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Imagine that! We’ve got HEMP HATS! TO THE EDITOR would otherwise end up in the landfill. So manufacturing and distribution costs com- pared to those of conventional diesel, derived from fossil fuel pumped from thousands of feet below the ground in the Middle East or Venezuela or wherever, shipped around the world and heavily processed, is also ridicu- lous. Biodiesel is not problem-free, and it might not be the end all answer to our de- pendence on fossil fuels, but it’s not a bad al- ternative, and I applaud those folks with the biodiesel bumper stickers. Ben Nielsen Corvallis THE KINGDOM OF KNIGHT My hope was that the R-G story on Phil Knight’s $100 million pledge would praise the Knights for donating that sum to the fi- nancial aid office at the UO for student schol- arships. The $100 million could be used to es- tablish the “Oregon Education Legacy Fund” to build, maintain and expand Eugene and/or statewide academic programs, as well as to hire more professional staff. Or maybe even that sum could be used to support Oregon’s foster children, health research and health care, people with disabilities, local nonprofit organizations, the homeless, etc. But, what was I thinking? Of course the Knights are able to spend their own money any way they want. Now, there will soon be the Knight Daily Newspaper, the Knight Basketball Arena, the City of Knight and of course the State of Knight. Patricia M. Dawson Eugene SUSTAIN THIS Although I agree with the sentiments of those who like to use the 21st century buzz- word “sustainability,” I ask them all: Get a thesaurus, people! Come up a few new words or phrases, please! JEEzuz ... Glenn Leonard Eugene ★ Hemp clothing for men, women, & kids ★ Hemp twine, wallets, hats, purses, & more! CONNECT THE DOTS Tons of NEW ARRIVALS! Pete Sorenson framed the problem before Lane County — regarding looming cuts in federal funding for counties with federal acreage vs. increased timber cutting — well in his recent R-G op-ed piece. On one hand, egregious, unacceptable cuts in county serv- ices; on the other, increased logging. If log- ging were increased to provide timber re- ceipts that we did historically, it would be to- tally unsustainable, plus it would also proba- bly include cutting old growth. Which way do we go? Neither way! We need to think outside the box, connect the dots and create a new paradigm. The nur- turing, growth and protection of living trees has considerable value in these times of global warming — trees are one of the most effective atmosphere scrubbers that exist. According to a recent study by the UN Committee on Climate Change, one acre of old growth can sequester 1,000 tons of car- bon emissions per month, compared to 100 tons by second growth plantation forests. All plant life absorbs carbon dioxide, but trees are the champs. I propose the Carbon Reduction Investment Initiative, stating that the We’ve got HEMP PIE you want to Buy! ★ Natural High hemp clothing ★ Same Underneath clothing ★ Keltic Designs t-shirts Mon-Sat 10-7 / Sunday 12-6 Corner of 11th & Willamette In the ❤ of Eugene ,QYHVWLQJ/RFDOO\ 6LQFH ´5HILQDQFH\RXUFDU ORZHU\RXUUDWH E\DWOHDVWµ 2$& /RDQ5DWHVDV/RZDV3HUFHQW 6RFLDOO\&RQVFLRXV :KHUH&KDUDFWHU6WLOO&RXQWV %ODLU%OYG(XJHQH0RQGD\7XHVGD\7KXUVGD\)ULGD\ SEPTEMBER 13, 2007 7
