[dvs] Help make energy efficiency a reality

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You got it!  I renew my pledge,

Thanks Ralph!
Kevin



On Feb 4, 2008 9:16 AM, Ralph Copleman <rcopleman at comcast.net> wrote:

> Delaware Valley Sustainability (dvs at actionpa.org)
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> Three more since last week.  That makes 25.  Half-way to the goal of 50.
>  You give to NPR?  This is at least as important.  There are hundreds of you
> out there!  Take the pledge!
> Judy?  Sherry?  Jerry?  Kevin?  Jaclyn?
>
> You know, of course, the one day you leave your car sitting does not have
> to be the same day every week, right?  *Any* one in every seven.
>
>
> Ralph
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> On Feb 4, 2008, at 8:58 AM, Dale Hendricks wrote:
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> Delaware Valley Sustainability (dvs at actionpa.org)
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> Ralph I'll do it!!! It's the right thing and it'll be good to do, t
> Hi,
>
> Those who know me will not be surprised to know I spend rather less time
> than many good folks here focusing on policy change and rather more on
> personal behavior change.
>
> I want to re-state/revive the DVS Less Driving Pledge (capitalized, sure,
> but having no official standing).  It is...
>
> Leave your car sitting (and do not drive any other car) one day in every
> seven.  Since one-seventh of all oil production in the world supports cars
> on American roads, we're doing a little numerological sleight of mind, and
> making the pledge one day out of every seven: no driving of any kind.
>  Couple of years ago, about 22 people here took this pledge.  Most are city
> dwellers and don't use a car much, but they signed on anyway.  (Several said
> make the pledge tougher.  I agree in principle: don't drive *at all *if
> this is possible for you.)
>
> Today, this list is MUCH bigger than when I first floated the pledge.  If
> you have become part of this list since 2005, take the pledge.  If you
> actually reduce driving by c. 1/7, you'll save a heap of CO2.  Tons.
>  Literally.  And combined, our number will be gigantic.  You'll save about
> $3 out of every $21.  That's good, too.
>
> I know, I know: the numbers are a bit slippery.  But you get the idea.
>  Cut back on your driving.  Take the pledge.  How?  Send a note back to the
> listserve saying: "I am taking the pledge.  I will not drive my car or
> anyone else's one day out of every seven."
>
> We're 22 pledg-ees today.  Can we be 50?
>
> Ralph
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> Ralph Copleman
> Co-director
> Life Quality Alliance of the Delaware Valley
> 609-865-3466
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