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

[Leigh Kite]

At this stage I'd be inclined to say send them both together, you have the 
leaflet for quick reference and Keith's data sheet if you want to have a 
serious look.  :)

Cheers,

Leigh

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex P" <alex-po at trevbus.org>
To: <peakoil at act-peakoil.org>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 10:08 AM
Subject: Letterboxing may have an impact now Re: [Peakoil] "It will be 
worsethan the drought"


> 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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