>Ladies and Gentlemen: > >When I wrote that I was reading email from this group for the first time. I >am a chemist who was, in the past, involved only marginally with the oil >business. I want to become involved with biofuels because I see it as an >opportunity to do something that can be both creditable and profitable. As >I scanned down the long list of emails with "biofuels" in the subject line, >all I seemed to see were pro and anti-war commentary and an occasional >harangue. > >It does not matter to me what your political affiliation is or what your >opinion is any particular topic. I have my own opinions. What matters to >me in the opportunity to learn something and , perhaps, the opportunity to >share something I know in return. I simply do not see the point of >lambasting someone's antiwar position or lambasting George Bush for >threatening war. It accomplishes nothing in this arena. However, >discussing the effect of war or the possibility of war on the price of oil >and, therefore, on the viability or development of biofuels is on-topic.
We don't have many rules here, Mr Amato, but here's one of them: No topic-cops. One would have thought you might have gathered that by now. Consider this as a warning - stop trying to lay down the law on what may and may not be discussed here and how list members should behave. Nor do we need to be told what does and doesn't accomplish the goals of the list. The Biofuel mailing list is by far the biggest, most dynamic, and most successful mailing list in its subject area on the Internet. It has been most successful in promoting awareness of biofuels and biofuels issues worldwide, in helping to develop technology and methodology for small-scale use, in providing information for a very wide variety of people, from would-be to experienced biofuellers to the media, in providing a base and materials for specific campaigns and advocacy efforts, and much besides. You're just another newbie, but you've been making a lot of untoward noise. Newbies are usually welcomed and helped, it's not surprising you weren't. I strongly suggest you reconsider your approach. Keith Addison Moderator >This group is one of a number of sources of information that I have begun to >use. It is useful to me only if the value is worth the effort. There have >been good discussions here so I will participate. However, I will block >senders whom I feel are primarily political in an attempt to focus on >something that I may be able to control. And I will be less likely to >offend them. > >Dom Amato > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> >Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 3:00 AM >Subject: [biofuel] Re: Behind the Great Divide > > > > Thank you for the compliment Hakan- > > I ignore a lot of political postings I disagree with here- my theory > > is that renewable energy appeals to people across all ends of the > > political spectrum- which is very unique. Though it sometimes it's > > really disturbing to see the disagreements, and in my case very > > disturbing to see the ignorance of some Americans. anyway the problem > > with dominick's post that 'set me off' was that I draw the line at > > someone from the US telling an international list composed of lots > > of 'Third World' people that they are destructive to the natural > > world whereas we are somehow 'less so'. > > mark > > > > > > --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Hakan Falk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Dom, > > > > > > A majority of postings are about energy related questions. You > > managed > > > with something very rare. Girl_Mark that is one of the most > > knowledgeable > > > and that to 99% always share useful information, reacted on one of > > your > > > stupid (I very seldom use this kind of evaluations) and > > discriminating > > > postings. I did not think I would see that. > > > > > > Hakan > > > > > > > > > At 09:42 PM 2/26/2003 -0600, you wrote: > > > >I am new to this biofuels group but can't help wondering why so > > few people > > > >talk about biofuels? > > > > > > > >Dom Amato > > > > > > > ><snip> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
