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Comment by Gary Fosburg on June 17, 2009 at 7:42am

Interesting story. Around 20 years ago, I had read a story in Popular Science. A Korean college student studying in Japan had a final exam where they were to mix ingredients with the final outcome of carbon. He misunderstood the instructions and failed the test. About three years later, two professors were analysing jars of materials. The Korean students was one of them. When they did the analysis, they found that the solution was conductive plastic. They proceeded to make a battery out of it that was ten times cheaper and ten times lighter than a normal battery of the time. Also had remarkable re-charge capacity. Sounds like something that could certainly be used today.

Comment by Fred Mars on May 27, 2009 at 7:43am

You are being too kind to the oil corporations and too harsh on the oil producing countries, mainly those that harbor terrorists. While I do agree that we have to protect ourselves against the greed and corruption that has allowed "cheap" energy to rise to such extremes that gas for your auto becomes a luxury, we must remember that the whole purpose of this exercise to gain independence from fuel as the main source of energy.

I have recently become acquainted with an experimental nuclear physicist who shares a common health problem with me (kidney stones) and we have become quite congenial. He is of the opinion that we can use water to provide fuel and use solar and wind energy to get us off of oil in a few short years, IF we can get our legislative process to support the people and not big oil and big power.

A daunting task but not impossible. I have been working with local legislatures in the state houses to try and block the expenditures on "smart grid" technology that adds tax and fee burdens on the consumers while alleviating fiscal responsibility from the power companies that acted with no regard to ethics or "doing the right thing" from the onset.

At a cost of roughly thirty thousand dollars per house, a solar array and wind turbine can be retrofitted to existing homes, and slightly less to new buildings, where energy efficiency is part of the design plan and not an afterthought, Along with the energy efficiency built-in this will save consumers nearly 45% (conservative average) on their energy bills. Add to that a concept that I have been pushing The Solar Roadway and it seems we cab handle the energy economy and get American back to production in a few short years, regardless of what the rest of the world is doing.

One of the worst ideas I have seen is the Cap and Trade program that makes carbon pollution a commodity to be traded on the free market. Who will benefit from that? Will those traders share their wealth? Will it help reduce greenhouse gases? Will it reduce oil consumption or spark innovation in energy technology to produce energy without polluting?

Please visit my Fix America blog and leave your comments and suggestions. And you are free to copy and use anything that I have written or posted their from other sites as you wish, I only request that you give credit to the source.

I have been saying long before the election results were in, regardless of who gets into the White House, the challenge remains with us the American people to rise up and take a stand against the corporate takeover that has robbed Americans of their savings and continues to erode us all of our liberties as citizens of this great nation.

Paraphrasing Jefferson:
If we allow the bankers to control the wealth of our nation, we will surely find our children and their children enslaved to the system that many have fought so bravely to free us from.

The choice is always with us to make, so choose wisely my fellow Americans.

Comment by Christopher and Daniela Rabalais on May 27, 2009 at 6:40am

Working with “Big Oil” and avoiding the petroleum trap

For the most part, I believe that existing regulation on elements such as price-fixing and anti-trust behavior should go a long way to preventing this. It will be very difficult to monopolize the renewable sources that aren't grown on a farm such as the sun, wind, geothermal and wave technologies. I expect plenty of competition at home and abroad to try and control the intellectual property and manufacturing of these sectors. This is all the more reason we really need to focus here. While I expect it will be very difficult to keep the manufacturing on U.S. soil due to our high labor costs (relative to "Chindia") and our standard of living that depends on high income (by world standards), we should put laser focus on being the innovator and holder of IP rights. There is no reason why licensing fees should not flow into our coffers for many years to come.

I do believe that oil companies are hostage (to a great degree) to the existing foreign suppliers and their cartels. Regarding the control of natural gas supplies in the U.S. and not falling into the same trap domestically that we find ourselves in from foreign oil, it may be wise to take a closer look at the way Federal leases of natural gas supplies are structured. Through the careful delivery and monitoring of these public natural gas supply contracts, we should be able to avoid that pitfall. I would suggest keeping the costs of these leases high and routing that money back into renewables. While I understand that natural gas is a superior domestic alternative to petroleum, it IS a hydrocarbon fuel of finite supply. At best, it will run out eventually. At worst, it will breed a whole new version of the same problem as other nations begin to copy us and burn natural gas instead. This only delays the problem, creates potential new conflicts over natural gas supplies in the future and moves us toward a Venus-like atmosphere… albeit more slowly…

As far as how the engagements with the existing petroleum entities are structured and “who gets what”, I am confident that market forces and deal making by intelligent motivated parties will sort the details of these arrangements effectively.

