If you want some hope, think of this: Remember walking into a restaurant in the 70s? Remember the thick nicotine
haze that hit you the minute you opened the door? If you were lucky, the
place had a non-smoking section, which essentially was three tables towards
the back where they didn't put an ashtray.

Now what's it like?

Plenty of smoke-free restaurants and cities. Smoke-free BARS, for Pete's
sake. To rip off Hunter S. Thompson, the worm turned, and the gasoline
blew back on the arsonists.

The anti-smoking movement should be our blueprint on how to move ourselves
into a less oil-dependent state.

We have to educate, motivate and tax ourselves into a different pattern.
Why not punish oil companies at the pumps if they will not provide
biofuels? Create a situation where our fuels can be sold cheaper, and the
car markets will get in line.

It's worked in the past. We've changed our smoking habits, our drinking
and driving habits, all as a result of the combination of public relations
and public policy.

It can happen here too.

I was listening to the new Wilco album this week. Wonderful band. I've
been a fan of Jeff Tweedy and his former band mate Jay Farrar since the
first Uncle Tupelo album came out when I was a freshman in college. By
the way, if you want my review of the new disc, I would simply say that
it's quite tasty. To me their album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot will always be
hard to beat, but I like this disc better than their last album, A Ghost Is
Born.

Anyway, in listening to the album, I was struck by a couple of lines in the
song, "What Light": "And if the whole world's singing your songs/And all of
your paintings have been hung/Just remember what was yours is everyone's
from now on".

Well, that's the way it is now with Bid For Green. The painting's hung and
the song's been sung. Now it's time for your interpretation. What do you
want to buy or sell? Are there other ways of interacting that you want?
What are we doing right and what are we missing?

I am very interested in hearing your feedback, positive and negative.
Please feel free to contact me via email and give me both barrels.

Dale

This website focuses on connection: Connecting buyers and sellers,
companies and customers. Our mission is to create the greatest and most
central green space on the internet.

The world of alternative energy reminds me very much of where the internet
was ten years ago: something very exciting, but somewhat scary. People
worried about safety and security and quality, questions that arise today
about biofuels. There have been so many horror stories about a "bad batch"
that many people don't know how to begin to support our industry.

We pledge to change that. Our focus will be on introducing buyers and
sellers, ensuring quality and helping to create a safe and secure space
where quality will be the only commodity.

We look forward to hearing from you, learning what you want to see. If you
are a seller of eco-friendly or socially conscious goods, put 'em up!
Let's make this the place that we all grow our vision of a cleaner and
better world.

Dale Wiley
Bid For Green CEO