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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'>Ted,<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'>Great timing on your response…<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'>First to clear up something, I did not,
and will never advocate raising gasoline taxes to lower gasoline consumption.
If I remember correctly, that is Donovan’s idea. Such a tax
would destroy low and moderate income families, the economy, and I believe our
nation. The effect on personal income and spending power is obvious, unfortunately
though the way American’s have developed their communities lower/middle income
families tend to live a long way from their job sites, schools and shopping
facilities. Think of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Latah</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType> alone, a good portion of commuting residents
of Potlatch, Viola, Deary, <st1:City w:st="on">Troy</st1:City>, Bovill, and Genesee
live in those towns because affordable family housing is not available in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:place>. The City’s
zoning codes, building code, and other various requirements have made it
impossible to develop affordable family housing. Great neighborhoods such
as the <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Kenneth/Logan street</st1:address></st1:Street>
area, that were developed in the 40’s and 50’s for working families.
The homes were modest, lot sizes were small; however when this neighborhood was
developed small stores were within walking distance. (Unfortunately those
particular homes are now so expensive that a family with modest means cannot
buy into that area). This was true for most subdi<st1:PersonName w:st="on">vision</st1:PersonName>s
that were built within town until the late 1970’s when the large homes
and lots around <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mountain View</st1:place></st1:City>,
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Vandal Drive</st1:address></st1:Street>,
etc. were constructed. From that point forward, homes and lots became
larger, tighter zoning eliminated any neighborhood businesses, and neighborhood
design was based entirely on the need for moving automobiles in and out of the
development. If you look at census data, you will see that in the mid
1980’s lower and middle class families began to move to the rural cities because
these homes were cheaper as was the gasoline needed to get you to work. I
am one of those guilty parties as well; I just could not find a decent affordable
home for my family within the city. When I was a student and single
living in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>,
I had no problem finding housing that fit my needs, heck the first three years
I lived in town I did not own a car. I was able to get everywhere I
needed just by walking or biking (I did get hit three times while legally
walking on crosswalks and I was run over twice while biking but that is a
different story) Long and short, if a town like Moscow (and other
American cities) were to work with developers to change the various regulations
to allow for development of affordable housing near businesses then I suspect
you will slowly see a drop in per capita use of motor fuels, less destruction
of greenspace. (Otherwise known as Smart Growth - which is not a tool
to prevent development as many who post on V2020 write). <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'>If local government were to allow the
markets to work, I believe they will. <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=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>WARNING<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>What follows will bore the heck out of any
V2020 readers who could care less about bio-fuels:<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 to bio-fuels, I am working on a team
who is tasked with a mission of trying to reduce native village dependence on subsidized
power and fuel supplies. I will use the <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">village</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Fort</st1:PlaceName> <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Yukon</st1:place></st1:State> as my example. <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Fort</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Yukon</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
has a population of 574 of which 247 have electrical power. During
FY 2005 (FY 06 data is not out yet) the State of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Alaska</st1:place></st1:State> and the Bureau of Indian Affairs paid
Gwitchyaa Zhee Utilities (GZU) (the F.Y. power cooperative) $138,092 to help
cover the $398,131 of total fuel needs. The rest, roughly $0.196 kWh was
paid by residential customers. GZU in FY05 purchased 185,154 gallons of
diesel to produce the 2,858,000 KWh needed within the village. Without
the subsidy, F.Y. residents would have had to pay $0.3436/kWh hour. GZU
would like to replace this diesel fuel with a locally developed bio-fuel.
