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Comment by Yvonne Gamble on July 11, 2011 at 6:30pm

We have graduating students in the "green", "bio", "energy" and renewable fields, can we list some jobs for them as well? Entry level will go a long way to putting other displaced workers back to work also.

Comment by Eric Koch on August 31, 2010 at 9:58pm

***The Global Non-transferable 0.5 limit plan***

The basis of the argument...

1) we are approximately 50% over global carrying capacity as a species.

2) one child can carry the biological records for two...where a second child assumes the burden of the necessary reduction in population be an involuntary forfeiture of the biological records of two other individuals...

3) under awareness of said earth system stress levels, and loss of specification, many may voluntarily forfeit the passing of their biology as a means of preserving species on the brink, and securing planetary health, while insuring the right of humans to breed, should they choose to, remain an accessible option....in order that this wish be respected, these voluntary forfeitures must not be allowed to become a birth credit to be assumed by any existing parent, maternal, paternal, or both, in the case of a second potential child.

In order that human rights be observed:

The following proposal sites the rights of children not yet created as per 1) that they may not be born into a world that cannot adequately support them, or if this world can arguably support them, that one may site a degraded world relative to that which the potential child’s forbears enjoyed would be the child’s inheritance…

The following proposal sites the right of humans to procreate as per 2), while imposing limits to protect the rights of others who may choose to employ this right…

The following proposal sites the right to chose not to reproduce, as per 3)

Proposed proceedings to safe guard these rights are as follows, and are to be applied equally on a global scale to all members of the human populous.

Initial Proceedings:

all male parents of existing children, that are not already fixed, would need to schedule an appointment to address the situation, or face issuance of a warrant for their arrest for obstruction of justice and associated fines....

all female parents of two or more existing children that are not fixed, would need to schedule an appointment to address the situation, or face issuance of a warrant for their arrest for obstruction of justice and associated fines....

all female parents of fewer than two existing children, should be informed that weather though abstinence, birth control, selection of a fixed male partner, or any other means, they may wish to avoid fines and procedures.

Protocol:

Post conception the suspected father would be incarcerated until such a
time that it can be determined beyond question that he indeed is the
father...If he is not the father, he is free to go... The woman
then, would be incarcerated until such a time as she could provide sufficient information to bring the father of her child into custody..Upon determination, the father of the child would undergo vasectomy before being released...

Should the mother choose to terminate the pregnancy in the first trimester, the father would be released unaltered. If she does not choose to terminate the pregnancy within the first trimester, this becomes a default decision to carry the child to term under the fore mentioned proceedings.

In any cases of a potential child , by a parent of an existing child, paternal, maternal or both, the offender(s) would have the choice of aborting the child or being put to death. The former decision inclusive of fines issued to a father potentially twice ,for assuming what should rightfully be the woman's choice, and issued to a mother potentially twice, as a means of securing finance for the tubal she would receive in post.

Comment by J Jay Pirko on August 26, 2010 at 9:18pm

More great news from this "hotbed" of sustainable, USA-based energy technology and industry, from the Youngstown Business Journal:

* Biofuels Energy Project $2.5 million startup would convert algae.

* Youngstown's top development official updates viewers on job-creation initiatives.

If you are need working energy business models, or a place to build your new energy businesses, you should look at the Youngstown, Ohio region. We are already building it here with every tool in the tool box, including waste-to-energy, solar, wind, coal-to-aircraft fuel, and everything needed for Marcellus shale gas exploration.

We have unprecedented teamwork including our Regional Chamber of Commerce, universities, and government officials who understand and are committed to building our economy by eliminating our dependence on foreign oil.

James Jay (Jim) Pirko
Pickens Plan District Leader (OH-17)

Comment by J Jay Pirko on July 26, 2010 at 11:45pm

Today I participated in an interesting meeting of the Eastgate Regional Council of Governments' General Policy Board in Youngstown. The speaker (Fred Abousleman, Executive Director of the National Association of Regional Councils) mentioned that the US Department of Energy has $40 Billion in unallocated Stimulus money and they do not have any plans to use it.

