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If the Pickens plan (which I support) supported a National Energy Lottery (see blog below) proposal and the 4 million followers donated 5 bucks a week for this Energy Raffle, there would be 800 winners a week or 41,600 winners a year of a $25,000 ...
A group dedicated towards declaring the United States as a country that is no longer dependent upon other countries for their energy sources, when we have our own.
A group dedicated towards declaring the United States as a country that is no longer dependent upon other countries for their energy sources, when we have our own.
A group dedicated towards declaring the United States as a country that is no longer dependent upon other countries for their energy sources, when we have our own.
A group dedicated towards declaring the United States as a country that is no longer dependent upon other countries for their energy sources, when we have our own.
Hello Mr. Adam Hiatt and Chicago Energy Independence Group:
We appreciate your heading up Chicago group activity as you're a Cornerstone of our Five-States Coalition led by Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and Iowa in the Upper Midwest Cle...
A group dedicated towards declaring the United States as a country that is no longer dependent upon other countries for their energy sources, when we have our own.
A group dedicated towards declaring the United States as a country that is no longer dependent upon other countries for their energy sources, when we have our own.
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- Are you interested in becoming an organizer in your area?
- Yes
- Tell us about your experience with alternative energy:
- Extremely limited, but extremely motivated. Interested in starting my own company that takes advantage of wind/solar hybrid solutions to compliment existing energy sources to fuel schools, factories, buildings, and cities.
- What excites you about this campaign?
- Having a high profile individual with the means and relationships to get things STARTED. This wont happen overnight, but getting the right people involved and getting the right leadership on board who can delegatie separate initiatives can get results more quickly that mutliple groups working independtly.
- What do you want to do to help?
- I'd love to start a company that can work under the diretion of this plan to start getting the ground work in place that this plan can build upon. I will start by setting up meetings, fundraisers, doing sales calls, whatever is necessary. I'm willing to dedicate myself to this cause.
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- At 10:56pm on January 30, 2009,
Michael Shawn Kendall said… - Hi Adam, Here is a tool for all of us to get RE projects started by selling of US Treasury "Energy Independence Savings Bonds". Savings bonds are normally purchased in $25 increments. This gives a way for just about any American to tighten their belts just a bit by skipping a meal at McDonalds or Pizza Hut and buying an RE savings bond to support a renewable energy project and save money at the same time for themselves. I need help pushing this project, I've faxed and emailed many in Congress/Senate already.If you agree with this plan please consider passing to other people in your district as it will be a great tool to get funding for PickensPlan projects through support of Renewable Energy projects. On my web page is a link for a new group that was started today called “Energy Independence US Treasury Savings Bonds” At your discretion I encourage you to join on the link as one of “my friends” and the join the group if you agree with the goals. I have created a group on PickensPlan called “Energy Independence US Treasury Savings Bonds” . It is currently listed as the number 3 group on the PickensPlan website and I encourage you to check it out, join if you like it, and become friends on my PickensPlan page. My email address is michael.kendall@ymail.com Here is a copy of a fax sent to Nancy Pelosi the other day:
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27FEB09
Honorable Speaker of the House Congresswoman Pelosi,
I am an Electronic Technician Chief in the US Navy with 27 years service stationed overseas. I’m outlying an idea to assist and work with current plans for achieving energy independence. I urge you, as speaker of the house and the driving force to form the select committee on energy independence and global warming, consider for discussion and introduction into the house US Treasury Savings Bonds for Energy Independance.
In WWII America sold war bonds supporting the war effort. When young, my mother told me her primary school raised enough money through bonds to build a tank to support troops. I am impressed with the patriotism and purpose of our greatest generation that accomplished so much.
Selling energy bonds for RE (Renewable Energy) development would lower foreign oil imports and assist with the complex problem of funding. Bonds sold as “Energy S” could support new solar trough plants, “Energy W” to support wind farms, Energy “H” to support hydroelectric plants, Energy “T” to support RE transportation such as electric bullet train routes powered by RE, Energy "C" COOPS for small communities only needing a small quantity of turbines, and Energy “I” for needed infrastructure high voltage power lines to the RE site. Bonds will have the project name and include an artist’s perspective of the project and an American flag. President Obama had great success with the internet during his campaign. In a similar manner, using the internet, energy bonds could have a website listing current projects and an “electronic checkout” could purchase a bond $25 or higher. Simpler methods of payment such as “PAYPAL” and credit cards would be available and after an electronic purchase is complete a color print out of the bond is available with a follow up of the bond in the mail. The website would limit quantity of projects for each category until funding is complete. After a project becomes funded, a new project will be available. A tab on the site will show history and status of previous projects. Purchasers may take great pride in “collecting” and displaying bonds of various RE projects and participating at different levels of financial support. Solar trough plants in the multi-hundred MW size capacity with molten salt energy storage in California, Arizona, and West Texas can provide a major portion of electric needs. North Dakota has potential to support 1/3 of our nations electric needs in it’s class 4 wind zone areas. There are plenty of suitable proposed wind turbine farms now around the nation to significantly increase our RE if funded. Mid sized hydro-electric has not been used in America to it’s full potential. Following the example of our neighbor, Canada, it would provide a significant increase in percentage of electric production. Developing all three we could provide the majority of our electric and heating needs through renewable energy in a "New New Deal" fashion allowing natural gas for transportation as T. Boone Pickens is working for. Bullet train routes have proven a viable alternative to commercial domestic air service and when powered by electricity provided by RE suppliers America would be in the forefront of world technology. Example, I heard of discussion for a commuter train from Denver to Colorado Springs. Such a route built as a renewable energy project with charter requirement legally requiring to only purchase electricity from available renewable energy sources would be a model example. There are many train routes, city bus systems, and government vehicles that can be converted to run from alternative energy sources and fuels. Jobs created would bolster the economy, lower trade deficit, and strengthen national security. I would take great pride in print outs of bonds with graphics of each project I supported and many other Americans would also. The energy bonds could have tax breaks. BLM lands may be a viable place to start for some projects.
