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- Are you interested in becoming an organizer in your area?
- Maybe--But Not Sure What to Organize
- Tell us about your experience with alternative energy:
- I am happy to see people beginning to invest in solar panels around my neighborhood and the bay area, but it is too bad that it has taken so long since its introduction in the 70s for it to become widely accepted. In 1985 as an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania, I wrote a research paper about wind energy as a possible source of alternative energy, centering on the Altamont Pass windfarm. My professor, who had helped put together the ENIAC computer, was disbelieving that the technology was actually being used, and I had to tell him that yes, I had seen it with my own eyes. Maybe he was prompted to study the field himself, but I cannot say whether he pursued the idea.
- What excites you about this campaign?
- It is far reaching and proposes a practical way to provide a significant amount of energy nationwide through clean sources. It can be supplemented by wind farms offshore, to provide twice as much energy, too. It also promotes cleaner running automobiles, which is critical for both fuel economy and a healthier, sustainable environment. Some may disagree, but I like the fact that an "oilman" who knows the energy field and knows business, is putting his vision and resources behind this, because I think that that kind of entrepreneurial spirit is what is needed to spur on such a major change and see it succeed.
- What do you want to do to help?
- I am happy to help with advocacy with my representative leaders in Washington, and to help raise awareness in my community.
Debra Goldenberg's Blog
Electric recharging stations for Alameda County
Alameda County gets funding for recharging stations
| The Associated Press |
(AP) — MCT REGIONAL NEWS
By Chris Metinko
The Oakland Tribune, Calif.…
Posted on March 4, 2010 at 5:00pm
Microbes created to produce biodiesel fuel
A collaboration led by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) has developed a microbe that can produce an advanced
biofuel directly from biomass. Deploying the tools of synthetic
biology, the JBEI researchers engineered a strain of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria to produce biodiesel fuel and other important chemicals derived from fatty…
Posted on February 4, 2010 at 9:55pm
Landfill ceremony a (natural) gas
Gov. Schwarzenegger Celebrates Opening of World’s Largest Landfill Gas to Liquefied Natural Gas Facility in California
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today celebrated the opening of the world’s largest landfill gas to liquefied natural gas (LFG-to-LNG) facility in California, the Waste Management Altamont Landfill and Resource Recovery Facility in Livermore. The plant, put together by partners Waste Management, Linde-BOC and Gas Technology Institute, is… Continue
Posted on November 4, 2009 at 1:13pm
Congress proposes "Cash for Clunkers"
'Cash for clunkers' drawing support
By David Lightman
McClatchy Newspapers
Posted: 05/13/2009 10:53:27 PM PDT
Updated: 05/14/2009 06:26:42 AM PDT
WASHINGTON — Consumers could get up to $4,500 each to help replace old gas-guzzling cars — as long as they turn in their old ones — under a plan that's gained strong support from the White House and leaders of… Continue
Posted on May 14, 2009 at 7:00pm
Parking garages to offer electric car outlets
by Elisabeth Nardi
Contra Costa Times
Updated: 04/04/2009 04:32:58 AM PDT
Gas prices go up, down, then back up again, but Bill Segraves doesn't care.
Most days he ignores the truck and two gas-guzzling Cadillacs in his Pleasant Hill driveway and takes his all-electric GEM to work, where he simply plugs it into the wall outlet to recharge.
He dreams of… Continue
Posted on April 4, 2009 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment
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