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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Welcome to all recent visitors to this
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To give you an indication of what other people are
doing about peak oil, I have pasted below a post to the
US-centred peak oil forum Runningonempty2. It is not untypical.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>[The words in square brackets I have added by way
of explanation]</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>-----------------------------------------------------------------<BR>Keith
Thomas<BR><A href="http://www.evfit.com">www.evfit.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:
"mattsavinar" </SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Sent: Tuesday,
December 20, 2005 2:23 PM</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Lucida Sans Typewriter">Subject: Re:
Personal plans for peak oil<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></TT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> I'm
curious: what</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Lucida Sans Typewriter">> preparations
are you making?<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></TT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Matt,</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Lucida Sans Typewriter">First of all, I owe
you a heart felt thank you for your efforts in educating people about the Peak
Oil issue. Your site [www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net] was my first venture into
Peak Oil, and a scary venture it was!<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></TT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I sold my
quasi-McMansion in Baton Rouge Louisiana last April. I moved to
a</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">
<TT><SPAN style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">rental
property 1 mile from my job at that
time.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Since then, I've
left my cube-rat job at LSU and moved to Western North</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">
<TT><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Carolina.
Fortunately, my wife is a self-employed attorney who can work</SPAN></TT>
<TT><SPAN style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">just
about anywhere for her employer in
Louisiana.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">We did make a
small amount off of our house, which we completely remodeled. Our
house</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">
<TT><SPAN style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">netted
us 35% in profits after 6 years and a lot of hard work. Nothing</SPAN></TT>
<TT><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">compared to my
Brother-in-law's house in New Hampshire which has doubled in</SPAN></TT>
<TT><SPAN style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">value
in that same time period.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Our plan is to
rent in this area until such time as we can locate a small</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">
<TT><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">house/trailer on
at least 5 acres that will allow us to buy with a very</SPAN></TT> <TT><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">small mortgage,
if not outright. The sooner the better as far as I'm</SPAN></TT> <TT><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">concerned. After
all, it takes time to learn how to garden and be self</SPAN></TT> <TT><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">sufficient. A
long time.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Lucida Sans Typewriter">Our preps have
included:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></TT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">learning useful
post-peak skills</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">grew a raised
bed organic garden last spring which was very productive</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">
<TT><SPAN style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">in
cucumbers, lima beans and hot peppers</SPAN></TT> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">building a
library of useful info (thanks ROE2 list members),</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">getting physical
possession of precious metals from an old mutual fund</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">
<TT><SPAN style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that
had negative ROR between '99 and '04,</SPAN></TT> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">building up a
storage food inventory of about 6 months worth of food</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">purchasing a few
useful firearms and ammo for them and practicing... a</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">
<TT><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">lot.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></TT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">built a bug out
kit for my family of four (emergency food, water filter,</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">
<TT><SPAN style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">hand
crank radio, etc)</SPAN></TT> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">getting rid of
stuff that won't be useful in the future (and I had a LOT</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">
<TT><SPAN style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">of
it)</SPAN></TT> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">changing my
hobbies from auto restoration/racing to gardening, fishing,</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">
<TT><SPAN style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">and
learning some construction trades</SPAN></TT> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">getting off the
consumer/debt treadmill -- reducing debt.</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">trying to
educate friends and family (which has mostly caused</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">
<TT><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">alienation)
although, as time has passed and things have developed,</SPAN></TT> <TT><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">I'm starting to
have a little more credibility with the hard headed types.</SPAN></TT>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Sold the SUV and
the hotrod and bought a VW TDI (which is paid off now)</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Moved to an area
of the country that has better prospects post-peak than</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">
<TT><SPAN style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Baton
Rouge (a whole other discussion)</SPAN></TT> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Taking "nature
hikes" with the family and learning to identify various</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">
<TT><SPAN style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">plants
that could be useful in certain
situations<o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">For myself, I
plan on volunteering my labour at a local CSA [Community Supported Agriculture]
this spring (if</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">
<TT><SPAN style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">they'll
have me) with the goal of learning how to grow vegetables</SPAN></TT> <TT><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">sustainably. Once
we're on our own property, I plan on raising chickens and</SPAN></TT> <TT><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">growing as much
of our food as possible, again with the realization that it</SPAN></TT>
<TT><SPAN style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">will
take years to become proficient.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">As I told my
former colleagues at work, I'd be much happier making $10k per</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">
<TT><SPAN style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">year
selling vegetables and eggs than I would making 5 times that in a
cube,</SPAN></TT> <TT><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">toiling away at
some job that seems meaningless for the chance at a 4%</SPAN></TT> <TT><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">annual raise, and
that makes the executives relatively exorbitant salaries</SPAN></TT> <TT><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">from my efforts.
Their reaction has mostly been one of befuddlement. Maybe</SPAN></TT> <TT><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">I'm crazy? Of
course, I don't think so!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Looking at the
rate of return on my 403b (0.5%/year) [superannuation fund] over the last 8
years,</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">
<TT><SPAN style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">I've
come to the realization that I'll never have a retirement like my</SPAN></TT>
<TT><SPAN style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">father
has now. Economic disaster is coming for this country, due to PO,</SPAN></TT>
<TT><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">inflation,
housing bubble; pick your cause du jour.</SPAN></TT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><TT><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"></SPAN></TT><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">So my best bet
it to invest in a means to support myself that will work</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">
<TT><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">regardless of
economic conditions. IE getting out of debt, and voluntarily</SPAN></TT>
<TT><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">downsizing my way
of life so that I won't be a paycheck away from financial</SPAN></TT> <TT><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">ruin. We're about
halfway there right now. Still have some student loan</SPAN></TT> <TT><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">debt (damn that
law school is expensive!) and one car left to payoff. But</SPAN></TT> <TT><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">that's
it.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Lucida Sans Typewriter">It takes time to
make these changes.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></TT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Personally, I
would GTFO of any densely populated urban area. No matter what</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">
<TT><SPAN style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">it
cost. The price of staying there during a "disruption" could be your</SPAN></TT>
<TT><SPAN style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">life. I
guess you know that better than anyone. Hurricane Katrina was very</SPAN></TT>
<TT><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">educational for
my wife and me (and really should have been for everyone). It was a "peak" into
the future for us and caused us</SPAN></TT> <TT><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">to hasten our
escape plan from that toxic s***hole.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Lucida Sans Typewriter">Thanks for your
efforts in spreading the word about peak oil.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></TT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Roy (formerly of
Southern Louisiana)</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Working for the
future,</SPAN></TT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">
<TT><SPAN style="mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Black
Mountain, NC</SPAN></TT></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>