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Fort</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Yukon</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> is in a forested region of the
state with an average of 54 tons per acre of woody biomass that can be utilized
for fuel production. Using a modest 60% recovery of bio-fuel from the
wood would result in 64,000 pounds of bio-fuel. The bio-fuel’s
density is about 9 lb/gallon thus giving 7111 gallons recovered per acre. When
you subtract out the characteristics of the fuel and the amount of energy needed
to derive this fuel, you will have recovered a diesel fuel equivalent of 3500 gallons/acre
(I am using the older technologies that are currently available); which means that
GZU would harvest and process 53 acres a year to supply the necessary wood to
produce all of the fuel needed for the village. F.Y., the state,
and the BLM clear far more than that each year just to meet the objectives of
the Healthy Forest Initiative, defensible space, etc. If that land
were replanted in natural willows instead of the dreaded black spruce, the
total harvestable biomass will rise from 54 tons/acre to around 90 ton/acre
after 20 years of growth. Assuming a 25 year harvest cycle, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Fort</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Yukon</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
would need to dedicate 1325 acres to meeting their fuel needs on a sustainable
basis. I have a hunch <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Fort</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Yukon</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
can easily find 1325 acres to set aside for their fuel needs. From
the economic development perspective, a bio-fuels facility in Fort Yukon will
save taxpayers $3,452,000 in subsides (that is assuming diesel is at $2.17/gallon)
over 25 years and keep an additional $6,700,000 over 25 years in Fort Yukon
that would normally be pocketed by the oil companies (that amounts to over
$27,000 per customer over 25 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'>There are about 110 communities within the
183 communities that are served by the subsidy program that have sufficient
biomass to produce their own fuels; the remaining communities are investing
heavily in wind energy as they are mostly located along the west and northern coast
or on the Aleutians. <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'>If we carry out our project, 183
communities with a total of 79,178 residents will be entirely self sufficient
with regards to energy; $386 million over 25 years no longer needed for
subsidies; and $1.5 billion over 25 years that is kept in the communities and
not lost to big oil. Someone please convince me that bio-fuels are
unrealistic!! <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'>Currently, Greenway is in the process of
developing the economic model for <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Fairbanks</st1:place></st1:City>,
when the report is in I will share it with you. <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'>Ted, you may be right on a national scale;
heck I would hate to see the entire <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iowa</st1:place></st1:State>
corn crop turned into ethanol, that would be a waste. However, if each
community were to address their energy needs, change the way they look at
community planning, resource use, economic development, etc. I suspect that we
can eliminate a large percentage of our need for fossil fuels. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'>Thanks again,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'>Chris <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#333399" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333399'>“Think Globally, Act Locally”,
Rene Dubos, United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in 1972.</span></font><font
size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#333399'> <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'> <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:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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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'> Ted Moffett
[mailto:starbliss@gmail.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, August 30, 2006
11:51 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Chris Storhok<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Tom Hansen; Art Deco; Vision
2020; Nils Peterson; Donovan Arnold<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020]
Inconvenient Truth -- What WE REALLY HAVE TO DO: " Apollo Project"</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'>Chris et. al.<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'>I appreciate your enthusiasm for biofuels, and perhaps you are aware
that Iogen is hoping to soon open a large cellulosic biofuel plant in Southern
Idaho using primarily straw from <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State>
farms. And they want <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>
government loan guarantees for their investors in case the project fails.
Iogen knows this business, and as the article on biofuels I reference
below from "Nature" mentions, Iogen runs the largest bio
refinery plant in the world near <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Ottawa</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>. <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'>But quickly, to address the taxation approach to lowering gasoline
consumption, if there is no cheaper practical alternative to power
transportation after raising gasoline taxes dramatically (resulting in 7-10
dollar a gallon gas), our economy would be in serious jeopardy with such an
approach, and politically such a move might be suicide, unless alternatives
could be quickly implemented. Realistic alternative
energy technologies with a widespread infrastructure for implementation
are required to replace fossil fuels, unless we want to sacrifice aspects
of our lifestyle and economy that many will fight tooth and nail to maintain. <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'>The most realistic estimates of biofuels potential indicate they should
not be counted on to solve (though they can be part of the solution) the fossil
fuel depletion/global warming crisis, for a number of reasons. Read this
analysis from Nature magazine offered at the link below, where the optimistic
prediction is offered that biofuels can replace 25% of our current
petroleum needs in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region>, which
is a huge contribution. But US consumption of fossil fuel and fossil fuel
sourced energy (coal fired plants are expected to continue to increase
consumption of coal for the cheap electricity this provides, with current US
electricity production 50% from coal, and US coal reserves the largest of any
nation on Earth) continues to increase, so biofuels are playing
a game of catch-up with CO2 emissions, nor are they expected to replace
the cheap electrical energy from coal. And to expect biofuels to power
the huge emerging industrial economies in <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region>
and <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> with over 2
billion in population is very problematic, economies that are expected in this
century to consume more fossil fuel than the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region>, who is currently the world's
largest consumer. Read also in the "Nature" article about the
continuing debate among experts regarding the efficiency of biofuel production,
along with other land use/food supply/environmental problems. The
overall thrust of this analysis is more optimistic than others I have
read. It seems that some nations are situated rather well to use biofuel
for much of their fuel needs, other nations not: <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'><a href="http://www.gbev.org/pdf/Nature%20biotech%20biofuels.pdf">http://www.gbev.org/pdf/Nature%20biotech%20biofuels.pdf</a><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'>What the Bush administration has not done, that is advocated by many
energy experts studying the fossil fuel depletion/global warming crisis,
is push for an "Apollo Project" styled effort to the tune
of 100s of billions of dollars (this can come from the private sector in part,
as it already is) to quickly develop alternative non-CO2 emitting energy
sources, and make practical application widespread. It is clear that the
marketplace is making so much profit maintaining the current mostly fossil fuel
based economic system that there is limited profit incentive to make a radical
shift away from fossil fuels. Opening ANWR and increased off
shore oil drilling continues to be pushed in the US Congress by energy corporations to
help solve <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region>
dependence on foreign oil. If biofuels were such a practical and
