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Comment by Jeff Greene on February 10, 2009 at 8:37am

CNG Supporters really need to visit http://wot.motortrend.com/6438682/green/mercedes-benz-considers-natural-gas-powered-car-for-us-wants-your-input/page2.html#comments and post a comment supporting Mercedes-Benz request for input on whether or not to build a CNG Mercedes. I would recommend requesting a bi-fuel version to eliminate infrastructure objections.

You do have to register to post your comment. I spoke directly with Consumer Relations at Mercedes-Benz today and they are using the comments to further their study. After 6 days there are only 22 comments and not all of them support CNG.

Please spread the word. We need to see thousands of comments, not dozens.

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Comment by Andy Collazo on September 25, 2008 at 8:09pm

Folks, I’m so excited to announce Pickens U is finally here! Please feel free to contact me for details.

Pickens U is a new Pickens site specifically designed for students and alumni from colleges and universities across the United States who support energy independence for America.

Outreach on college campuses will be a critical component of our effort to build an Army of 1,000,000 supporters. We plan to mobilize students and alumni of colleges across America to support the Pickens Plan and prepare to take action during the first 100 days of the new Administration.

There are hundreds of college campuses across America, and we are interested in having Pickens Plan chapters on as many of them as possible – from small community colleges to liberal arts schools to prominent institutions to the largest state universities. The key is to find a motivated campus coordinator and an enthusiastic student population – with the right people in place, even the smallest of schools can make a big difference.

http://push.pickensplan.com/collegeMain.php

And best of all, we are in need of Campus Coordinators. This is an exceptional opportunity for a student or alumni to represent their College or University in a leadership role within Pickens Plan New Energy Army.

As a Campus Coordinator you will be responsible for the following:

o Be the public point of contact for their chapter of the Pickens Plan
o Recruit as many students as possible to be supporters of the Pickens Plan, with a particular focus on getting students to join our social networks on Facebook and/or Push.PickensPlan.com
o Host 1-2 events on campus between now and Inauguration Day to raise awareness for the Pickens Plan and recruit supporters
o Assist the New Energy Army regional leader with maintaining chapter webpages on Facebook and Push.PickensPlan.com
o Organize calls to action when we need Pickens Plan supporters from their chapter to contact their elected officials or take other action

The Pickens Plan is a bridge to the future — a blueprint to reduce foreign oil dependence by harnessing domestic energy alternatives, and buying us time to develop even greater new technologies.

Building new wind generation facilities and better utilizing our natural gas resources can replace more than one-third of our foreign oil imports in 10 years. But it will take leadership.

On January 20th, 2009, a new President will take office.

We're organizing behind the Pickens Plan now to ensure our voices will be heard by the next administration.

Together we can raise a call for change and set a new course for America's energy future in the first hundred days of the new presidency — breaking the hammerlock of foreign oil and building a new domestic energy future for America with a focus on sustainability.

You can start changing America's future today by supporting the Pickens Plan. Visit our website at www.pickensplan.com to join us. Email me directly for more exciting news.

Comment by Getulio Bastos on August 28, 2008 at 12:56pm

Gentlemen,

This is a letter I just sent to Congressman Ron Klein of West Palm Beach and Florida Senator Bill Nelson. I suggest that all of our members do something similar to provoke some reaction from our politicians.

Mr. Bill Nelson,

Florida is one of the worst hit states in the Real Estate crisis. Our tourism industry is being hit tremendously by the gasoline price hikes. And our state is one of the least served with alternative forms of energy. But we can do something about it and one of the things we can do is to facilitate the creation of an infrastructure to sell, install conversion kits in our cars and distribute natural gas within our region.

There are entrepreneurs interested in creating this infrastructure, but the major obstacle is EPA, which has no scientific reason to keep their antique regulations for the conversion of our cars to use natural gas in our roads. There are no technology barriers at all.

It would save our taxpayers a lot of money in the near future while providing for a new source of employment for thousands of Floridians in a brand new industry. In training of new mechanics, installation of conversion kits, installation of natural gas filling stations, distribution of natural gas across the state and maintenance of it all.

There’s a Bill going through Congress now, entitled “THE DRIVE AMERICA ON NATURAL GAS ACT OF 2008” introduced by Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma.

