Hello Todd, et al. My friend, you assume much without knowing me. Perhaps a little introduction might be in order, so I don't get tarred and feathered with your assumptions.
I am Vp of a 35 million dollar Natural Foods company located on the west coast of California. We have 29 employees. When we relocated the offices four years ago, we drew a circle around the density of our staff, and put the offices in the middle. 11 employees car pool, there are three hybird cars, and I drive an '85 benz that runs on WVO. average commute is 5 miles, except for 4 of us with longer commutes. I have a 2 acre certified organic farm that we live on. Our well is solar, I heat with waste wood (broken pallets and the like). There has not been a soda (or beer)in our house in 12 years, we don't own a television, and I have a nine year old daughter that seems to do fine socially despite these set backs....;^) In essence, your preaching to the chior. My fuel price issues are very specific to the distribution and production of healthy food at a price that all can afford. If commercial transport of foodstuffs were somehow taxed lees than other "non-essential" consumer goods, I'd be all for $4.00 per gallon fuel. The vast majority of people in this country have an "entitlement mentality" that has them believing that there is little or no personal responsibility associated with any life style choices. Todd, were all on the same page here.... The question is, how do we wake up the uncaring? Be well, Mark Osborne --- Appal Energy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark, > > What you fail to see is the relativity between what kind of scams > people are > willing to let slide and those that they are willing to whine about. > > Society pays more per gallon for Coca-Cola, Pepsi and the like than > they do > for the enormously mechanical and energy intensive practice of > mining, > refining and transporting and distributing fossil fuels. > > If you fail to see the irony in that, much less the irony in how easy > Americans go into whine mode over a penny per gallon when people all > over > the Earth are starving, homeless, being shelled and bombed, much less > pay > better than $3.50 a gallon (US) for their fuel, then you're failing > to see a > great deal, much less "add...to [your] knowledge base." > > Todd Swearingen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 7:01 PM > Subject: Re: [biofuel] What a scam!!! > > > > I fail to see how this rant is remotely helpful, or adds anything > to > > the knowledge base. > > Feel better for venting? > > Best Regards, > > Mark > > > > > > > > > > --- Appal Energy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Someone mind telling me what all the bitching is about? > > > > > > No one thinks the first thought of paying $2.25 a gallon (US) for > > > carmel > > > flavored and carbonated sugar water. > > > > > > Yet they whine like stuck pigs when the price of fuel goes up a > penny > > > a > > > gallon, with ever increasing pitches of these shreaks with each > penny > > > thereafter.... > > > > > > Worst of all? Almost all of this whining comes from a country > > > swimming in > > > avarice, excess and glutonous consumption. > > > > > > Do some people some good for a change to get off their fat asses > and > > > walk to > > > the corner beer market for a change. > > > > > > Todd Swearingen > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Brent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> > > > Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 9:48 AM > > > Subject: [biofuel] What a scam!!! > > > > > > > > > > Well, the price of gas went up again, now at .81.9/litre. The > > > > reason? The blackout in the east. Well our refineries here in > the > > > > west never had a blackout. What's up with that? Someone is > getting > > > > screwed!!!! > > > > > > > > Brent > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! 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