economical solution, why the continuing push to open ANWR and for
more offshore drilling? Given the limited production and availability of
biofuels and biofuel ready vehicles in the USA, does the oil industry need to
worry very much about biofuels challenging their dominant position in the USA,
necessitating an attempt to put biofuels out of business by dropping gas prices
below 2 dollars a gallon, as you suggested they could 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'><a href="http://www.grist.org/news/muck/2006/03/03/griscom-little/">http://www.grist.org/news/muck/2006/03/03/griscom-little/</a><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:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>His brother would seem to be conflicted as well. Only a month ago,
President Bush declared that the time had come to <a
href="http://www.grist.org/news/daily/2006/02/01/1/index.html">break America's
addiction to oil </a>. Now, Bush and his buddies are scrounging around for
their next fix.<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Who can say the Bush administration is really addressing the fossil
fuel depletion/global warming crisis, nor previously the Clinton
Administration, for that matter, while CAFE standards have not been raised
dramatically, though efforts are underway: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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href="http://obama.senate.gov/press/060719-senators_introduce_legislation_to_reduce_gasoline_consumption_by_half_a_trillion_gallons/index.html">http://obama.senate.gov/press/060719-senators_introduce_legislation_to_reduce_gasoline_consumption_by_half_a_trillion_gallons/index.html
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>This "Apollo Project" for new energy technology and
widespread roll out can involve every potential replacement for fossil fuels
(or CO2 sequestration technology, which if made practical for coal fired
plants, would allow continuing energy from coal limiting the global warming impact),
from hydrogen to biofuels, wind and solar, nuclear fission and fusion, fuel
cells, and new battery and/or chemical energy storage technologies. It
goes without saying this effort should be combined with aggressive energy
conservation measures, one of the most
important being to dramatically raise the CAFE standards in the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>: <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'><a href="http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/news.asp?year=&id=4975">http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/news.asp?year=&id=4975</a><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'><a href="http://www.apolloalliance.org/about_the_alliance/">http://www.apolloalliance.org/about_the_alliance/</a><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'><a href="http://www.apolloalliance.org/jobs/index.cfm">http://www.apolloalliance.org/jobs/index.cfm</a><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'><a
href="http://rooseveltinstitution.org/policy/38_we_need_an_apollo_proje">http://rooseveltinstitution.org/policy/38_we_need_an_apollo_proje</a><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'>Ted Moffett<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 8/24/06, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Chris
Storhok</span></b> <<a href="mailto:cstorhok@co.fairbanks.ak.us">cstorhok@co.fairbanks.ak.us</a>>
wrote:</span></font></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>Tom,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><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. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><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. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><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 </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><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. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><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. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>Take care, </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>Chris</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><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><a
href="mailto:2020-bounces@moscow.com" target="_blank"> 2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:vision">vision</a><a
href="mailto:2020-bounces@moscow.com" target="_blank">2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>]
<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'</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class=e><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re:
[Vision2020] Inconvenient Truth -- What WE REALLY HAVE TO DO</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
</div>
<div><span id="q_10d41f5cfe463d44_3">
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><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. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><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. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><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. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><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? </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>Tom Hansen</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><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><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><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><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><a
href="mailto:2020-bounces@moscow.com" target="_blank"> 2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:vision">vision</a><a
href="mailto:2020-bounces@moscow.com" target="_blank">2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>]
<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>
</div>
<p><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><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><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><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><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><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:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> and western
Europe? </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><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><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><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><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><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. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><br>
Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)<br>
<a href="mailto:deco@moscow.com" target="_blank">deco@moscow.com </a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><br>
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-----
Original Message ----- </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p 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" target="_blank"
title="donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan Arnold</a> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p><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" target="_blank"
title="nils_peterson@wsu.edu">Nils Peterson</a> ; <a
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank"
title="vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a> ; <a
href="mailto:areaman@moscow.com" target="_blank" title="areaman@moscow.com">areaman@moscow.com</a>
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><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 </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><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 </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
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<p><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 style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Niles</span></font></st1:place></st1:City>
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 <o:p></o:p></span></font></tt></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
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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'>take the scale of actions Donovan suggests."</span></font></tt><br>
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<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Nils Peterson <<a
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<p><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:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>.
Perhaps we <br>
need periodic reminders of the data that these systems are growing.<br>
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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>
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Hey, you gotta start somewhere.<br>
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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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