Join the Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy at www.FAREnergy.org today!

Faye, in response, since you are from here, why not join the District FL-13 Site and feel free to post something there!

Hi ya Faye

I would love to help, This is what I am tring to do this week in my area.

The Harlem Globetrotters are coming to the Portland Civic Center on the 22 next Sunday,

I Have a PLAN:
To stand out in front of the Civic Center in my Clown Suit and Hand out Free Pickens Plan T Shirts and encourage folks to sign up for the Virtual March April 1-3, I know the Civic Center holds a a Lot of people. What better way to Reach them Give them a FREE TB Pickens T Shirt.

I need Pickens Plan T shirt Sponsors, Can any one Help? I will do my best with what I have But I need all of you so if you can do something Please do!!

Please do not send any Money.
All I need is a few hundred T Shirts.
Can we count on you to send a FEW :O}

Please Forward this to your Network of Friends.

Send to:
T.B. Pickens C/O Mike Anthony
6 Ginger Lane
Saco Me 04072
207-229-8240

Thank you for all you do :o}
Mike

Hi, I missed the meeting in Tallahassee on February 3rd. How did It go? Was anything accomplished? I wold like to be on a list for future events in the Tallahassee area please.

John Sands

Hi Fasye!

Please stop by and CONGRATULATE and THANK our 2 newest 100CLUB members. These folks are building our members, and our influence, one new supporter at a time!


PAMELA BARNES and TOM SETTER are our 2 newest 100CLUB members. Pamela is an Arizona district leader, and Tom is in her district! What a team.

http://push.pickensplan.com/profile/PamelaBarnes77

http://push.pickensplan.com/profile/ThomasJSetter

Hope you will thank them for their amazing efforts. Hope you will be iunspired by their success and join us in the 100CLUB.


Best to you!
Kim

I just read on the sight that you reccomended allianceforrenewableenergy.org
The Information on REPs is extremely intersting. So in other countries Germany, Denmark for example Indiviuals can get paid for producing electricity they do not use? If I understand that right what a great incentive for Americans to want to support Alternative Energy
Is there a downside to this

I would like to support this group. Are you not for profit? I grew up in Florida, and can't wait to return to it. I support the Everglades (efforts to put it back the way it was before the Intercostal ruined everything.)

Faye - My son's name is Taye

I wanted to tell you that is impressive to see a young person so active in green issues. I'm 42 years old. Question: Are your friends as active as you are? My belief is that it will be your generation that makes the changes we need. My generation is not as strong on the issues but I feel we will be of much help. Also what program are you using to manipulate your photograph in the different colors? I'm a self thought graphic designer, but as you know your age group (my kids included) pick up computer skills at an alarming rate. I’m also interested in your fonts. I lead the design team for http://www.FloydMagazine.com and I just wanted to tell you that if you have not thought about a career in graphic design you should.

Hi Faye, Here is a way to help and give tools to all of us for getting more RE projects started. I have been pushing for the sell 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 a RE savings bond to support a project. I need help pushing this project, I've faxed and emailed many in Congress/Senate already. My email is ke6cvh@yahoo.com. Here is a copy of a fax sent to Nancy Pelosi yesterday:
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: ke6cvh@yahoo.com