom LaPointe is getting<br>
the word out there as far as Moscow Valley Transit is concerned. Would<br>
he like more people to ride the bus? Heck yes, but I'm here to tell you<br>
that I've seen charts and graphs and whatnot presented by Tom that shows<br>
nothing but increasing ridership for Moscow Valley Transit. While I'm<br>
not a guy who would normally ride the bus -- various reasons, including<br>
a short bicycle or motorcycle commute to work -- I'm all in favor of<br>
having that option for people.<br>
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DC<br>
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