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- From: mjvande@pbhye.PacBell.COM (Mike Vandeman)
- Subject: Re: Alliance for a Paving Moratorium (Alert)
- Reply-To: mjvande@PacBell.COM (Mike Vandeman)
- Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 00:06:43 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.000643.819@pbhye.PacBell.COM>
- References: <1992Dec24.205457.7560@pbhye.PacBell.COM> <725428196snx@tillage.DIALix.oz.au>
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- > > You are forgetting one little fact: your method is FAR TOO SLOW for what
- > > is needed. According to the U.N., we need to reduce traffic by 50% to avoid
- > > the greenhouse effect. Your don't-offend-any-old-ladies method can't begin
- > > to do that.
- >
- >Yes, we are all quite aware of the fact that your primary agenda is to
- >invoke panic so you can rush your policy proposals through. Sorry, but
-
- Nonsense. Just telling the truth, unlike you with your heads in the
- sand.
-
- >Your operating model appears to offer but two choices, accept either
- >the risk of dying from the "greenhouse effect", or the risk of mass
- >destructiveness in the civil unrest you wish to stir up in the pursuit
- >of your campaign to fast track policies before the planet "overheats".
- >
- >Well, we have had plenty of experience with the latter and know the
- >risks intimately. The former remains entirely hypothetical.
-
- You should talk to your countryman, Peter Newman, from Fremantle.
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