[Mpls] Traffic Congestion Alert: R.T. To Join Hybrid Car PR Event

[Dyna]

	One hybrid car driver driving 10 miles per hour slower than 
the speed limit trying in vain to equal the mileage of a biodiesel 
car driven 10 mph over the limit can hold up traffic- imagine what 
congestion a whole parade of these slowpokes can create! It's a made 
for R.T. PR event restricted to the elite owners of these expensive 
and exclusive hybrids- and at the expense of us taxpayers R.T. had 
the city get him a Prius so he can be a member of this exclusive cult 
of pseudo environmental snobbery too!

	Now I and my biodiesel buddies would be happy to join in this 
little event, though at a more vigorous pace. We'd be more than happy 
to demonstrate the ability of a quarter century old VW running on 
biodiesel to match the mileage the hybrids get on that fuel we have 
to literally kill for while consuming a fuel grown right here in 
Minnesota. But we weren't invited... the Hybrid clique know better 
than to let themselves be upstaged by a mass of unwashed gearheads in 
old VWs.

	Fortunately the hybrid owners still have to share the streets 
with us, although R.T. does command the remains of a police 
department and could always have a bunch of gas guzzling MPD Crown 
Vics create a buffer lest he be passed by an old VW running on soy 
beans at every stoplight.
So I think I'll tag along- maybe when they stop for lunch I can even 
load up on some free fuel.  I'll even help out by bringing along some 
biodegradable wheel chocks (split firewood) and keep the Mayoral 
Prius properly chocked lest it roll away again.

	running on renewables in Hawthorne (and wondering when the 
mayor's going to catch up),

		Dyna Sluyter



>From: Cesia Kearns [mailto:cesia.kearns at sierraclub.org]
>Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 8:26 AM
>
>Cool Cities Hybrid Car Tour and Scavenger Hunt
>Seeking solutions to global warming
>TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1st  kickoff press conference at 10:30am
>
>The Cool Cities hybrid car tour is about praising the work of mayors that
>have signed onto Climate Protection Agreement, and highlighting the work
>of "Cool Cities" and citizens that are working toward a sustainable energy
>future through local efforts to curb global warming.
>
>Participants at each stop in the Twin Cities Hybrid Car Tour and Scavenger
>Hunt will learn an example of how the Twin Cities and citizens are
>creating local strategies to curb global warming, and collect ideas and
>solutions for how we can move faster and farther toward sustainability.
>Stops as part of the Scavenger Hunt will point out that we don't have to
>do much searching- solutions are right before us, we simply have to
>collect and implement them!
>
>This day is meant to point out that by taking action with Cleaner Cars,
>Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy local solutions, Minneapolis and
>other U.S. cool cities are proving that we can solve global warming one
>city at a time and move our nation toward a safer and more secure energy
>future.
>
>Here's what the day will look like:
>
>10:30am - Press Conference at Minneapolis City Hall
>Speakers:
>Mayor R.T. Rybak
>J Drake Hamilton - Minnesotans for an Energy Efficient Economy
>Josh Syrjamaki, United Steelworkers of America
>
>11:30am  - Green Institute  2801 21st Ave. South, Minneapolis
>Speakers:
>Corey Brinkema, Community Energy Initiatives Project Associate
>Sean Gosiewski, Executive Director of the Alliance for Sustainability
>
>1:00pm  - Minnesota State Capitol building 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King
>Jr. Blvd W, St.Paul
>Speakers:  Representative Frank Hornstein
>
>2:00pm  - District Energy, St.Paul,  76 Kellog Blvd. W.
>Speakers:
>Anders Rydaker, founder and president
>Elizabeth Dickinson, clean air activist with the Metro Emissions
>Reduction Project
>
>3:00pm - Izzy's Ice Cream, 2034 Marshall Ave, St.Paul- an example of a
>local solar energy community project.
>
>Enjoy ice cream and discuss how citizens can continue to work with the
>community and public officials to curb global warming, one cool city at a
>time.
>
>To RSVP for the whole day, specific stops, or for questions, directions, or
>more information, please call Cesia (saysha) at 612-659-9124 or email
>cesia.kearns at sierraclub.org
>
>Cesia G. Kearns Conservation Organizer Sierra Club, North Star Chapter
>2327 E. Franklin Ave, #1 Minneapolis, MN 55406 office: 612.659.9124
>mobile: 612.310.2649

p.s:	just remembered I have to work today, dang!