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DLS — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:34:24 -0000

"stores in the exurbs opening much later in the day "

That would be ideal, too, in the Upstate NY city I lived in for two years; there are more people on welfare than ever there now. Let them sleep off the party of the previous night before opening the stores.

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DLS — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:31:46 -0000

Where I work in Detroit metro we're on a 9-80 schedule; every other Friday we have off, a three-day weekend every other weekend. (If only gasoline were cheap again so I could take advantage of that and enjoy it!) Working nine or ten hours a day is commonplace, anyway.

"Do every single possible thing you can think of to reduce the profits of Big[ ]Oil."

Have you bombed any service stations yet or hijacked and destroyed any tankers?

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Silhouette — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:04:45 -0000

I remember when BigOil was price-fixing gas over $5 a gallon here recently and on the news I'd see BigOil talking heads interviewed telling us to "stop complaining" "keep driving like usual" "I'm keeping MY SUV [implied: you're an idiot if you don't].

I say, any activity that reduces the consumption of gasoline and any oil product is at the VERY TOP of my to-do list. If four-day workweeks cut way back on gas use. Do it.

If trading in your SUV or keeping it parked just for off-road excursions and carpooling or using a second economy car most times keeps BigOil from profiting.. Do it.

If switching to geothermal from coal and oil (or even nuclear) power plants cuts hugely into BigOil profits or their shareholding (in coal and nuclear)... Do it.

Do every single possible thing you can think of to reduce the profits of BigOil. I don't like the fact that they're leading us into WWIII.

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superdestroyer — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:51:10 -0000

I have visited a few industrial plants that experimented with 10 hour days. they said that they lost too much productivitiy. 10 hours of clock time equals 11 hours at the job and with commutes, a 13 hours days. they said that productivity fell off in the last two hours that it did not make up for the energy consumption.

However, I could stores in the exurbs opening much later in the day during Monday through Thursday to save money.