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Omnitek sets New Heavy Duty CNG Truck World Record
On September 16, 2009, Omnitek Engineering of San Marcos CA made history by driving a natural gas powered heavy-duty commercial truck to a record altitude of 4,814 meters (15,800 feet) over the Ticlio Pass high in the Peruvian Andes, the highest paved road in the world.
The truck manufactured by the American company International Truck and Engine Company and equipped with the 275 horsepower DT530 engine, had been converted f… Continue
Posted on September 23, 2009 at 6:23pm —
Sempra Testing of Omnitek Conversion
Omnitek had previously reported that it intends to offer a technology solution for irrigation engines operating in the agriculturally-rich San Joaquin Valley, which are no longer in compliance with current emission standards. Farmers operating these engines have few options available to avoid being penalized for operating non-emission legal engines t… Continue
Posted on September 11, 2009 at 3:31am —
California (CARB) New Truck, Bus and Heavy Equipment ruling, Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act-Against Natural Gas!
CARB formally adopted a complex set rules for owners of commercial diesel powered equipment and vehicles which mandates they retro-fit their equipment with expensive exhaust treatment technology. The exhaus… Continue
Posted on December 14, 2008 at 1:20pm — 3 Comments
What we need to tell CARB and the CEC at the Meeting December 5th
Posted on November 29, 2008 at 5:28pm —
Why Don't we use Natural Gas? Power point file
Posted on November 27, 2008 at 1:46pm —
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FSS owns Impco Technologies and BRC. They are among the largest producers of gaseous fuel systems for vehicles worldwide.
The NAT GAS ACT will be a huge boon to the industry moving forward even if only a portion of it passes. Let your lawmakers know you support the NAT GAS ACT and ask your local gas station if they are going to offer CNG.
I am sorry, this part you wrote, so the manufacturer gets a pile a points and "spends" them on selling high polluters. Essentially the GX is sold at a loss in order to sell Honda SUV's and Minivans... doesn't make sense to me. Can you clarify, please? Thanks,
Debra G
Debra Goldenberg
I read your comment in Pickens California Group. It’s a shame that government, automobile manufacturers and most industrialized leaders all have proprietary agendas. Wouldn’t it be nice if all could come together with a common solution? I’ve been working for the last 35 years trying to stop our consumption of Middle Eastern Oil for all the reasons you aspire. I’ve been writing legislatures and many others trying to show that a common agenda is needed but all have there own talking points and refuse to comply with common sense. Look how long it took them to build the HEV (hybrid electric vehicle). I went to your Web Page and all you have accomplished will work nicely with the HEV. After all an HEV does have an internal combustion engine. Less consumption - what a thought - it may make too much common sense. Does California have the legislatures that understand this? No. We can only pray that in the next election cycle we can change some of the bureaucrats. I hope it won’t take another decade. I’ve been in CA for 40 years and we still have some of the same dunder heads in office. Anyway – good luck.
Richard Barnard
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
PLEASE TAKE A PLEDGE TO WORK TODAY!
I am asking everyone to please take petitions to school or work or wherever you are going today! It is very easy. Kim Anderson was able to gather 75 signatures Thursday and Friday while Christmas shopping and running errands. Everyone wants to get off of foreign oil; we just need to gather their names. WE CAN DO THIS, with everyone’s help.
Please congratulate Doug Auer, our newest 100CLUB member
Doug has been steady at the tiller with consistent effort and kept at it until he was done. I am inspired by his tenaciousness. I hope you are motivated by his success.
Thanks for the heads up. We attended the pre-proposal workshop last month and the meeting last Friday. We'll be submitting a proposal through CSU Sacramento in January for the EPAG program. We'll be talking to them about 118, but they seem intent on spending that on ethanol plants.
Just a note: efficiency can cut carbon output by more than 30%, but of course is best used in combination with alternative fuels.
Cheers
We are the only fuel system up-fitter in the state of utah that is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers. All of our CNG fuel system upgrades are EPA compliant and integrate with OBD II. In Utah, only our Intergalactic built NGV's adhere to CGA, NFPA 52, USDOT, FMVSS, NGV2.2007 and NGV3.1. We build premium, bi-fuel, tri-fuel, multi-fuel, hydrogen (H2), methane (CNG), propane (LPG), electric (EV, HEV & PHEV), biodiesel (B100), SVO and ethanol (E85) automobiles, appliances and infrastructure.
If you are looking for the Federal tax credit, you will have to pay more to get less. Only dedicated fuel vehicles qualify for the incentive, and only vehicles over 8,000 GVWR make economic sense to recoup the extraneous cost involved with a dedicated fuel vehicle that does not work everywhere in todays infrastructure. Adding enough fuel storage capacity to give a dedicated fuel vehicle enough range to be viable is cost prohibitive in most applications. We also offer dedicated fuel systems for H2, CNG LNG, and LPG that do qualify for the pork available at the trough. Only Intergalactic built, American Fuel Vehicles work in todays infrastructure while paving the highway to a brighter future.
In addition, we offer technician training and franchising if you either want to build the vehicle of your dreams, or manage an Ecolonomic based business that is good for more than just the triple bottom line. With our RE-fuel centers and beyond compliance AFV's copied all over the country, the USA has the ability to drive clean and petroleum free. We measure our success, by the number of our ides that are copied amongst our competitors in the industry. We are leading the Clean Fuel Revolution and with Solutionaries like yourself driving clean too, we all get to be a part of another American Moment.
Thank You!
Tai Robinson
Intergalactic Hydrogen
www.AmericanFuelVehicles.com
801-201-7370
www.IntergalacticHydrogen.com
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I would like to invite you to join the group Green Jobs Now!
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Melissa
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Thanks for the heads up about the CARB meeting. I am interested in streamlining the CNG retrofit kit process with CARB. It seem that you are way ahead on the issues with CARB and CNG retrofit kit certification. I will definitely attend the meeting and please keep posting ideas and suggestions on how to get CARB to streamline the CNG retrofit kit process. Your analysis of getting ARB to treat Natural gas like gasoline and diesel shows you have done your homework . Thanks for your insight.
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