How about some job-creating sustainable energy projects to reduce our dependence on foreign oil? We already have the technology to convert trucks, busses, and cars to run on methane, aka natural gas. We can produce methane from sewage sludge and organic garbage at all of our waste water treatment plants. Struthers, Ohio has one of these biodigesters under construction to power a pair of 375-kilowatt electrical generators.

We can drill Marcellus shale gas wells at every sewage treatment plant and landfill for an additional constant supply of natural gas, to keep electrical generators running at peak efficiency. Landfills produce methane, and the technology exists to capture it before it escapes into the atmosphere to become a "greenhouse gas."

These types of capital expenditures will produce an immediate and long-term cash flow return on investment for our cities, counties, and property owners Increasing energy supplies decreases costs and makes our industries more competitive, so they can produce more productive jobs.
- J J Pirko, Pickens Plan OH-17 Dist Leader

Comment by J Jay Pirko on July 13, 2010 at 10:02pm

We are building the new energy economy in the "Tech Belt" Youngstown Ohio region, with a "Green Tech" electrical workers training facility, operational wind, photovoltaic solar, waste-to-energy electricity generation, the energy-efficient Chevy Cruze, a "Green Energy Business Incubator," diesel engines designed to run on natural gas, and a new $650,000,000 steel mill to produce the pipes to drill the Marcellus shale gas deposits. - J. J. Pirko, Pickens Plan Ohio 17th District Leader

Comment by J Jay Pirko on July 10, 2010 at 7:37pm

Green Energy Ohio Events:

Going Solar: Environmental & Financial Benefits
Tuesday, July 27th from 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Kent State University - Trumbull Campus
Technology Building, #117
4314 Mahoning Ave NW, Warren

Do you have an interest in becoming more energy independent? Would you like to increase your home's value while helping the environment? If so, join GEO at the July Clean Energy Network Meeting with featured speaker, Brad Yocum. Brad is the Division Director at Astrum Solar (www.astrumsolar.com). Brad will provide an overview of the technology, costs, incentives, and both economic and environmental benefits.

The event is FREE and open to the public. REGISTER HERE.

For more information, contact Dave Ambrose by email at ambrose@infohio.org or phone at 330-647-3666.

Earth's Greatest Resource - Solar Electric 101
Thursday, July 29th from 6:15 - 7:30 PM
Warren Roofing & Insulating Company
7015 Krick Road, Walton Hills, 44146

Join Green Energy Ohio this month as we explore Earth’s Greatest Resource and how it can be harnessed to produce electricity. The meeting and tour will be held at Warren Roofing & Insulating Company where a solar-ready, green roof and 18.3 kW solar electric system were installed in the Spring of 2010. Attendees will hear from staff at Warren Roofing, as well as representatives from Mariner Energy Systems, Lewin & Associates, Mason Steel and Lake Erie Electric that were all involved in the project. The project has been recognized in the June Issue of Property Magazine and Builders Exchange Magazine, and underpins how ripe the time is for businesses to invest in solar...READ MORE and REGISTER

Comment by J Jay Pirko on July 2, 2010 at 4:06pm

To the Pickens Plan Army:

More good news from this hotbed of energy independence technology:

Read the following link to this news story "Trumbull gets funds for solar energy" in Youngstown Vindicator.

The "Green Energy Business Incubator" project is also included in this news article.

http://www.vindy.com/news/2010/jun/30/trumbull-gets-funds-for-solar...


James Jay (Jim) Pirko
Pickens Plan District Leader (OH-17)

Full Story from Vindy.com:

Trumbull gets funds for solar energy
By Ed Runyan

Wednesday, June 30, 2010



The Vindicator

This is the Trumbull County Department of Job and Family Services building on North Park Avenue just north of Courthouse Square, Warren, where officials plan to mount solar-energy collection panels sometime late this year or early next year with $300,000 in federal stimulus money.

