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Permalink Reply by James Hand on -
this is what my congressman had to say at least he replied:
Mr. Hand,
I have heard of the Pickens Plan.... which is essentially wind energy. I do support it as well as a number of other alternative energy plans because what you say is very true - we need to get serious about our dependency on foreign oil and send a message to the hostage situation that the oil
companies have us in. Mr. Pickens is right when he says that it can't
just be a State-by-State initiative - Washington has to get on board and
that's a hard sell, Oil companies play a very big role in workings of
Washington.
I intend to push hard (at least on the State level) to keep moving toward alternative energy and making the necessary cuts so that we have funding for these types of initiatives.
I hope this information is helpful to you.
Best,
Dave Valesky
State Senator
"Jim Hand"
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Permalink Reply by Austin Evans on -
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Good Gas
September 9th, 2008
By, Austin Evans
"When looking at our transportation industry we see that there is one fuel that is dominating the market—Gasoline. Why is this so? Well, it’s because it is so well developed and that we have used it more than any other fuel to move us around. Gasoline is a “known” quantity. We know it works, and we know we need it.
There are many downfalls with gasoline though. First off it is expensive, that’s the thing on everyone’s minds right now. Secondly it is polluting, this isn’t to say that other fuels aren’t, but Gasoline is one of the dirtiest fossil fuels that there is. Lastly Gasoline reserves are assumed to be depleted. Whether or not this is true is up for debate—but that is not the main topic for today.
Rather, we are talking about Natural Gas. Natural Gas is a close relative to Petroleum and coal—but there are a few key differences between the three. These differences have to do with the depth and pressure in which a substance called keratin (think dead plants, animals, and mud) is pressurized and heated. Depending on the depth, and amount of heat and pressure put upon the keratin we can see one of three substances—natural gas, coal, and petrol.
Of the three substances Petrol is the one that is rare in the United States. Because of the way most of America’s geology is, most of the Keratin got turned into natural gas and coal, while a minority of it became oil. That leads to the question of why we used oil to power our cars. Really it is a simple concept. Oil is a liquid, coal is a solid, and natural gas is a gas, so we didn’t really know what we could do with it in the early industrial revolution—much of the time the Natural Gas was just burned off of the oil and coal fields, or buried back into the ground because no one could figure out what to do with the stuff. Obviously that is no longer the case because many Power Plants run off of natural gas.
So now natural gas is a known quantity as well. So why aren’t we using it instead of Petrol? Maybe it’s because we have not had a big economic hit that was worth the cost of switching an entire culture to “new” technology—or maybe it was the fact that our enemies would attack us if we did not keep giving them money for switching over. Well, we’ve already been attacked, and now our enemies are switching their vehicles to be NGV’s (Natural Gas Vehicles). It’s very interesting to me that our enemies would be switching from petrol to natural gas, but it seems that selling oil for over $100 a barrel has its advantages, so why strain all of the trade that they have when they could easily make the switch to a cleaner, and more efficient source of fuel?"
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Permalink Reply by Joseph Waggoner on -
Let me say first that I am non-partisan.
I am interested in the future of America's energy needs and it's ability to supply them. It takes only clear, rational, common sense thinking to acquire the needs as a cleaner and more abundant self-fueled for our nation. Mr. Pickens has a good plan
My reason for writing is that "we" as the "army" and Mr. Pickens must avoid the politics involved. I realize that nothing can be done within this great nation without politics, but this is to important to be trifled with as has oil.
When Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi recently changed her postion on off shore drilling to "maybe", she said, "I prefer Natural Gas as an alternative to fossile fuel." Uh, Nancy, Natural Gas IS a fossil fuel! This type of ignorance, coupled with corruption amongst politicians and oil lobbyists have produced the energy "crisis" in which we find ourselves today.
What I'm trying to say, ladies and gentleman, is that Mr. Pickens and we, as the "army," must remain alert. I cannot express this strongly enough that I think the real danger to the "Plan" lies in Washington and we must continue pushing our representatives to work for the plan and guard against them doing anything negative to the plan. We should not allow ourselves to get shoved out into the cold, riding bicycles or paying high prices for groceries.
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Permalink Reply by Dr. Francine Kemp on -
Hi Tamara I liked your entry. While I agree that we have to stay vigilant with Washington, I have come to believe that we have to be more entrepreneurial and continue on our own to be creative and allow the spirit of the genius of America to take hold. When we start our collective juices to get behind something, then Washington will have no choice but to pay attention and redirect policy. Seems to me that when something fantastic is created then you get the attention of the politicians. I want politics out of it but it is politics that will change the direction of our country.
The ancient Greeks used the word "poli" for separate areas. They Greek poli developed as independent, isolated areas due to rugged terrains or ocean separation. They developed alliances which were called leagues for protection against other cities and foreign invaders. So I suggest that we go back to the original positive intention of "politics" and insist on alliances to protect our Nation from too much foreign influence. To mock that commercial: IT IS OUR COUNTRY AND I WANT IT NOW!.
The only positive thing about high prices is that it is directing people like you and me to start the Poli--and alliances and leagues. If we look at this in that direction, to lower prices makes us all complacent. We won't change and we need to change. America has always been a change agent but we have become lazy. Time for us to dig in and start the change movement to benefit all of us not just politicians in Washington and local governments. Eventually, Mr. Pickens' plan will spread; we will see great change, we will institute products in our homes, we will force energy companies to buy in and our lifestyle will begin to evolve for the next century. The last century was about design, invention, improvement of lifestyle and conspicuous consumption. This coming century has to be about design, invention, improvement of lifestyle for all and conservation and preservation. Going green should be affordable for everyone not just the wealthy.
Francine Kemp, DM
Herndon,VA
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Permalink Reply by vinbeazel on -
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