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AlanfromBigEasy on April 26, 2006 - 12:26am Permalink | Subthread | Comments top
Any possibility of sliding me in as a speaker on my "Electrification of Transportation" concept.

I want to promote this more widely (I think it has merit as a way to reduce US oil consumption by 10% in ten to twelve years).

Perhaps, if not formally, passing out copies of my paper and after hours discussions ?

Alan

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Nate Hagens on April 26, 2006 - 5:36am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Alan- You'd be great as a speaker. (at least, I like your ideas quite a bit). We have 24 people speaking in 2+ days and its going to be whirlwind as it is. We actually cant quite fit in everyone we'd like to, but there's always 2007, Peak Oil willing and the creeks dont rise..
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AlanfromBigEasy on April 26, 2006 - 4:29pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Any CHEAP hotels in the DC area close to a Metro station ?

I want stay several days (despite missing weekend #2 of JazzFest).

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ericy on April 26, 2006 - 5:48pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

It depends on your definition of 'cheap', and your definition of 'close'.

Typically anything directly adjacent to a station is going to be more expensive.  The ones downtown are going to be quite pricey, and the ones further out tend to be cheaper.

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AlanfromBigEasy on April 26, 2006 - 9:32pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Close - Within 1 mile (walking distance) of a rail stop.

Perhaps Baltimore and commute from there ?

Hopefully, about $100/night, or less.

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Donal on April 26, 2006 - 11:13pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Find station addresses on www.wmata.com and compare them to the hotel addresses on Expedia:

These are all suburban at or near the end of the metro lines:  Super 8 College Park is $70/night. Comfort Inn in Landover is $75/night.  Red Roof in Springfield is $78.50/night.  New Carrollton Hotel is $79/night.  Comfort Inn Shady Grove is $99/night, but I know you need a car to get to Shady Grove station.

Super 8 Downtown DC near Gallaudet College for $86/night.  It got a poor rating, but you could take a metrobus to the New York Avenue metro station, which is half a mile away.

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totoneila on April 26, 2006 - 3:32pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Hello AlanfromBigEasy,

I am all in favor of your electrification efforts for the railroads and building mass-transit.  If it is too late for you to be a speaker, your idea of handing out papers is excellent, but if you can distribute the same info in 'burned' CD/DVDs in a Powerpoint format it will be even more effective.  The viewers can then go to the related websites for data-mining the finer detail. Good luck!

Bob Shaw in Phx,AZ  Are Humans Smarter than Yeast?

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totoneila on April 26, 2006 - 4:25pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Hello Alan,

Checkout this EnergyBulletin link:

http://energybulletin.net/15325.html

Chris Miller is running on a Peakoil platform!

Some of his comments: "We need to kick this growth habit before it is too late, while Maine still has the strength of community and rural infrastructure to do it with thought and grace," he states in a campaign letter. "Every day the sun shines on 21 million acres of Maine. That is our energy income.

Rather than send Maine's National Guard to another war to find the cheap energy and natural resources that feed this growth, Miller said he would call the Guard back here to lay rails to build an interurban railroad, if the steel is available.

Alan, here is your entree' for railroading--He will need an expert on his staff to explain the advantages, costs, savings, and building timeframes to sell to the public.  Go for it--email him now.

Another article excerpt: "Miller talks in environmental terms about bioregions, or regions sharing a common geography, culture and climate, such as Casco Bay and the St. John Valley."

This sounds to me like he understands the need to build large and distinct sustainable biosolar habitats just as I have speculated about in numerous postings.  After the soldiers finish building the railroads they can be transformed into the initial vanguard of Earthmarines to keep the hapless detritovores from invading postPeak.

The following links illustrate the growing political movements in New England to secede from the Union.  If they can join hands with Peakoilers and biosolar survivalists tremendous progress towards Powerdown can be achieved:

http://maineindymedia.org/newswire/display/2134/index.php

http://www.vermontrepublic.org/index.html

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4695553

http://www.freestateproject.org/news/media_archive/0090.php

http://www.cumberlandmaine.com/cumberland%20legislation%20revised%202-17-06%20Including%20SAD%2051.p df

I think the growing drive for secession is directly related to the growing revulsion to infinite growth, environmental degradation, and ever-rising detritus prices.  Everyone in the US should be encouraging the secession drive of the NE & NW areas of the country.

Bob Shaw in Phx,Az  Are Humans Smarter than Yeast?

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