By ED RUNYAN

runyan@vindy.com

WARREN

Sometime late this year or early next year, Trumbull County is likely to become the first government body in the Mahoning Valley with a solar-energy collection system.

Trumbull County commissioners learned Tuesday that the county’s application for $300,000 in federal-stimulus money to buy and install the system on the county’s Department of Job and Family Services building downtown has been formally approved.

Trish Nuskievicz, assistant director of the county’s planning commission, said she doesn’t know how much electricity the solar panels will generate or how much money these will save the county, but the benefits are not only financial.

Nuskievicz said she is hopeful that the local electrical workers union, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which also has installed solar panels at its facility on Research Parkway in Champion, will be able to participate in the installation of the panels so that its members can obtain a solar-power certification.

The experience of installing the system, being able to demonstrate it to other governments and businesses and the connection to the green- energy incubator planned for downtown Warren hopefully will help solar power “catch on,” Nuskievicz said.

It also could help encourage green-energy companies to locate in some of the vacant buildings in the Warren area, she said.

“We’ve always promoted renewable energy in the county, but it’s always been cost-prohibitive,” Nuskievicz said. “Once people can see the cost savings, it can catch on.”

If the system is able to collect more energy than the building uses at a given time, the excess energy goes back into the “power grid,” and the county will get credits for power that can be used at another time, she said.

A few more steps are required before the county can put the project out to bid, but Nuskievicz hopes it can occur sometime late this year. The project has a deadline for completion of summer 2011.

The Job and Family Services building was chosen for the project because it has a new roof. The county acquired and renovated the building on North Park Avenue just north of Courthouse Square several years ago.

The system being installed will generate between 42 and 50 kilowatt-hours of electricity, which Nuskievicz says is likely to be enough to power four average homes or 349 computers.

Comment by Tom Bailey on June 6, 2010 at 5:23pm

Been a long time commin!
Hold on to your hats.
Pres Obama endorsed Nat Gas!!!!

Look for things to finally move in a forward direction.
Best; Tom

Comment by J Jay Pirko on May 16, 2010 at 1:19pm

Gregory: You have some great insights about MAGLEV applications for light rail.

Even when there is proven technology, the challenge is always investment capital. I am working with "All Aboard Ohio!" to link passenger rail service between the Cleveland-Chicago-Midwest network and the Pittsburgh-Philly-East Coast network. Until the Youngstown-Warren Regional Chamber of Commerce mobilized a group of local activists, this link was left out of Ohio's passenger rail plans, instead focusing on the Cleveland-Columbus-Dayton-Cincinnati route.

At this time, we are focused on using existing freight rail tracks, requiring safety upgrades instead of new construction.

Comment by Gregory L. Smith on May 7, 2010 at 3:42pm

Jay Pirko, Thanks for the information. I have discussed this phenomena even across International borders with countries as diverse as Russia and the Ukraine, Sweden and Germany. All of them agree that Heavy rail will have a significant impact in moving materials more efficiently in the future of America and abroad.
It is therefore, very important that the "Buffetts" of this world, do not use this as a fulcrum to increase their margins of profit to the detriment of society. Buying up rail services is a clear sign that it is where the future lies.

We are nearing an age where Light rail may be MAGLEV, despite what has occurred in other nations. Doing it right will reduce accidents and prevent hazardous outcomes, while increasing speeds and availability to travel across the USA without resorting to aircraft and expensive fuels.
The nation that does this best will win in many ways, and only their competing competitors will criticize them when the outcomes overcome their projected savings. If we develop maglev, savings in construction and costs of operation will overcome their competition for long-distance travel. True Electric Light rail is great for shorter distances, and it is more cost effective if on a congested trunk of cities, but maglev could easily cross the USA in 3.5 hours, and comfort would be as consistant as any airflight. Still have to figure out how to serve drinks at mach 2, however...Gregor Smith gregors@att.net

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