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P.S. I fully understand your reference to the "weekly show of fashion." You expressed our collective experience extremely well.

posted 4 years, 10 months ago
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Thanks, Virginia. I hope I didn't express that I worship Nature. I no longer worship. The church I grew up in was similar to yours, but it wasn't an organized religion (the Church of Christ, but not the United Church of Christ). I'm sure you will recognize it. It's great to know that there is another person with a similar background and profession! Thanks for your encouragement.

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The blast zone for the proposed pipelines will involve approximately 33,000 acres in Oregon. I consider that amount of land large enough to warrant a closer look at whether we need this LNG. These are not your ordinary 8" or 16" NG pipelines. These are 3 feet in diameter. If you want these pipelines, consider inviting them to run through your wells and septic systems, near your schools, through your streams. Have you considered how many people will have to be laid off because of the small organic farms, wineries, and nurseries that will be compromised. Our neighbor who owns approximately 100 acres in nursery land explains that he will have to close down his nursery and lay off six full-time and 10 part-time workers.

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The Dept. of Energy's Energy Infrastructure's Adminstration's, "Short-Term Energy Outlook", published Feb. 12, 2008 projects that natural gas use in the Western states will go from a 6% increase in 2007 to a 0.9% for 2008. Graphs on this report reveal an increase in price from $6 per thousand cubic feet to $16 per thousand cubic feet. LNG companies claim that LNG will lower the price, yet the DOE EIA Report projects a rise of 3.8% in price for 2008.
Another issue is the FERC's classification of new items filed by these private energy investors. Following public awareness programs, suddenly the FERC began classifying most LNG company filings as Critical Energy Infrastructure Documents that make them no longer available. There seems to be an air of secrecy within the FERC, and one can never believe Northern Star or Oregon LNG.

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