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- Are you interested in becoming an organizer in your area?
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- Tell us about your experience with alternative energy:
- Natural gas local distribution executive. Experience with Alaska energy infrastructure. Developing infrastructure as part of a independent special district in Florida.
- What excites you about this campaign?
- Putting things in perspective I have paid as little as $.18 per gallon for gasoline in my lifetime. With oil costs driving up the price of fuel to $4.00 a gallon, the time for a wake up call has arrived. I agree with Mr. Pickens that continuing down the path of dependence on oil from overseas will result in the transfer of wealth outside the United States. I firmly believe our standard of living is on the decline due to this transfer. Globalization took away our manufacturing base, we cannot afford to not take action to break our addition to oil from overseas. As a former senior officer in the military I have contributed to the defense and protection of our interests in oil overseas. Seeing the excessive spending of our dollars by nations in Southwest Asia should motivate all Americans to support the Pickens Plan.
- What do you want to do to help?
- Helping bridge the gap to natural gas powered vehicles in my area until new technologies such as hydrogen is established. Pipeline infrastructure to support deliver of hydrogen is a good fit for natural gas utilities to compliment their existing business model.
David Underwood's Blog
Gasoline Prices on the Rise
Posted on June 13, 2009 at 1:46pm —
Hydrogen Vehicle Refueling Example
Posted on March 14, 2009 at 8:24am —
Natural Gas Powered Transportation: Time for the Movement to Start in Northwest Florida
http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/video_player.shtml?vid=193319
As you examine the home refueling unit I am happy to report that we now have a distributor setting up shop for the refueling up. Look for activity now that we have a distributor for the refueling unit in the Northwest Florida area.
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Posted on October 1, 2008 at 8:50pm —
Watch for a Shift in Taxing Concepts with Natural Gas Powered Vehicles
Posted on September 14, 2008 at 12:12pm —
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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: ke6cvh@yahoo.com
One of the areas we have to address is energy independence along with reshaping our economy to be sustainable. Natural Capitalism addresses these issues. Within the web site below you can find a PDF summary from Harvard Business Review provides a great synopsis of things our country should consider.
http://www.natcap.org/