July 8 begins Ride Transit/Bike/Walk to work week

Thanks to Abandoned Stuff for giving us the heads up on a great effort related to trying to impact the Gas Price Situation. Check out an excerpt from the event being proposed for the Week of July 8 through July 15:

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“Get out of your cars and enjoy the world!”
From July 8-15, 2007, all around the globe, people are going to try their hardest to get out of their cars for their daily commute, and walk, ride transit, or bike to work for a whole week. A chance for all of them to save gas, produce less traffic and pollution, and enjoy life a little more.

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Though I do not feel this will have a huge impact on profits of suppliers or significantly reduce the price of gas, the longer duration might help to show the effects of a boycott on gas. I'm also hoping that participants may realize that they can, in fact, find other ways to get to work. But, as I stated in my previous post, the only real way to decrease the price of Gas is to consistently, over time, decrease our use of gas.

Read more about the event on Facebook or at http://www.1337hax0r.com/?p=557

I thought I would present this as a follow up to my post last week on the Gas Out.

Urgent Action by June 4: The Department of Energy wants to turn Southern Ohio into a nuclear waste dump.

I received this email today from a recently formed group: The Southern Ohio Neighbors Group (SONG). Any time a group of people come together to stop corruption and turn around Ohio, I think it is worth getting the word out.

The following is an excerpt from the text of the email that I received:
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The federal reservation near Piketon, Ohio, has been proposed as a storage site for high-level nuclear waste, imported from other counties, other states, and other countries. These plans were developed in secret without public disclosure and with fraudulent claims of community support.
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The group, in conjunction with Progress Ohio, has put together testimony, which, after signed by all of us, will be delivered to the Department of Energy. The deadline to take action is June 4, 2007.

In addition to the message quoted above, you can view their Video directly on You Tube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kI8QAqRDqg&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eprogressohio%2Eorg%2Fpage%2Fpetition%2FDoEpetition

Remember, please go to http://www.progressohio.org/page/petition/DoEpetition to take action on a great cause by June 4. Let's keep challenging our government to clean up Ohio.