[Greenbuilding] 2000 miles on a scooter to get to the green building conference

Sat Apr 30 16:59:56 CDT 2011

It is a slang term originating from our experience of how the word is often
pronounced by citizens of the US.  Similar to 'merkin' and 'merka'. I'm not
sure I would take it as an insult but then I am canadian. I don't think the
term is a canadianism though - the only specifically Canadian term that I
remember from my youth being applied to people from the 'states' is 'people
from the states' as we usually referred to the place as 'the states' and
'those americans' which was a pretty common figure of speech used a lot when
discussing our economy, general sense of well-being or in any discussion
about the world in general.

From: greenbuilding-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org
[mailto:greenbuilding-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Gennaro
Brooks-Church
Sent: April-30-11 12:45 PM
To: Green Building
Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] 2000 miles on a scooter to get to the green
building conference

What the hell is a murrican? It sounds like an insult to a specific group of
people.

Gennaro Brooks-Church
347-244-3016
Sent from my phone

On Apr 30, 2011 3:22 PM, "Benjamin Pratt" <benjamin.g.pratt at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Be careful on your trip. I've been badly injured on a scooter, and my
> Dad was killed on a bicycle. Greater mileage isn't worth injury or
> death. The cause was "Murrican" drivers.
> Ben
> 
> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 12:46 PM, RE-USE Consulting
> <go2nacho at comcast.net> wrote:
>> I am disappointed to find that the scooter averages only about 60-65 mpg,
>> but on the open road and using some bicycling techniques I know I will
try
>> to get that up to 70mpg and I will track that on
>> (http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Re-Use-Consulting/168260119870367)
>>
>>
>>
>> I have to get back to packing and planning, but know this:
>>
>>
>>
>>  I had to make a trade-off in mpg to provide more help to my clients and
>> spend more time with them.  Think of it this way, they say that
>> the materials in a 2000 sq ft home have the embodied energy equal to
1000's
>> of gallons of gas (see http://www.deconstructioninstitute.com/calc4.php).
>> If I help these groups get started and 5 of them go on to deconstruct 100
>> buildings a year, even after accounting for the materials that are not
>> saved, the parts of the 500 buildings diverted could equal over 2,000,000
>> gallons of gas.  Then and only then would I sleep soundly knowing that I
had
>> made up for the 27-30 gallons of gas the scooter used.
>>
>>
>>
>> Building deconstruction rules....
>>
>> Dave Bennink
>> RE-USE Consulting
>> dave at decon.us
>>
>> www.reuseconsulting.com
>>
>> Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Re-Use-Consulting/168260119870367
>> 360-201-6977
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Gennaro Brooks-Church" <info at ecobrooklyn.com>
>> To: "Green Building" <greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org>
>> Cc: Greenbuilding at bioenergylists.org
>> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 10:14:52 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] 2000 miles on a scooter to get to the green
>> building conference
>>
>> I don't know....moped, scooter....it is a 250cc bike, no? If anything a
>> 250cc motorcycle gets better mileage than a 250 scooter due to
>> better aerodynamics. I don't mean to be nit picky but if the object is
green
>> transportation then isn't a low cc the measure of that, a bicycle being
the
>> greenest at 0 cc? 250cc is better than 500cc I guess.
>>  I don't mean to put a negative light on something that is clearly worth
>> doing and will benefit the planet. Maybe I'm getting stuck on small
details?
>> Gennaro Brooks-Church
>>
>> Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
>> www.EcoBrooklyn.com
>> 22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 1:03 PM, RE-USE Consulting <go2nacho at comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> 2000 mile scooter trip - I had hoped to use a 50cc at 100mpg, but it
would
>>> have meant skipping about half of the groups that I am trying to provide
>>> free consulting to (due to the slow speed).  I think by definition 50cc
>>> bikes are 'mopeds'.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Trying to keep fuel consumption at $100 or less, and I am trying to pin
>>> down the mpgs for this bike.  I will be tracking that on my Facebook
page
>>> for following our progress:
>>>
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Re-Use-Consulting/168260119870367
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have to fly to my next job after it is over.  There are a dozen out of
>>> work construction workers expecting me to train them on building
>>> deconstruction and material reuse so they can get back to work.  Thanks.
>>>
>>> Dave Bennink
>>> RE-USE Consulting
>>>
>>> www.reuseconsulting.com
>>>
>>> dave at decon.us
>>> Facebook:
>>> http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Re-Use-Consulting/168260119870367
>>> 360-201-6977
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Reuben Deumling" <9watts at gmail.com>
>>> To: "Green Building" <greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org>
>>> Cc: Greenbuilding at bioenergylists.org
>>> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 5:23:48 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] 2000 miles on a scooter to get to the green
>>> building conference
>>>
>>> sounds good to me.
>>> Even scooters aren't what they used to be. I thought 50cc was the
scooter
>>> class. What is your anticipated fuel consumption for the trip? Are you
>>> returning by scooter as well?
>>>
>>> Reuben Deumling
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 2:47 PM, RE-USE Consulting
<go2nacho at comcast.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  a 250cc scooter!
>>>
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