Roll Your Own Blackout [RE-wrenches]

[Baran Galocy]

Wrenches, please take the time to read and disseminate this information.
Yeah, it's political . . .what isn't these days?  I think that no matter
WHAT "party" you belong to, you are pretty tired of our country's newest
direction to extract every last ounce of fossil fuels from our planet
(unless you are a minor, or an oil Baron).  I don't really believe that even
a Republican can be found who wants "clean coal" technology spewing out
fumes in their backyard any more than Democrats, Greens, or Independents
when wind, photovoltaics, and fuel cells are a here-and-now reality.

If you believe in what you are doing (saving the planet, one watt at a
time),  please send this message to all of your clients, associates, and
friends.

This is nothing less than a worldwide protest and wake-up call to the powers
that be.  If enough people participate, we will have gotten "their"
attention, as well as proved that people CAN organize on a global level.

Remember on June 21st, the first day of Summer, roll your clock back one
hundred years from 7:00 PM until 10:00 PM, where ever your timezone, what
ever your political proclivity.



> Subject: roll your own blackout
>
>
> >
> > >      ROLL YOUR OWN BLACKOUT
> > >      FIRST DAY OF SUMMER
> > >      JUNE 21, 2001
> > >
> > >      7-10pm worldwide, all time zones
> > >
> > >      As an alternative to George W. Bush's energy policies and lack of
> > >      emphasis on efficiency, conservation and alternative fuels, there
> > >will
> > >      be a voluntary rolling blackout on the first day of summer, June
21
> > >at
> > >       7pm - 10pm in any time zone (this will roll it across the
planet).
> > >
> > >      Its a simple protest and a symbolic act. Turn out your lights
from
> > >      7pm-10pm on June 21. Unplug whatever you can unplug in your
house.
> > >      Light a candle to the Sun Goddess, kiss and tell or not, take a
> > >stroll
> > >      in the dark, invent ghost stories, anything that's not
electronic -
> > >      have fun in the dark.
> > >
> > >      Read the 1999 book "Natural Capitalism" by Hawken and Lovins to
> learn
> > >      that conservation/high efficiency technologies already ARE
> > >      on-the-shelf. If implemented these revolutionary ideas would pay
> > >      themselves off within five years, after which we'd be pumping far
> > >less
> > >      greenhouse gas into the atmosphere and saving bucks to boot.
> > >
> > >      Forward this email as widely as possible, to your government
> > >      representatives and environmental contacts.
> > >
> > >      Let them know we want global education, participation and funding
> in
> > >      conservation, efficiency and alternative fuel efforts -- and an
end
> > >to
> > >      over-exploitation and misuse of the earth's resources.
> > >
> > >      Anyone knows that the Cheney-Bush team is blowing smoke when they
> > >tell
> > >      us that "... conservation can't help, it'll just be too expensive
> to
> > >      implement those technologies..."


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