I contacted the US treasury department and was told that the marketing department for savings bonds closed several years ago. I was told there would be problems because savings bonds are at the federal level while the projects will be at the state and local level. I disagree and believe that these can easily be figured out in the way of grants to the state and local level using money from the bonds for those specific projects. I was told to check out auctions on the www.treasurydirect.gov website and found them to not apply to citizens wanting to buy savings bonds to support a cause such as energy independance. I was told by the treasury department to look into CREB (Clean Renewable Energy Bonds). I found CREB to be large scale funding that a citizen would not be able to participate in as a US Treasury Energy Independance Bond would provide. If given the tools to participate directly, the power of the citizens of the United States to help achieve energy independance could not be denied. Americans mean well and the Energy Independance Savings bond program will give citizens the power at their level to make it happen. If marketed through a web page, commercials, and to federal employees the word would get out and participation would spread like wildfire.
Mr. Paul Gipe, a resident of Bakersfield CA, an author of several books about wind energy, and recipient of multiple awards as a pioneer in the industry since the 1970's has put a letter I wrote to Senator Dorgan on this subject as well as an older letter I wrote on wind COOP in JAN07. These websites are:
http://www.wind-works.org/coopwind/RenewableEnergyBondsforEnergyIndependence.html
and
http://www.wind-works.org/articles/AmericanEnergyIndependencethroughCooperativeInvestmentinWindEnergy.html
Sincerely and very respectfully,
ETC(SW/AW) Mike Kendall USN
Mailing address: PSC 476, Box 879, FPO AP, 96322 USA
Telephone (803) 265-4756, Email: michael.kendall@ymail.com
- At 5:51pm on November 4, 2008,
Lou De Frog said… - Adam
Is it called spamming when you invite all your friends to join Global Development Group? I hope not.
- At 6:23am on August 8, 2008,
Bruce Eric Montgomery said… - 'Green-collar' jobs a growth area, U.S. group says
Companies are stepping up their environmental initiatives, and that may mean a boom in "green-collar" jobs.
A recent forecast by the American Solar Energy Society found that renewable energy and energy-efficient industries were responsible for the creation of nearly 8.5 million jobs in 2006, and by 2030 that number is expected to reach 40 million.
Colleges and universities are taking notice, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., a job placement consulting group.
Many have introduced specialized degree programs in eco-commerce, environmental accounting, green and social marketing, and ecological economics.
"The demand for 'green-collar' jobs is really exploding, especially as the cost of energy continues to climb," said John Challenger, the group's chief executive. "Students need to start thinking about developing skills that will give them an edge for these types of careers that did not even exist until recently."
Popular jobs include urban planners, forestry professionals and environmental lawyers, Challenger said. There is also a growing demand for architects and engineers with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit.
- At 8:41am on July 17, 2008,
Marty Grossman said… - Adam,
You say you are willing to dedicate yourself to this cause... while you are setting up meetings and fundraisers (etc.) there are other things that can be done NOW.
You dont have to put up wind farms, solar panels, or install a tankless water heater to make a dent... (although all of those things are fantastic if you have the means)
I have a few ideas... every day we are faced with dozens if not hundreds of small opportunities to use a little less energy (and therefore consume less oil)... sure, we need all of the big actions, but we can do things on an individual level that will help wean us off of foreign oil, slow global warming, and have great side benefits of saving money (lower energy bills, higher gas mileage) and living a little healthier.
When you have a minute, check it out here http://push.pickensplan.com/forum/topic/show?id=2187034%3ATopic%3A193424 drop me a line and let me know what you think.
- At 10:57am on July 11, 2008,
tosha said… - i have land in hollis oklahoma. someone contacted my dad about putting windmills on and said they would get back to him. he died june 16th and now the land is mine. he would have loved to be a part of this. i think the name of the company as Skyward. ever heard of it? i would like to go forward with this. i don't know how to get started.
- At 2:17pm on July 8, 2008,
Mark G Cooper said… - Ok so 100 acres for a test platform, now what? Don't give me that is not enough land, get the next point, find a TB Pickens, willing to install a 100 acre solar PV platform to test bed how much power that 100 acres will produced. 100 acres is the sizable amount of land to demonstrate in multiples of land what can be expected in Arizona where the sun shines 340 days a year. So, now what?
Mark G. Cooper
1712 E Francisco Drive
Phoenix, Arizona
Managing Member of Piper Springs, LLC
- At 1:44pm on July 8, 2008,
Nathan said… - Hydrogen fuel cells are what is going to save the US from the evil towlies. The problem w/ the HFC now is that we waste almost as much fossil fuel producing the energy to harness the hydrogen as we burn in conventional cars. Wind power is great, but we should couple this with Nuclear Power to really see the results. Our last nuclear power plant was built in the 70's... but it's finally catching on again and we now have plans to build 30 more throughout the US. Boom.
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