A Call to Arms - Let the Digging Begin!
If you're beginning to ponder your 2009 facility budgets and if you're worried about how you're going to fund significant cost increases from electricity to toilet paper, perhaps you'll consider signing a petition asking those responsible for the nation's "energy policy" (i.e. the US Congress) that we, the people, (you know, the folks they're supposed to represent) are asking, NO - WE'RE NOW DEMANDING that oil companies be allowed to produce more oil and natural gas from North American sources.
What -- did Poor Richard say North America? How can this be possible?
On a planet that's 8,000 miles in diameter, do you really believe that the ONLY oil and natural gas reserves are under that tiny patch of desert in the Middle East? Puh-lease....
Look, our facilities budgets are becoming "victims" of US energy policy! If you think your facility is not being victimized because you have a fleet of hybrid cars or solar panels on the roof -- think again. What about every product and service your facility will purchase over the next 12 months? It's time to wake up and recognize that energy is a component of EVERYTHING - EVERYTHING. Facility managers everywhere should send a message to the pin heads in Washington who are driving up the expenses in our buildings and our vehicle fleets!
By the way, I hope you don't have misguided anger or resentment toward the oil companies. If you do, please answer this question: If asinine government policies forced YOUR organization's product or service to have limited supplies combined with steady and growing international demand - would YOUR stockholders refuse the profits? Would you give back the bonus awarded to the facilities department? Would your organization consider a 5 - 10% profit margin to be obscene?
Last point -- we need to remember that crude oil and natural gas are renewable resources that are also 100% organic & all natural. Tell that to the next hippie burnout that complains about the styrofoam coffee cups in your break room. Watch his eyes get wide as his brain struggles to comprehend what you've just said.
This is a call to arms! We're getting ripped off by OUR government, not the oil companies. Write to your elected representatives and to learn more about the petition, go to:
Poor Richard
Disgruntled FM, Taxpayer and Voter
What -- did Poor Richard say North America? How can this be possible?
On a planet that's 8,000 miles in diameter, do you really believe that the ONLY oil and natural gas reserves are under that tiny patch of desert in the Middle East? Puh-lease....
Look, our facilities budgets are becoming "victims" of US energy policy! If you think your facility is not being victimized because you have a fleet of hybrid cars or solar panels on the roof -- think again. What about every product and service your facility will purchase over the next 12 months? It's time to wake up and recognize that energy is a component of EVERYTHING - EVERYTHING. Facility managers everywhere should send a message to the pin heads in Washington who are driving up the expenses in our buildings and our vehicle fleets!
THIS IS A CALL TO ARMS !
By the way, I hope you don't have misguided anger or resentment toward the oil companies. If you do, please answer this question: If asinine government policies forced YOUR organization's product or service to have limited supplies combined with steady and growing international demand - would YOUR stockholders refuse the profits? Would you give back the bonus awarded to the facilities department? Would your organization consider a 5 - 10% profit margin to be obscene?
Last point -- we need to remember that crude oil and natural gas are renewable resources that are also 100% organic & all natural. Tell that to the next hippie burnout that complains about the styrofoam coffee cups in your break room. Watch his eyes get wide as his brain struggles to comprehend what you've just said.
This is a call to arms! We're getting ripped off by OUR government, not the oil companies. Write to your elected representatives and to learn more about the petition, go to:
Poor Richard
Disgruntled FM, Taxpayer and Voter
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