I have submitted this letter: 13 Balsam Acres February 12, 2006 New London NH 03257 603 526 6374 rlawrenc@tds.net Editor Argus Champion Re: Centrally Located Middle School and Peak Oil Those who want a new centrally located middle school should perhaps get out their calculators, and determine what the transportation costs will be when diesel goes to five dollars, and then to ten dollars per gallon. Those who seriously study the approaching peak/decline in global petroleum production, such as the European University based Association for the Study of Peak Oil, believe that a major response will be widespread relocalization of activities and production of goods and services. Citizens of Tompkins County, NY are actively at work formulating a relocalization plan for their area: “The purpose of the Project is to research and document an emergency plan for relocalizing the production and distribution of essential goods and services in Tompkins County in response to an economic crisis precipitated by an irreversible, perpetually increasing rise in the price of oil, a crisis that now appears to many of us to be inevitable and not much longer in coming.� The Project can be seen here: http://ibiblio.org/tcrp/doc/project.htm It would behoove citizens of all communities to be at work on such a project, including the relocalization of schools. (The Rev.) Lawrence D. Rupp New London NH