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Architect seeking Green Projects to Design
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- Are you interested in becoming an organizer in your area?
- Yes
- Tell us about your experience with alternative energy:
- I am an architect that has researched alternative building methods for many years. I have also advocated the use of alternative methods for heating and cooling buildings. You can check out my website at www.BondArch.com. I am also a recognized leader in the design of Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) and can design any type of building to use SIPs effectively to save 40-60% off of the energy cost of operating it.
- What excites you about this campaign?
- I believe building more buildings using SIPs will drastically reduce our need for electricity to operate them, thus reducing our dependence on burning fossil fuels to generate more electricity. I am also a boating enthusiast and I live on a 144,000 acre lake where a lot of boats are used that do not have any emission control systems. I would like to see many of them converted to CNG for the environment and to reduce the use of gasoline.
- What do you want to do to help?
- I'd like to see more buildings built using SIPs panels.I want to promote the use of SIPs in every building type. I would also like to start a marina where boats could be converted to CNG and provide CNG fuel for both boats and cars. I am also a very capable public speaker and want to be an outspoken advocate for the use of SIPs and CNG.
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Boone's team has made it so easy - it takes just one minute to forward a simple message to your Senators. PLEASE do it today. Please get the folks in your home, family and office to do the same.
Here is the easy link to our Senators:
http://capwiz.com/pickensplan/issues/alert/?alertid=12548996&ty...
Let's really push the needle today. Let's make this 50,000 Wednesday! Have a great one!
Best,
Kim
(Designer looking for Green jobs)
I am asking everyone to please take petitions to school or work or wherever you are going today! It is very easy. Kim Anderson was able to gather 75 signatures Thursday and Friday while Christmas shopping and running errands. Everyone wants to get off of foreign oil; we just need to gather their names. WE CAN DO THIS, with everyone’s help.
1. Hydrogen fuel can be made on demand, as you need it - no need for huge storage facilities.
2. Hydrogen fuel is most easily made from water.
3. You're already on the water, so you can filter and convert that water into fuel, saving you on the water bill.
4. You can use solar power to aid in the conversion process. Just store the extra power in a battery bank.
5. You will need a no leak compression system to go into the engine's fuel cell. <- the hard part. Try and find one on Google and you're well on your way to having a successful Marina.
Now all you need is to contract engineers to create you an outboard engine that runs off of hydrogen. Then you can mount the engine on any small to mid-sized boat you want - no conversion necessary. You can contract companies in china to make you a design and a prototype for fairly cheep; and honestly, they have a higher number of engineers. The only bad part is that they will probably steal your idea - but if you are truly dedicated to this movement then you won't mind.
- Adam Martin
An idea to perhaps test the market potential for CNG as a boat fuel without such a large initial expenditure could be to provide one dock or set of slips with several of the FuelMaker or similar overnight refueling rigs. Maybe one side of a floating dock reserved for boat owners who want 24/ 7 access to CNG, and the other for overnight tie-up to refuel. Just a thought. The major $$$ drawback to boat conversion to CNG is the cost of the onboard tanks, which have to withstand more that 2500PSI, so they're expensive. LP gas or propane works at much lower pressures, so cost is not so much a factor.
William Engwer
My father's business was named O'Gwynn Inc. and was located in Montgomery. Wow, how nice that you live on Lake Martin! We have a lake home there too. Love it! The lake sure has changed over the years. I hardly recognize it now.
War Eagle!
Linda
www.naturalfuelssolutions.com
People are bigger polluters than boats in Tampa Bay now. My son won the science fair with a comparison study of bacteria from the mangroves (cradle of life in the Everglades), a preserve beach, and a public beach. After what we found, I may never swim at a public beach again. It's worse than any Oklahoma lake, plus there are sharks!
Take Care,
Christiane
EMAIL A LETTER TO YOUR REPRESENTATIVES BY USING OUR EASY RED "CONTACT CONGRESS" BUTTON -This is urgent, because the Energy Bill in Congress is in danger of not passing! With little effort, we have the ability here for you to send a letter to our Representatives in Washington and Governor, too. Go to THE PLEDGE (at the very top of this page on the blue header) On the top of the pledge page there are three rectangular buttons- two blue ones and ONE RED BUTTON, that reads "CONTACT CONGRESS" . Fill in the short, standard form. Done!
YOU CAN ALSO HELP BY BRINGING 5 FOLKS TO JOIN the site today, so that we can build a voice big enough that Congress will finally have to listen to us, instead of the lobbyists and special interests, who are trying to derail this historic effort.
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE PLEDGE on the main page. Print out 10 or more of them, get them signed and fax them back to Boone ASAP. This is how we build our numbers fast! Be a leader, be a part of the "100 CLUB", by faxing in 100 signed pledges. Let me know when you are done and I will add you to the list.
THERE IS NO TIME TO DELAY
…to wait and see…or to see if someone else will step up to the plate. It is time for US to roll up our sleeves and go to work. Right now momentum is working in our favor, but if gas prices retreat, the public will forget the pain, and our moment may be lost.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Check out Pickens "August Call to Action"- for a course of action! Here is an informative video "Topeka, Kansas Town Hall Meeting": http://www.pickensplan.com/news/2008/08/04/video-of-the-topeka-town...
PERSONAL ACTION OPTIONSWe need to do more than “preach to the choir”. Sharing ideas with each other is encouraging but that will not 1) increase our membership nor 2) influence public policy. If you know someone in the press or someone who blogs - get them to cover this. Ask those in the public eye to support this plan.
A GROUP FOR EVERYONE. Join the Guides and Materials for New Members Group. Lot's of good information there.
Check out the many groups for Solar, CNG, your area, etc. Connect, learn and share. We grow stronger with your input. If you don't see a group that speaks to your interest, then start a group of your own.
Thanks again for joining this historical effort. WE CAN DO THIS .
Gator - Welcome Wagon Volunteer - Palm Coast, Florida
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