I agree with L. You will have to start your own activist group most likely. Most of America does not know about bio fuels yet. I encourage you to take a short ride to the Boston area the last week of July. You will likely find lots of people interested in learning about bio fuels. No one realizes how simply great this can be. Most people still think this is a pie in the sky dream. We will have to tell them different, and then SHOW them how easy and true this really is. Maybe some one has a small portable unit that they can take to Boston and show off.
Jennifer ----- Original Message ----- From: bioveging To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 4:52 PM Subject: [biofuel] Re: Ok Since I Stirred the Pot Some... Gustl, you hit the nail on the head.Don't wait for anyone, expect anything from anyone, and be prepared to be the only "Martian" on your block :), but keep an eye out for other "martians" as they are out there and you just might run into one or two or maybe not. Do it because you know it's right, and hold your head up high while at it. L. --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Gustl Steiner-Zehender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hallo Phil, > > Friday, 09 July, 2004, 17:45:36, you wrote: > > PD> How about some ideas to get some activism going. Or to address the > PD> question in more understandable way, how does one become active in > PD> the biodiesel movement on a local level. I live in Pennsylvania and > PD> am in contact with a few folks who are making for their own use. > PD> Who should I be contacting to find out if there is a larger group of > PD> folks who are being vocal on a local and state level? Any ideas? > > Perhaps not much of an idea from me but it is all I have. Work on > your own, expect nothing from anyone, talk as much as you can to as > many people as you are able about biofuels, etc. Talk up the > cooperative idea. Hide and watch. > > My experience has been, unfortunately, is that people are generally > too "busy" to do it. For "busy" read apathetic or lazy. Be prepared > to be patient and work on your own. Do not get discouraged. Sooner > or later someone will realize what is what and you will find someone > with like interests and values. If you start sounding your horn you > might get others sounding theirs back. > > As far back as the late sixties and early seventies I used to listen > to people complaining about the high price and poor quality of food. > I got to talking with a bunch of people at lunch at work and told them > what my monthly food bill came to. They all wanted to know where I > shopped. When it turned out to be a food co-op and they found out > that I baked my own bread and soaked my beans, etc. instead of eating > from a can they lost interest. Too much effort. But they didn't stop > complaining. In general peoples priorities are skewed. > > Get your biodiesel processor going and contact a local newspaper. > Show them what you are doing. Advertise in local newspapers and > magazines for like minded people. Talk to people at your workplace or > church or whatever clubs or organizations to which you belong. You > may hit the jackpot but be prepared to go it alone and to introduce > one person at a time to biofuels. > > Whatever you do don't get discouraged or angry. Neither help. Just > remember that if something catastrophic happens it will be people like > us who will be sought out to help those who were too "busy" before. > Some folks just have to take a blow to the head before they understand > something. > > Not much help from me I am afraid. > > Happy Happy, > > Gustl > -- > Je mehr wir haben, desto mehr fordert Gott von uns. > Mitglied-Team AMIGA > ICQ: 22211253-Gustli > ******** > The safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, > soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, > without signposts. > C. S. Lewis, "The Screwtape Letters" > ******** > Es gibt Wahrheiten, die so sehr auf der Stra§e liegen, > da§ sie gerade deshalb von der gewšhnlichen Welt nicht > gesehen oder wenigstens nicht erkannt werden. > ******** > Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't > hear the music. > George Carlin > ******** > The best portion of a good man's life - > His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. > William Wordsworth Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
