[Peakoil] Idea for an OIL PEAK Action

[Alex P]

I'll put in at least $50 depending on costs.   
   
Alex   
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On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 19:22:06 +1000, Keith Thomas <keith at evfit.com> wrote :   
   
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> On 27/10/2005, at 12:32 PM, Adrian Whitehead wrote:   
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> >   
> > Hi All,   
> >   
> > Just had a great idea for an oil peak action.   
> >   
> >  I am proposing that we replicate the slogans on our stickers, get some   
> > corflute signs made up (what we call the plastic cardboard use for    
> > making   
> > signs in Victoria), get some poles and get a team to maintain the    
> > signs in   
> > the roads i.e. different people could look after different stretches    
> > of main   
> > road etc.   
> >   
> > Any comments, thought, suggestions, or $$$   
> >   
> > Adrian   
> >   
> Sounds like a good idea. Tomato stakes will be adequate. You will need    
> to secure the signs in a way that enables them to keep aligned and not    
> swing around with the wind and out of motorists' vision. You'll also    
> need a hammer to drive the stakes into the ground - easy at the mo    
> while it's soft.   
>    
> As to what to put on the signs, it needs to be something that can be    
> taken in and remembered in a second.  Many of the roadside signs in    
> Canberra are a sad waste as the message is in type too small and too    
> crowded to be read at 80kph.  Something very brief like "FUEL PRICES ?"    
> and a short web address.   
>    
> Then you have to engage them at the website.   
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> Keith Thomas   
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