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[SJC <indexer AT localnet.com>]

bob ford wrote:
> I don't know anything about this group connected to gore.  I don't think that 
> a nationwide centralized electrical grid sounds like a good idea 
> though....bobford
>
> WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — Al Gore's Alliance for Climate 
> Protection has some environmental advice for the incoming Obama 
> administration: focus on energy efficiency and renewable resources, and 
> create a unified U.S. power grid.
>   
Yeah, well---

I'll go for one part of his plan; the energy efficiency part.  And to me 
that IS me:  I'm always looking for more energy-efficient ways to 
perform my daily tasks.  My energy wanes as I age and as my spine 
continues to curve, so I'm interested in getting things done with the 
least energy expenditure possible.  That way I still have some energy to 
play with my dog and debate raw milk issues with my neighbor.

As to a national grid, I'd rather go without.  I'm not far from there 
now:  I pay the minimum bill, $13/mo.  Mostly I do that because the 
artesian well's outlet (or is that inlet?  anyway, the pipe that brings 
in water) is in the basement and it's difficult for me to carry water up 
the steps these days, so I use the electric pump to deliver it to the 
sink.  Regular phone seems to run off phone's power????  Everything else 
electric (laptop, radio, cd player, couple LED lights) I run off grid 
power if there's plenty until I hit the $13 mark.  If I get close, I run 
that stuff off solar-charged batteries.  Stove is gas, heatstove is 
wood.  It wouldn't kill me to go without the extras but I'd miss yakkin' 
at you guys :-)

A national grid?  Talk about hogtied.  Nah, I no likeeee........

SJ