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Comment by James Tracy on January 1, 2013 at 9:19am

Hello all, Please sign this petition.

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Comment by Tom Bailey on November 16, 2012 at 11:02am

Well the election is over and we will be spared from constant TV ads.

Whether the person/party is in office that you wished - at this point is all about ending our political gridlock and let's get moving to solve huge problems!

We need to demand that our politicians COME TOGETHER!

We need to move forward with our energy issues.

Comment by Tom Bailey on November 8, 2012 at 8:53am

Simon; Good input!

Comment by simon shainberg on November 6, 2012 at 8:15am

part of the natural gas acceptance is the ability to counter the environmentalists who have sabotaged the process by wrongfully claimed that the process leads to water pollution to our aquifers and drinking systems. This has never been proven, despite 'Gasland' type scare movie tactics. yet, without a sustained program, like the PushPickensPlan, to educate the general public, we will continue to see situations like Upstate New York. In these communities we have substantial unemployment and underemployment. With drilling we would see a complete revitalization, as we have seen over the past few years in Pennsylvania. As to my part, I intend to continue to educate the public on water treatment systems that are in place to clean the frac backflow. My association with these type of systems and facilities have brought me into many meetings with the public and there is much to teach the public about these systems. New and existing dormant fuel depots and terminals can be retooled into water treatment centers. We do not need to use municipal treatment plants at all.

Comment by Ed Gadonniex on August 24, 2011 at 7:34am

Thank you for inviting me to join the group.

Comment by J Jay Pirko on August 16, 2011 at 9:49pm

Energy for economic growth

August 16, 2011

By JJ PIRKO , Tribune Chronicle | TribToday.com

How about some job-creating sustainable energy projects to revitalize our region and reduce our dependence on foreign oil? After four decades of economic disaster and decline, triggered by the rising cost of energy since the OPEC oil embargo of 1973, we are emerging as a hotbed for developing new sustainable energy industries.

Here on the "Tech-Belt" Ohio-Pennsylvania border, we are turning "garbage gas" and "sewage sludge" into electricity. We are building wind, solar and geothermal energy projects, and training our people to work with this technology. Energy for transportation fuels and public utilities can be produced locally to bring down prices by increasing the supply. An algae biofuel plant is planned where a steel mill once stood. In Columbiana County, Baard is still attempting to convert coal into aircraft and diesel fuel. Another company is preparing to de-polymerize recycled plastic into oil, and the list keeps building.

For almost three years, I have been promoting our region's achievements and potential through the Pickens Plan organization, a network of entrepreneurs, inventors and activists. When I met with T. Boone Pickens in September, he was aware of the sustainable energy progress in our region, including the V&M Star steel mill designed to produce the drilling pipe needed in the Marcellus/Utica shale gas fields.

We already have the technology to convert trucks, buses and cars to run on methane (natural gas) that is a proven, practical alternative for petroleum-based motor vehicle fuels. The trucks serving the Port of Los Angeles and many major metropolitan bus fleets have converted to natural gas, because it reduces air pollution in smog-filled cities.

One of my Pickens Plan associates is quoted: "Using U.S. DoE data (Edition 28 - Transport Energy Book), the energy content of natural gas is 960 BTU/CF LHV while the energy content of diesel is 128,700 BTU/gallon LHV. Therefore one MCF of natural gas works out to 7.46 gallons of diesel." At $4 per gallon for diesel, that would cost almost $30, compared to 1 MCF of natural gas costing about $4 wholesale. The savings are about $174 every time we do not have to fill a 50-gallon tank with diesel fuel. The capital cost of converting vehicles to natural gas would soon be repaid with fuel-cost savings and reduced engine maintenance costs from this cleaner-burning fuel.

Production and distribution capacity must be built in lock-step with the growth of demand for natural gas vehicle fuel. Start with "closed-loop" transportation systems, like buses and local delivery trucks, which drive their routes and return to a central maintenance and refueling station. The NAT GAS Act (HR 1830) would create tax incentives for businesses to convert their vehicles to natural gas. This bill has been co-sponsored by Tim Ryan, D-Niles, Steve LaTourette, R-Bainbridge, and Jason Altmire, D-4th, but has not made its way onto the floor of Congress. Post office trucks, school buses, mass transit, and city / county / township truck fleets are another good place to start, saving taxpayers from the rising cost of imported oil.

Natural gas is also produced from sewage treatment sludge, agricultural waste and landfills naturally fermenting garbage. The Carbon Limestone Landfill produces enough electricity (13-14 megawatts) from "garbage gas" to power a small city. Struthers has a biodigester designed to power a pair of 375-kilowatt electrical generators.

Sewage treatment plants, old landfills and industrial brownfields are also ideal sites for shale gas horizontal drilling sites, drawing gas from more than a mile from the wellhead. These tend to be secure locations that are already environmentally damaged, and are usually distant from homes, schools, shopping centers and other populated areas. These facilities can serve as community gas and electric suppliers, reducing utility costs and providing non-tax revenue to support municipal governments. Utility costs, especially electricity, are a major factor when attracting companies.

Energy runs our economy, and we are developing it here.

Pirko is a Weathersfield resident. Email him at editorial@tribtoday.com.

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Comment by Jay Rosenberg on July 11, 2011 at 12:27am

All: NG is good, Waste to energy is good. There are a number of technologies, which are now being quietly brought into production, which will curtail our oil dependency. It may, also, lessen the importance and value of natural gas.
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Comment by J Jay Pirko on July 10, 2011 at 3:45pm

NorTech held a meeting focused on waste-to-energy and smart grid technologies at the Ohio State University facility in Wooster, Ohio on June 30, 2011. It was encouraging to see private sector businesses working with the growing opportunities in this growing industry.

Comment by James C Orr on July 8, 2011 at 9:51pm

Thank you for sharing Mr. Clement's. That is a good overview of the last three years effort. It does not seem that long. Time sure does fly when your having fun.

 

Comment by Dave Clement on July 8, 2011 at 11:30am

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