Yeah, now I just shut and take the money. Everyone thought I was a kook until gas hit 3.00 a gallon.
Brian Rodgers wrote: >"Oh well. No good deed goes unpunished!" >Scary but true, Mike. >I have shifted my business to PC repair from a small DSL company >because most people use Microsoft products and the monopoly Qwest >killed the old business. >We live in the mountains a short distance from our business. >At the same time as I attempt to educate clients about the >vulnerabilities of Windows and install free protection software, I >also have taken the position that it is time to conserve fuel and get >back to nature with sustainable lifestyles. >I am beginning to see parallels with these two worlds. > >Most people don't want to hear about conservation at the cost of convenience. >Most of my clients don't want to take the time to learn another OS to >save themselves grief later. Seems like a Homer Simpson virus is going >around. "How much will it cost me right now?" >No future with this type of thinking. > >I just had one of my newsletter readers stop by the shop to let me >know that I am wasting my time with all of these biofuel pipe dreams >. >Thanks, I needed to hear that again. >My wife in support said, "Never mind that Brian is researching >alternative fuels for all of us, He is also doing it for himself!" >Why is my peace of mind such a hard pill for others to swallow? >I think they feel somehow that I am merely cheating. > >I still buy petrol, but just by thinking that someday I will not need >to... I am getting one over on the rest of the sheep? >I think what I am doing is a positive effort toward a real future. >It isn't competitive. >Sustainable. >Brian Rodgers > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