Comment by Christopher and Daniela Rabalais on May 23, 2009 at 6:35am

I use a very helpful tool on my BlackBerry called Visible Vote. It allows you to vote on issues before Congress and compare them to the votes of your Members. You can also send messages directly to each Member from your phone. As each new issue comes up, you receive a message so you can weigh in. Each of your votes is sent to your Members as correspondence from a constituent. The application is free.

I am a Progressive Democrat and here is how my votes have compared with each so far:

1. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison - 50% (6 / 6)
2. Senator John Cornyn - 33% (4 / 8)
3. Representative Ted Poe - 15% (3 / 17)

I would rank them in the same order for their support of the Pickens Plan.

I highly recommend Visible Vote. I see "e-Government" applications like this as the future of governance on a broad scale. Who doesn't carry a smart phone these days?

Comment by ArtByLetters™®©  on May 13, 2009 at 12:35pm

It will beGOOD ARTand basis for which allGREEN GOESor Doesnt ,PRAISEBE THE PEN and for all the work ofTIMEit put to OUR HISTORY


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Comment by Fred Mars on May 13, 2009 at 12:08pm

Carbon Markets
Will we have to pay for the breath we exhale as that is mostly COv2? Why is it always a matter of how much can we charge or how much will people be willing to pay?
When will it change to "because it is what serves the highest good of all concerned" and the best thing we can do for life on this planet?

When will YOU wake up and see that so far all that has been accomplished is reinforcement of the status quo? Coal, oil, natural gas will continue to enslave us all under the "changes" implemented by the Obama Regime.

I am currently working on a project to produce a new energy device. We have applied for government ARRA grants, and we are also speaking with venture capital investors. The challenge is convincing people that what we have is not pseudo-science but based on physics that dates back over 100 years.

Every day more and more tax dollars are being spent carelessly on "smart grid" technology that will only allow the utility to monitor and control the energy consumption of your "smart" appliances. Large scale wind farms are being built that will further entrench us in servitude to big power.

FREEDOM my good friends is when you don't have to pay for it, you produce it and what you don't use for yourself is sold back into the grid for others that do not produce or produce less than they consume.

If I have angered you with my words, then you need to focus that anger to where it will accomplish the most good. At the people you elected to represent you, who are serving the best interests of corporate America and NOT you!
Are you mad yet?

I have followed the banter on Pickens Plan for many months now. Who is the benefactor(s) in all this? T. Boone? The investors in CNG and big power? It's not you or me that is for damn sure. And you just march right along with the crowd and see where it will lead you. I on the other hand will dance to a different drummer's beat. It is the drums of revolt. Do you have the guts? Or are you just a whiner that will not do anything at all but complain about what is wrong?

Are you angry yet? With me? So what? Have you done anything to make the world a better place for your children and grandchildren? What are you waiting for, T. Boone to bang the drum for you?

Comment by Fred Mars on May 13, 2009 at 11:50am

Here you go Allen. I attached the file that URL points to:eemac_newsrelease051309.pdf

Waste of time and funding to make the rich even richer and the rest of us working stiffs a bit poorer.

Comment by Allen R. Gale on May 13, 2009 at 11:44am

Christopher -

That url for Bart Clinton did not work, or I did something wrong - tried IE and FireFox, both rejected it. Can you suggest another way to get to the news release?

Comment by Christopher and Daniela Rabalais on May 13, 2009 at 11:31am

News Release from the Office Commissioner Bart Chilton, “Regulators Readying for Climate Change”, May 13, 2009:

http://tinyurl.com/o9ozv6


This is a very big step forward.


Christopher Rabalais
DL TX-02

Comment by Allen R. Gale on April 23, 2009 at 6:06am

Look at this article on new PV technology. It might greatly improve the efficiency of solar panels while reducing the environmental impact of their manufacture.

http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/new-solar-technology-ancient-diatoms/

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