Letterboxing may have an impact now Re: [Peakoil] "It will be worse than the drought"

[Alex P]

We discussed letterboxing many months ago, but now I think it would have a 
much greater impact. I might dust off the trifold and see if it needs 
updating. It's a leaflet for grabbing attention, whereas Keith's leaflet is 
about providing as much information as possible. Which leaflet would work 
best where?

Alex
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On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 17:47:09 +1000, "Leigh Kite" <lkite at tpg.com.au> wrote :

> Sit back and enjoy the crisis.  ;)
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Keith Thomas" <keith at evfit.com>
> To: "ACT Peak Oil discussion Oil discussion" <peakoil at act-peakoil.org>
> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 7:37 AM
> Subject: [Peakoil] "It will be worse than the drought"
> 
> 
> > The Canberra Times (in its guise as the Sunday Times) has the headline 
> > today "It will be worse than the drought: How petrol prices are 
> > threatening life as we know it".
> > 
> > The articles under the headlines focus on the string of towns between 
> > Canberra and the holiday coast, predicting $1.70 litre by Christmas and 
> > printing quotes like:
> > 
> > "It's not just tourism operators - no matter what business you're in, 
> > everyone is suffering."
> > 
> > "People are going broke ... some businesses will go under."
> > 
> > The boosters are there, too, of course, and their words are worth 
> > studying.  The south coast mayor is clutching bravely at straws:
> > 
> > "This area has one of the highest rates of population growth of all 
> > [local government areas] in the country and we are anticipating much 
> > more growth in the next 15 years." The reporter interpolates: Mr Hede 
> > (the mayor) said that despite rising fuel prices, the region was 
> > attracting enormous interest from commercial developers including 
> > Woolworths and Coles. "I'm sure they've done their homework and have 
> > factored prices into business models". He hopes!
> > 
> > Others back here in Canberra are predicting the stay-at-homes here will 
> > boost consumer spending in Canberra, but the ACT Tourism chief 
> > executive was less optimistic: "We need other people to come here. More 
> > locals won't help our cause, it just circulates dollars around the ACT 
> > economy and doesn't attract interstate dollars."
> > 
> > It is my guess that almost everyone who has booked their holiday 
> > accommodation will still make their pilgrimage to the coast, but will 
> > spend more money on fuel and less on everything else, including driving 
> > around the coast, so that Canberra loses, the small towns along the way 
> > lose and the tourism-related businesses on the coast lose.  The oil 
> > companies will be the only gainers + the people who don't get involved 
> > in motor accidents with (a) less driving and (b) slower, fuel-saving 
> > driving .
> > 
> > The story is opening the lid on peak oil.
> > 
> > I'll letterbox today.
> > --------------------------------------------
> > Keith Thomas
> > www.evfit.com
> > --------------------------------------------
> > 

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