I had the perfect opportunity to show the world just how 'GREEN' a crowd
we racers really are. Last Earth Day, RMVR had an event in La Junta. Two
of our Flagging & Communications people arrived in hybrid Hondas. I
wanted to get a picture of them with their Eco-Friendly rides preparing
aluminum cans for recycling.
I have also been known to remark to people who complain that we make
noise that we are part of "The Church of the Divine Radial Ply Tyre" and
when we worship, "we make a joyful noise".
They tried to make a zone, 2 mile radius, from the Mead track that was
limited to 50dBa. Interstate 25 is essentially the western boundary. It
is louder than that at 3 o'clock in the morning. Children at play far
exceed that standard.
Bill
On Mon, 29 May 2006 11:11:40 -0700 Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com> writes:
> There are short sighted, holier-than-thou weenies everywhere that
> want to
> vote down every facility that smacks of fun, particularly if it
> uses
> petroleum and makes noise. What they fail to understand is that the
> large
> majority of people will not wear a hair shirt for long. If they
> really want
> to change how the world works they need to do it in ways that don't
> feel so
> much like voluntary deprivation and self discipline. The "ecology"
> movement
> lost general support very quickly in the US because no one wants to
> listen
> to zealots. To paraphrase Bill Bryson, some loser in hemp clothing
> driving a
> dung-powered VW Microbus couldn't talk me into getting out of a
> burning car,
> never mind committing myself to their cause.
>
> There is a substantial movement here in Portland to shut down PIR
> and put
> something "less intrusive" there, perhaps a nice landfill, or an
> outlet
> mall. The main reason I'm working to make the CRC into a serious
> event is
> that it could help prevent that. We're spending a lot of time with
> the
> neighborhood association in St. Johns to make sure they see a
> benefit from
> the event. We had an entry in their parade this year (we won
> second!), we
> have the block party in downtown St. Johns. I don't know if this
> will all
> work, but it's the best thing I could come up with.
>
>
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