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Comment by William Engwer on August 19, 2010 at 9:15pm

I'm looking for funding to complete the prototype phase of this project. I already have ALL of the necessary machine tools and equipment, MOST of the parts, most of the materials, ALL of the necessary experience, skills and education, and a facility to do it in. 30% of the work and all of the above funded from my own pocket. References available. http://contest.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/871

Comment by Samuel Deal Jr. on August 19, 2010 at 9:03pm

HELLO ALL of this particular agenda. Very green to this aspect. All adminestered knowledge will be humbly accepted and scutinized... On the otherhand lets go!!!! Its time!!!

Comment by J Jay Pirko on July 13, 2010 at 10:01pm

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 May 16, 2010 at 3:15pm

Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-17) Newsletter Reported:

NORTHEAST OHIO IS RIPE FOR 'GREEN GROWTH'
In a Vindy article from Monday, Team NEO, a Cleveland-based nonprofit that promotes business development and attraction, released its quarterly economic report. The report focuses on the future of “clean-tech” industries in the 16 counties that make up Northeastern Ohio. Major Northeastern Ohio manufacturing sectors that make up the clean-tech supply chain include fabricated metals, plastics, machinery, iron and steel mills and structural metals.

These industries contribute $12.5 billion to the regional economy and make up 35 percent of manufacturing in the area. The industries are expected to grow more than 20 percent by 2015, according to the Team NEO report. The report points out that U.S. Department of Labor has identified occupations expected to see increased demand from the growing clean-tech sector, including computer-controlled machine tool operators, machine setters, materials scientists and industrial production managers.

SELECTED TO POWERFUL DEFENSE SUBCOMMITTEE
Earlier this week, I announced my selection to the powerful Defense Appropriations Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives. I am humbled and honored to fill the vacancy caused by the untimely death of Congressman John Murtha of Pennsylvania.

The Defense Appropriations Subcommittee has jurisdiction over the Department of Defense – Military, Departments of Army, Navy (including Marine Corps), Air Force, Office of Secretary of Defense, certain Defense Agencies, the Central Intelligence Agency, and Intelligence Community Staff.

This appointment is a huge win for the 17th District. The Defense budget is the largest of all the budgets in the United States government. Having the opportunity to steer federal defense dollars to our district will accelerate the economic progress of our region and further promote the Tech Belt initiative. I will make sure everyone doing business with the Pentagon knows what a great place Northeast Ohio is to do business.

I have been given a very serious responsibility and a tremendous opportunity to serve on the subcommittee that provides direction and funding for our national security. I will work extremely hard to make sure the men and women who serve our great country have all of the resources they need. This seat on the Defense Appropriations subcommittee will have a significant impact on our military facilities at the Ravenna Training and Logistics Site and the Youngstown-Warren Air Reserve Wing and its 910 Airlift Wing, as well as the manufacturers and contractors in our region that provide equipment and services to the military.

In Fiscal Year 2010, the Defense Appropriations subcommittee appropriated more than $625.9 billion for Defense-related activities including operations and training, health care for uniformed and civilian personnel, the maintenance of arms, equipment and facilities, and the development and purchase of new equipment.

I also joined the Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government and retained his seat on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education.

PRESIDENT OBAMA TO TRAVEL TO YOUNGSTOWN
I'm proud to announce that President Obama will be visiting Youngstown on Tuesday, May 18. The President will tour the V&M Star facility and address the current economy, and efforts to retain and create jobs in Northeastern Ohio and across the country.

I have been urging President Obama to visit the Mahoning Valley, and look forward to showing him first-hand the exciting progress that we are making here. National and international publications have recognized the positive economic news coming from our community. Our progress has now caught the attention of the President of the United States.

It is evident that our local economic development strategy is bearing fruit; residents, businesses, and local governments throughout the Valley and the District stand to reap long-term benefits from a number of recent positive investments in our economy – V&M Star, GM Lordstown, Revere Data, and Severstal Steel are just the beginning. These significant investments send a clear message that Ohio's 17th District has a world-class workforce and is home to a globally-competitive business climate.

TAA ASSISTANCE FOR FORMER MAHONING GLASS EMPLOYEES
Yesterday, I announced that workers of Mahoning Glass Plant in Niles, OH were certified to receive important job training and placement assistance from the U. S. Department of Labor.

According to the report issued by the Department of Labor:

"All workers of Mahoning Glass Plant, GE Appliances and Lighting Division, a subsidiary of General Electric Co., Inc., Niles, Ohio, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after March 29, 2010, through two years from the date of certification, and all workers in the group threatened with total or partial separation from employment on the date of certification through two years from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."

I will continue to urge the Obama Administration to provide TAA benefits for all constituents in the 17th District who have lost their jobs. The advantages provided by training and job placement assistance will position the former employees of Mahoning Glass Plant for success in a new economy.

* Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) help trade-affected workers who have lost their jobs as a result of increased imports or shifts in production out of the United States. Certified individuals may be eligible to receive one or more program benefits and services depending on what is needed to return them to employment. (Source: http://www.doleta.gov/tradeact/benefits.cfm)

Comment by Richard Barnard on April 27, 2010 at 5:34pm

What about Liquid Coal as an alternative fuel? The fuel no one talks about.

Should Congress adopt incentives for coal-to-liquid fuel facilities? I have attached information on liquid coal. This combined with Natural Gas will get us out of the Middle East. Isn’t this what the Pickens Plan is all about?

http://www.nma.org/pdf/liquid_coal_fuels_100505.pdf

Richard Barnard

Comment by Richard Barnard on April 11, 2010 at 12:56pm

What’s going to happen to HR 1835?

