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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I didn’t know that people who listen to Rush Limbaugh (dittoheads)
were on this mailing list. And that reminds me, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I wonder if bicyclists can trade carbon credits for commuting
instead of driving, now there’s motivation! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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bostoncriticalmass-bounces@bostoncriticalmass.org
[mailto:bostoncriticalmass-bounces@bostoncriticalmass.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Peter<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 02, 2009 11:43 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Boston Critical Mass<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [*BCM*] Motivation to ride CM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The central thesis is that somehow humans are different from
all of the other species. There is nothing to suggest that this is true.
We will propagate until our population reaches an unsustainable limit
and collapses.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The planet, on the other hand, will be just fine. It
has survived far worse.<o:p></o:p></p>
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--- On <b>Thu, 7/2/09, robert fine <i><countrybob@comcast.net></i></b>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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From: robert fine <countrybob@comcast.net><br>
Subject: [*BCM*] Motivation to ride CM<br>
To: list@bostoncriticalmass.org<br>
Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 11:33 PM<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>There
is motivation to bicycle and maybe ride CM in this quote taken from the
website: http://www.beyondtalk.net/<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>"Scientists
tell us that the maximum level of CO2 our atmosphere can safely bear is 350
parts per million. Beyond that, our planet is at imminent risk of
catastrophic changes we'll never be able to stop — meaning billions of people
will die. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Today,
the level of CO2 in the atmosphere is already at 390 worldwide — and it's
rising at 2 parts per million per year."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>And,for
those afraid to lose their job for becoming known as a radical by being
outlandishly outspoken, going on CM rides and even losing your cool once in a
while, you can help sponsor an activist who will risk arrest.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Just
click on the link that says:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>
"I am unable to get arrested, but would like to purchase “action
offsetS” to help someone else receive civil-disobedience training or pay
bail, or to otherwise assist this program."<o:p></o:p></p>
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