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John:
I have been working in the wastewater field for many years. On one project we have been de-watering septic sludge and simply take it to the landfill. The effluent is treated in a series of aerated ponds with aerobic and anerobic zones.
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Lou:
I am going through personal difficulties, and the power of vision and hope is what gets us through tough times. I couldn't agree with you more. Like Teddy Roosevelt in his quote "Dare Greatly" Google it if you have not read it.
Karl, you get biofuels digest and American Windpower weekly?
Great Post Karl, I think this economic morass is going to wake a few people from their slumber. Heck, Canada may just decide to use nuclear to develop the tar sands and export the excess power to the US.
Hi James, Jeff here in Alaska, Did you know that the Obama administration has CANCELLED the US involvement in the closed cycle fission reactor consortium.
Renewable s have their place, but habitat destruction from renewable s such as these massive…
The trillion dollar bailouts of the banks could have funded a complete rebuild of the usa power generation. Nuclear + waste-disposal (municipal waste , sludge is totally feasible without generating an additional ounce of new nuclear waste.
Landfill space is expensive, we need to recycle metals, plastics etc.and burn the rest at high enough temperatures to avoid air pollution.
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- Are you interested in becoming an organizer in your area?
- Yes
- Tell us about your experience with alternative energy:
- I was involved in Wind Energy Development in the 1980's, Presently a consulting engineer involved with co generation, solar, ethanol, advanced power cycles.
- What excites you about this campaign?
- We need to stimulate our economy by investing in energy efficiency, and capturing the energy in our environment for our use, and that would include solar-biomass, wind, solar photo voltaic waste energy recover via Kalina cycle,
I believe an open forum will get the science out in front of the politicians, and facilitate decision making that will at the very least get government out of the way of the private sector.
- What do you want to do to help?
- I will provide technical facts to support or invalidate energy proposals
Comment Wall (6 comments)
- At 8:41am on October 5, 2009,
Brad said… - Hi Jeff,
Welcome to the group! Have you seen this renewable energy tech yet?
EternaGreen System Video
Brad
- At 8:06am on February 9, 2009,
Karen Brown said… - Jeff,
You left a voicemail for me on Friday afternoon. I could not hear your phone number. Please contact me again if you like. Karen Brown, URS Corp
- At 1:07am on January 28, 2009,
Michael Shawn Kendall said… - Hi Jeff, 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
- At 9:28am on November 25, 2008,
Donald Cunningham said… - Hello Jeffm, I was raised in northern California never spending time in Bakersfield. However, I did spend 2yr's of High School in Anchorage after the earth quake in '63. My sister & her husband has been there ever since and spent most of adult life in Kenai, now they live in Niskai Alaska.( is that spelled right ) Your Friend Donald C.
- At 4:14am on November 13, 2008,
Kat said… - Active stewards for Kachemack Bay decades ago succeeded in the buyback of platform leases. THe chances of an unsustainable energy producer like nuclear has no chance of support in Homer. Spent fuel from nuclear is the stumbling block for this type of generation. Yucca Mountain in the Mojave adamantly fought the storage of spent fuel. My guess is there will be far less support for nuclear with this administration. Why not go with the flow which is for sustainable and renewable generators such as wind, solar low temp geothermal, and tidal. T. Boone has taken a large step forward to change the conversation.
- At 1:31am on August 5, 2008,
Daryl Oster said… - Jeff,
TRANSPORTATION is the master key to basic survival, and the cornerstone of the economy. We all know that transportation presently depends on oil production, and oil production is peaking. We must focus first on transportation – it is the highest priority. The PickensPlan to transition vehicles to natural gas is a great start toward 100% energy independence, but is a stop-gap measure till we can transition to all electric transportation. Electric energy is strained without adding transportation demands; so we must drastically improve efficiency .
Evacuated Tube Transport (ETT) is a patented technology where travel occurs without air friction or rolling resistance (like “Space Travel on Earth”); ETT can accomplish 50 times more transportation per kWh (or carbon credit) than electric cars or trains. ETT is silent, low cost, safe, faster than jets, and is electric so it can make maximum use of wind or PV power. I invite you to visit my page to learn more about ETT
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