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- Are you interested in becoming an organizer in your area?
- Yes
- Tell us about your experience with alternative energy:
- Been around such issues since before Greenpeace sold out.:)
- What excites you about this campaign?
- True independence from fossil fuels (and other combustibles,) -- a vision that may actually exceed anything Europe has done so far (and they're decades ahead of us now, in terms of energy efficiency.
- What do you want to do to help?
- Spreading the word, think-tanking practical real-world solutions, SOME political action, but I believe, overall, that it is up to us, the People, to make this happen.
Working on EVs and Conversions. The EVs are truly green EVs, utilizing renewable resources for their structures, rather than more plastic and thin/weak metal. The result is light, strong, and as green as possible. Want in? Email me, and we'll talk!
A MUST for the NG bill
NG is used for heating homes, water and for cooking.
Any bill which promotes NG for transportation fuel must also provide protection against a rise (or skyrocket) in the cost of residential fuel prices.
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A MUST for the NG Bill
I've seen how much LP… Continue
Posted on April 1, 2009 at 9:43am —
Where Have All The Taxes Gone? (Short term problem with plug-in E-Cars)
Electric cars have a problem. It isn't battery life, or expense, or road safety, or even distance limitations. It's fuel tax.
Federal and State governments tax gasoline. Some counties and cities may do so as well, either directly or by sales tax. The tax on electricity isn't anywhere near as high, and there's no taxing what you g… Continue
Posted on December 16, 2008 at 10:16am —
Letter to Boone Pickens
Preface: This email will take you two minutes to read. I considered editing it to about 40 seconds, but feel it important that you see how I come to the conclusion before I deliver a message I believe important to this movement you've helped birth. I've spend years of my life towards the same goal. Please indulge us with the couple minutes and read all of this.
First, I'll thank you for the efforts you've put forth, and the liberty you've allowed in discussing alternative energy solutio… Continue
Posted on December 16, 2008 at 3:50am —
Creating Jobs in America --- Green or otherwise
STOP SENDING THE WORK OVERSEAS! STOP BUYING STUFF FROM OVERSEAS!
The only ones making money in that deal are the ships and their diesel suppliers. It shav… Continue
Posted on October 17, 2008 at 4:05pm —
Obama vs. McCain
Posted on October 8, 2008 at 1:30pm — 4 Comments
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Great question!
Even when the switch to CNG and LNG occurs, you have to remember that not every person in America will switch. So there will not be a devastating spike in price across the country.
Also, remember that what we are really after are big trucks (18 wheelers, buses, trash trucks, etc.) There are 6.5 million 18 wheelers on the road today. If we can convert just 350,000 of those to natural gas, we create 450,000 jobs and reduce our dependence on foreign oil by 5.14%. Some individual consumers will purchase NGV, but not everyone across the country.
Even if that happened, we have over a thousand trillion cubic feet of proven natural gas reserves. That’s enough natural gas for everyone in America to drive a vehicle for the next 77 years. Pretty amazing stuff.
Geoff
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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: michael.kendall@ymail.com
As far as nuclear power is concerned. The biggest problem is the cost of waste disposal. Safety issues, while we must be aware of them and address them, are frequently overblown. Waste is the real problem. The technology to dispose of nuclear waste has been invented but it is extremely expensive. We're talking about a trillion or more dollars over the next ten to twenty years. But that is because we have not spent any development dollars to make it cheaper. Nuclear has higher up front costs than coal and oil plants. This is what state regulators and power companies see. The reasons are partly technical but also due to ignorance and fear causing insurance and risk costs affecting the investors' desire to put money into these projects. Many remember "WHOOPS!" in Washington and the collapse of investment vehicles in the Northeast in the 80s. Organizing education and political action campaigns such as PickensPlan is a start. The question is sustaining this effort in our current political and economic environment. How do we translate this effort to ground level poundinfg on doors and raising money for political campaigns? These ideas are an outline. The details are going to be difficult to handle but I don't think they're that hard.
Mike Williams
Clynton
Great idea and good information!
Thanks
Walt
We are doing a great deal of product checking for our micro home project and have Determined that we can be probably 90% to 100% LED lighting. The bulbs we are using can be 12 VDC or 120 VAC. X only 3 watts!! They have a 50,000 hour life cycle. I wired our micro home for 120 VAC because I also have an excellent supplier of inexpensive inverters both modified sine wave and full sine wave. I am very impressed with the bulbs. See photos on my page.
I want to be able to plug in, and use 120 VAC equipment if necessary. I'm going to put propane in for cooking and it can also be used to run a propane last resort, backup generator to charge batteries etc. We will have solar hot water and heat.
I'm using 12 VDC to run the inverters because I can add a wiring harness to my vehicles to charge a spare backup battery while doing my errands etc. I also have a new 1000 watt wind turbine with 12 volt powered inverter in my warehouse. This equipment is not selling by the way and my feeling is that the general public is not taking this entire energy thing very seriously. I intend to sell these off the grid homes for very low dollars if we move forward we will mass produce them.
Several of us are starting our own contact list for contact with Pickens people we want to stay in touch with so that when the site folds we won't lose track of each other. If you are interested, my email is wbarrett1@aol.com or ceo@chinadepot.com and the phone number is 401 725 8141, web site www.chinadepot.com www.chinadepot.com.
If you need more technical info please contact me at wbarrett1@aol.com
Thanks,
Walt
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