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Pickens Plan District Group TX-05

Welcome to the Texas 5th Congressional District Group for the New Energy Army! If you live in TX-05, please join us to learn more about Pickens Plan events and activities taking place in our District.

Website: http://push.pickensplan.com/group/DistrictGroupTX05
Location: Texas
Members: 28
Latest Activity: Jul 13, 2011

TX-05 Leader

The Pickens Plan District Leader for TX-05 is Eston Williams.

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The Pickens Plan website has a variety of groups dedicated to lively discussion on energy issues and policy. For this particular group, please keep all comments and discussions focused on tactics and ideas for accomplishing district goals. Discussions not related to district goals will be removed order to help us keep our eye on the prize. Thank you!

Discussion Forum

August Recess

Started by Geoff Bailey Aug 19, 2009.

Pickens Plan Letters to the Editor

Started by Geoff Bailey Aug 19, 2009.

It's Go Time! - The Virtual March Has Begun

Started by Geoff Bailey Apr 1, 2009.

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Comment by James C Orr on July 13, 2011 at 11:07am
Comment by mike on November 17, 2010 at 4:26pm
Indie Film “Haynesville” Will Premiere November 23rd On CNBC

“Haynesville” will premiere on Tuesday, November 23rd at 9pm on CNBC. The one hour documentary will repeat that evening at 10pm, 12am and 1am.

The show will also air on:

Sunday, November 28th at 10pm.

“Haynesville”

When the people in rural Northern Louisiana learn they are sitting on a fortune, they struggle to weigh their big dreams against the safety of their community. Some will take the money and run while others learn to negotiate with the big energy companies who are looking to drill into the trillion-dollar natural gas reservoir that lies deep beneath their homes. Will this be easy money or the fight of their lives, in what some are calling the “new gold rush”?

http://www.theindechannel.com/movies/indie-film-haynesville-will-pr...

Please watch and tell your friends!



film, natural gas, shale, indie, pickens plan, Haynesville, fracking, energy
Comment by Michael Gallops on March 13, 2010 at 11:28pm
Just want to let everyone know that I'm running for Rowlett City Council Place 6. If you live in Rowlett I'd love your vote and support. I'll have a website up soon but for now you can find me on my Facebook fan page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Gallops-for-Rowlett-City-Coun....

Regards,

Michael Gallops
Candidate for Place 6
Rowlett City Council
Comment by Geoff Bailey on August 19, 2009 at 1:11pm
Good Afternoon!

We are smack dab right in the middle of August Recess. Members of Congress (MOC) are back in their districts, holding events and Town Hall meetings. This is our time to shine army! While the majority of the current Town Hall meetings are focusing on Health Care, other issues are covered as well. I would encourage you to attend your MOC Town Hall and ask them a few quick questions:

1. What is your plan to end our dependence on foreign oil?
2. If you don’t have a plan, do you support the Pickens Plan?
3. If so, would you sign the Pickens Pledge?
4. Are you a Co-Sponsor of HR 1835, “The Natural Gas Act of 2009?” It’s a vital piece of legislation that, for the first time, gives the right incentives for natural gas to become a viable transportation fuel alternative to foreign oil. It currently has 77 bipartisan Co-Sponsors in the House – split almost evenly between Republicans and Democrats.


To find out where your MOC is having their next Town Hall meeting, visit their website and email/call their office for more information. You can do that here: http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.shtml or by calling the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121.

Also, don’t forget about your Senators! S 1408 is the sister bill of HR 1835 and we need to make sure all 100 members of the United States Senate have signed up as Co-Sponsors! You can check out where your Senators are having Town Halls in your area by emailing/calling their offices for dates and locations. You can do that here: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm or by calling the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121.

Together, we can end our dependence on foreign oil. But it is going to take all of us working together. The effort we put in today will give us the secure energy future we want for tomorrow!

Geoff
Geoffrey@pickensplan.com
Comment by Geoff Bailey on August 19, 2009 at 1:10pm
Letters to the editor are some of the most effective ways of communication today! Op-Eds and local LTE are terrific marketing tools that allow you to convey your thoughts and ideas to your friends, family and neighbors. They are fun, make an impact and, best of all, FREE!

Help Boone spread his message of ending our dependence on foreign oil.

Do you want to have a letter to the editor you write published in your local newspaper? If so, message me on Push or email me at Geoffrey@pickensplan.com and I can help you come up with a LTE of your own.

It's the little effort we make today that makes the big difference tomorrow!

Geoff
Geoffrey@pickensplan.com
Comment by Geoff Bailey on April 2, 2009 at 12:56pm
VIRTUAL MARCH DAY 2 - Boone Needs YOU

The Department of Energy has released the oil import figures for the month of March 2009. The data shows we imported 386 barrels at a cost of $18 billion. While we are importing less oil because of the recession, the percentage of oil we are importing is remaining disappointingly stable. The March numbers show we imported 65% percent of the oil we used.

Over the past 12 months, America has had to import nearly two-thirds of the oil we need. In 2008 that amounted to $475 billion dollars. Keep in mind, this is not a one-time payment like a stimulus package or a bail-out bill. This is an annual cost of over $400 billion per year.

CLICK HERE TO EMAIL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TODAY AND ASK THEM TO ...

Geoff
Comment by Joseph P Hogan on March 29, 2009 at 1:24pm
Just wanted to make a comment about burning alternative fuel. A lot of the good ole' red neck boys have been running their pickups on propane for years. Also when I lived in Chicago, the CTA was running some of their busses on propane. That was 60 years so the Japaneese and Europeans are not necessarily always ahead of us.
Comment by Karl Hyzer on March 29, 2009 at 10:32am
I like the idea of natural gas trucks, than cars. But it will have to be a while for me, as I don't have natural gas available at my house, were propane. But I guess it might work. If I remember, 20 years ago when I was in Japan, they had cars that ran on propane, or was it natural gas. And when I was in Germany, they had flash-heaters for their hot water, that was also 20 years ago.

Why is is we are so far behind the Europeans and Japanese in energy technology? I thought we were the world leaders? Guess not.

Let's make ourselves world leaders again. I'm in.
Comment by Geoff Bailey on March 3, 2009 at 9:45am
Steve,

Great questions!

The Pickens Plan is concentrated on heavy duty vehicles. While an individual may burn 3 gallons of gas per day, 18 wheelers and service trucks burn more than 10,000 gallons a year. Getting heavy duty trucks to switch to clean, cheap, domestic natural gas greatly reduces our imports.

On the personal side, it is far more efficient to purchase a new natural gas car, than to convert it yourself. And that is why the up coming Virtual March is so critical! WHEN we get Congress to give incentives to build the infrastructure, manufacturers will build the stations and Detroit will be forced to meet the market demand for new natural gas vehicles.

Geoff
Comment by Steve Guyton on March 2, 2009 at 8:24pm
Is the use of natural gas aimed mainly at big trucks and public transportation vehicles? This would be a huge step in the right direction, I think, but what about the typical everyday vehicles? Where can you find information about possible retrofit, or new cars ready to use CNG?
thanks
 

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