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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:

I've lived it all my adult life. Designed and built my current earth sheltered house. w/1kw Bergey wind turbine, wood fired outdoor boiler, constructing a solar hot water system, plans for converting a chevy S10 pick up to full electric. Future plans to charge truck with PV charged battery system.

What excites you about this campaign?

While I'm not a big fan of centralized power generation, a renewable system is great step in the correct direction. I firmly believe we would be a stronger country if we had smaller, localized renewable power producers. Regions could utilize what works best for them, be it wind, solar, hydro, tidal, geothermal, bio-mass or most likely a mix of several.

I'm not yet decided on the global warming issue. Far superior intellects to mine battle back and forth over this issue. Who am I to decide. But as I tell people, "If we can do the right thing for our wallet and it helps the environment, it can't be bad".

What do you want to do to help?

I am and have for the last twenty years leading by example. Doing what ever I can to show and convince people that there is another way to go through this life. A better, cheaper, more satisfying way.

The next few years will not be business as usual, everyone better start preparing for it. This is not the 70's. We will, as a society, have to learn to go without and still make very hard choices when it comes to comfort health, finances and possibly the environment.

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At 6:40pm on December 4, 2009, Walter L. Ewald said…: Hi Dennis.........anything new with your solar system(s)? I have a new heat pump/furnace which is integrated with my solar HW system....works well, but now we are in winter cloud cover which and my system goes dormant until Feb/Mar depending on sunshine then. Lee

At 7:25pm on April 26, 2009, Walter L. Ewald said…: Hi Dennis......Really good to hear from you again and glad to hear about your projects. I am moving ahead with projects here as well. The big one was to get my solar hot water system operating back to normal again after some problems with the controller. Thanks to Jon Klima, everything is back to normal. I have a Jensen wood burning furnace with boiler plate (coil) near the top of the furnace to heat my solar hot water tank when the sun isn't shining. It was a long, cold and very snowy winter here and my collectors were covered with snow for many months......not much solar gain. That is when I have to depend on wood heat with a propane fired furnace as back up. I am moving away from burning any propane and hope to have everything in place by mid summer......long before next year's heating season. I have a bunch of photos of my system and the passive elements of my house that I have now taken. Please send me a quick e-mail and I will forward those photos to you, and share a few other ideas. My e-mail address is: w8wa@torchlake.com
......>>>> Lee

At 4:42am on April 17, 2009, Walter L. Ewald said…: Hi Dennis...........How are your solar project coming along? It's good to see the new round of renewable tax credits passed in March.....planning on doing more here this summer......>>>Lee

At 10:42am on August 9, 2008, Joe Shmo said…: I am looking for micro wind companies with a track record ( not easy to find ) that I can invest in, any leads would be greatly appreciated.
I have found one in N. Dakota
Promana ticker PSLU did a reverse split and its assets were taken over via a merger by Crownbutte Wind Power on July 31st 2008, Crownbutte board replaced Promana board July 31st 2008
Crownbutte completed a private placement Aug 1st 2008 to build, own
and operate an approved 200 megawatt wind project with 134 turbines in
southwestern North Dakota estimated cost to build $30,000,000.
Project value upon completion and before tax credits is $50,000,000.
CBWP has been consulting for and building wind power farms in North
Dakota since 1999.
Crownbutte Wind Power
111 5th Ave NE
Mandan, ND 58554
www.crownbutte.com
Stock in new entity is available ticker CBWP now.
Any feedback would be appreciated.

At 8:39am on August 4, 2008, Lars Erickson said…: Dennis,
Thank-you for the comment/info. 181 degrees!!!! Wow. Even in the winter, on sub-zero days, it is over 100 degrees between the panes of glass on our leaky old house here, so solar hot water is a definite way to use a renewable resource to displace fossil fuels.

I plan to get the tubes in the floors first, then figure out how to convert them to solar and use some sort of propane. Hey, I just thought of something.... If I am using the solar panels for floor heating, I will want to use an anti-freeze fluid in them anyway, probably, right? In that case, the panels themselves would not necessarily need a drain back system on cold winter nights!

Hmmm

At 11:13am on August 2, 2008, Lars Erickson said…: Dennis,
I would like to learn more about building a solar hot water system. I am planning a ICF house and will put radiant tubes in the floors ( however, someone told me it is better to put them in the walls)

Would you be willing to share some of the knowledge you have been gleaning over the years through your own experiences?

Lars

At 9:16pm on July 28, 2008, Tom Swift said…: Thanks Dennis,
I appreciate encouragement, especially from someone with your experience. I'm surprised that Pickens has brought such large numbers of high quality energy enthusiasts together. Who knew?
Best regards,
Tom

At 12:27pm on July 22, 2008, Colorado Bob said…: Thanks for the kind words.
Sounds like you're foolin' with tomatoes if your having pollination troubles.
Get a small paint brush (artist kind) and tickle the blossoms.

At 8:04am on July 20, 2008, Walter L. Ewald said…: Hi Dennis.......I agree with your comments on overhangs for solar shielding of glass walls or active solar panels for heat. I should have added the diagram that I had done for the heating system for the home. It is on my photos page now. Lee

At 10:24pm on July 18, 2008, Colorado Bob said…: I wanted you to see this . You'll get this

(These wigets are "buggy" sorry for the crappy link -)

The Biological Furnace

http://push.pickensplan.com/photo/photo/show?id=2187034:Photo:303931