If you need to research more about it, please visit www.push.pickensplan.com. Please, click here if you want to see the reactions to my discussion Brazil is 100% oil independent. Why aren't we?.

While there you can also see several pictures and videos related to the usage of natural gas as a vehicle propulsion energy both in Brazil and the US.

As a citizen I urge you to support this Bill to pass and provide easier means for our people to expend less on their cars while creating a new industry for the state of Florida.

Your voter,

Getulio Bastos

Click here to send your message to Senator Bill NelsonClick here to send your message to Congressman Ron Klein
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Comment by Johnathan Bragman on August 16, 2008 at 2:08pm

I remember in the 1960's when environmentalists were called "tree huggers". It turns out we were RIGHT! What Mr. Pickens is talking about is something that we should have started LONG AGO. But gas prices were low and we didn't want to know. Now that Al Gore has made it painfully clear that we now have no choice but to do something, we need leadership to make it happen. This is something that will take the entire country to make happen. It must be on a scale of the effort that put a man on the moon. But it will certainly involve more people than one industry. This MUST be a source of "patriotic pride" that this country can and will show the world that technology can save the human race from extinction and greatly reduce the need to give money to people who hate us. We need to bring jobs home again.

Comment by Alankar Gupta on July 22, 2008 at 9:52pm

Greetings Friends,
We all need to thank Mr. Pickens for explaining the energy problem that we as a nation face. Earlier it was one Group (users) pointing fingers at the other Group (suppliers) and vice versa. The problem is real. It was magnified to some extent, in recent times, by speculators. But, the truth is we are importing more oil every year and producing less. We are sending billions of dollars overseas.

I like Mr. Pickens Plan but I think it needs to be supplemented by other plans. It by itself will not get us to Energy Independence. It will just buy us more time. For this reason I have posted a petition for Energy Independence .

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/windenergycorporation


Please (a) sign the Petition and (b) forward it to your friends. United we can achieve Energy Independence and avoid this constant financial bleeding of our great nation.
Thanks.

Regards and Best wishes,

Alankar Gupta

Comment by ricardo ortega on July 14, 2008 at 2:56pm

We need to get to the local media to pressure politicians. This is not about hybrids, if not even about global warming, this is the upmost crisis of our time. We created a society based on cheap oil. We use cars for every move, live miles away from our jobs, depend in energy to heat or cool the places where we live and work. This is a new day now, we need to change not only the way we fuel vehicles, but also the way we live and work. There is no magic solution, but the solution is no difficult either. Among the solutions:
Start using natural resources for energy: wind, solar and ocean waves are free.
Stop investmenting in roads and start developing rail transportation.
Shorten work week to 4 days. Encourage telecommuting and reward it with tax breaks (instead of giving tax breaks to automoviles).
Change zoning and redirect new development and redevelopment to areas where mass transit exists or is feasible.
Work with big employers to stagger work schedules to alleviate or eliminate rush hour.
Relax (as a mandate) dress codes to adapt to climate. No reason to dress in 90 degrees weather as you were in London.
Develop electric and hydrogen vehicles.
Build nuclear power plants.

Comment by Bill Mollring on July 10, 2008 at 11:34pm

Please take a look at our group site Mariah Power. The Windspire is now on display in Washington D.C. at the U.S. Capitol Botanic Garden through October 2008. Units are going up in California, Nevada, and Utah now, and we will very visable and effective throughout Hawaii this year. Mariah will be available worldwide as production increases with the completion of a new plant in Youngstown, Ohio. For more information contact Bill Mollring at : 831 402-2037 mrbillmaui@yahoo.com -
http://www.push.pickensplan.com/group/mariahpower
See my page for Photos or "PHOTOS" on push.pickensplan.com

Comment by Jerry Berry on July 8, 2008 at 6:18pm

I've been doing a little research and what I have found out, is that they say any hybird or electric only has a battery life of 5 years or 60 months, and that a replacement battery cost $5000. so take that off the value of the car and see where you stand when it comes to trade

Comment by Jim Lane on July 8, 2008 at 5:23pm

Welcome to the Miamians for Energy Independence page.

I started this group to connect Miamians who support energy independence.

If you have ideas for organizing support for the Pickens plan, or ideas for the Miami group, please post a comment to the comment wall or start a forum thread.

Please invite other Miamians to join the group.

Jim

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