I support the legislation. For those that haven’t sent an e-mail to their legislatures I will post again the information sent to all members by Mr. Pickens.

We need HR 1835 passed. Please support the Natural Gas Act.

http://www.capwiz.com/pickensplan/issues/alert/?alertid=14341701&am...

Richard Barnard

Comment by Richard Barnard on April 9, 2010 at 11:19am

More information given to us by "Samantha Fleet" about fracking. It appears the industry is looking at alternative fluids that are safer.

http://push.pickensplan.com/profiles/blogs/appears-fracking-fluid-is

Richard Barnard

Comment by Richard Barnard on March 28, 2010 at 3:38pm

EATON's plug-in hybrid electric vehicle concept truck is expected to deliver fuel savings up to 70 percent over a conventionally powered truck, with corresponding reductions in harmful emissions

Richard Barnard

Comment by Richard Barnard on March 28, 2010 at 3:29pm

EATON Hybrid Trucks - It is a beginning. In addition, they have Plug-In Hybrid.

Eaton Hybrid Systems Achieve 30 Million Miles of Service Worldwide
March 3, 2010 7:55 AM ET

Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation ETN, a global leader in the development of hybrid power systems for commercial vehicles, announced today that customers using the company’s hybrid systems have collectively accumulated more than 30 million miles of clean, reliable service throughout the world. The more than 2,400 Eaton hybrid systems in use today are on delivery trucks, buses, refuse and utility vehicles and other commercial applications.

“Eaton hybrid commercial vehicles are true work horses that are helping our customers complete the job at hand while also helping them reduce their fuel consumption and level of pollutants,” said Dimitri Kazarinoff, vice president and general manager of Eaton’s Hybrid Power Systems Division. “This milestone has taken 10 years to achieve, but as the technology becomes even more mainstream and the benefits better understood, we are confident that we can reach the next 30 million miles in a fraction of the time.”
Of the 30 million miles accumulated, FedEx alone, operator of the largest fleet of commercial hybrid parcel delivery trucks in the United States, accounts for more than five million miles on its Eaton-powered hybrid trucks and vans

“Together we are demonstrating that hybrids are very reliable at reducing fuel consumption and emissions,” said John Formisano, vice president, Global Vehicles, FedEx Express. “Since 2004, with the help of Eaton, we have reduced our fuel use by nearly 200,000 gallons and carbon dioxide emissions by nearly 2,000 metric tons. This is the equivalent of removing more than 300 cars from the road annually.”

Eaton offers the world’s most complete line-up of hybrid systems for commercial vehicle applications. Eaton hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric and two hybrid hydraulic power systems are available or in development on truck models including International, Peterbilt, Kenworth, Freightliner, Iveco, DAF, Daimler, and Ford and on bus models from Foton, Zhongtong, Yutong, JNP, King Long, Shen Long, Heng Tong, BCI and Solaris. Additionally in 2009, Peterbilt began offering customers a refuse truck with Eaton’s HLA® hydraulic hybrid power system, and Eaton was selected to provide nearly 400 plug-in hybrid utility vehicles as part of a U.S. Department of Energy grant under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the largest US deployment of plug in hybrid commercial vehicles to date.

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory recently collected and analyzed fuel economy, maintenance and other vehicle performance data from UPS’s first generation hybrid diesel step delivery vans powered by an Eaton electric hybrid power system. The diesel hybrid delivery vans reportedly achieved up to a 37 percent improvement in average fuel economy, resulting in at least a 15 percent improvement in total cost per mile while maintaining similar reliability and operational performance as compared to conventional vehicles.

Companies such as FedEx, UPS, Coca-Cola Enterprises, PepsiCo and Wal-Mart are using delivery vehicles with Eaton hybrid systems. Work trucks with Eaton hybrid power are also in service at Florida Power and Light, and many utility and telecom companies across North America and Beijing Transit and other city bus transit fleets in Asia are using Eaton hybrid power in their fleets.

Benefits of the Eaton hybrid systems include fuel savings up to 35 percent, with similar percentages in emission reductions, extended brake life and idle time reductions of up to 87 percent during work site operations which helps customers to significantly reduce their operating costs.

Eaton Corporation is a diversified power management company with 2009 sales of $11.9 billion. Eaton is a global technology leader in electrical components and systems for power quality, distribution and control; hydraulics components, systems and services for industrial and mobile equipment; aerospace fuel, hydraulics and pneumatic systems for commercial and military use; and truck and automotive drivetrain and powertrain systems for performance, fuel economy and safety. Eaton has approximately 70,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 150 countries. For more information, visit www.eaton.com.

Comment by J Jay Pirko on February 21, 2010 at 11:54am

To the PickensPlan Leadership Team:

Encouraging energy business news is coming from the Youngstown, Ohio area. Google the Youngstown Business Journal, open the links to the news stories, and read about this hotbed of new energy industries.

For Pickens Plan entrepreneurs, this is a place to find the resources needed to grow a sustainable energy economy.

At our Regional Chamber of Commerce meeting Wed-17-Feb-2010, Congressman Tim Ryan recognized, and expressed his support for the Pickens Plan and HR 1835 (the NAT GAS Act.)

Executives from V & M Star Steel, who are investing $650 MILLION in their Youngstown plant to make gas/oil drilling pipe, were the guests of honor. Attending were a few hundred business and government officials.

This should encourage all Pickens Plan activists, that Boone's vision of American energy independence is becoming reality in the heart of the old "Rustbelt."

J. Jay (Jim) Pirko
Pickens Plan Leader OH-17

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