America Goes "GREEN "
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- Since 1989 I have dreamed of owning a home that is off the grid. I watch my mother on limited income spend more than half her money on utilities. I always known there is a better way.
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- We the people can pull together with a common knowledge to build a cleaner world for our children
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To All,
It will take common thinkers "Green" to help support or engage in business opportunity that will be the leaders to build our world to safe clean air, clean waters, and put a halt to global warming. Mostly to ensure that the young children of today will have a future in our world.
Posted on July 22, 2008 at 10:33pm —
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Bruce
You have the right attitude . We dare not rely upon the monopolies not the Government , it's up to the populace , because they don't want to change the status quo and lose their power and control
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I often see comments on the pages of people joining the Pickens Plan movement where they want to be involved but have limited knowledge of where to start and where to look. After spending time in Europe and seeing what many countries are doing to secure their energy independence, I think that I can share some pretty good ideas and information with you. The European countries, especially Germany, Denmark and Spain are leading the way on that continent to renewable energy.
As we all know, knowledge is power. This power has for too long been out of our hands with emphasis shifted to different fronts by our government. Whether we are Republicans or Democrats, it doesn’t matter. We are all Americans that face the same problems caused by high oil prices. T. Boone Pickens is leading the charge here in America similar to the path many European countries have been on for 10-20 years. Most countries there have always had expensive fuel.
I wish everyone could take a trip to Germany to see the solar and wind initiative that they have fostered in their society. It is mind-boggling! This commitment was jump started by a place called Freiburg, Germany. Denmark started with a huge program in clean energy from wind. These are websites that I would recommend seeing where you can read about these programs and see examples of what they have done and are continuing to do - examples of where we should be heading.
1) The Solar Village – Freiburg, Germany. See: http://www.thesolarvillage.com/
2) The Folkecenter for Renewable Energy – Denmark.
See: http://www.folkecenter.net/gb/overview/publications/
Under VARIOUS, read: The transition from Fossil Fuels to the Renewable Energies
The whole website is excellent and you could spend hours there.
3) Google: Samso, Denmark. This is an island off the coast of Demark that is completely self-sustaining. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_kolbert
4) Read the article written by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. titled: “Global Warming: A Real Solution”
Our issues with energy aren’t just about lack of oil to go around, they are on a more grand scale about the issues of global warming and national security as well. What you will see in the above references is information that deals with a quest of becoming carbon neutral. Not only can our government and businesses move in that direction, individuals can participate as well like they have in Germany. In Germany and Denmark it is all about tax laws that encourage every homeowner to become an energy producer. (Germany has 19,000+ wind turbines and millions of solar panels). The incentives make it worthwhile and at the same time direct these countries toward energy independence.
Unmentioned above are recommendations for a few good documentaries to watch – “Saved by the Sun” a PBS NOVA video, and “A Crude Awakening” by Basil Gemlpke, et al. Americans need to mobilize and pressure our government representatives both on the state and national level. The Pickens Plan is a good place to foster discussion and share ideas and PUSH this plan! Good luck in your quest for a better America….. Lee
I am very pleased to witness this American Evolution
and to have some contact with you and others who
with powerful leadership and within this framework can change
public policy. Ron Rhoades wrote: "Inaction by our policy leaders can lead to disaster." Bravo... Our efforts need to be focused, many have opinions and it is in the collective awareness as this Energy Policy Evolution aggregates positive momentum that we will overcome our disastrous state of inertia.
Very powerfully stated by Ron Rhoades who wrote:
The time is now...
Moreover, if you do this, you will be able to look back in a few years and say, "I really made a difference ... I propelled a movement forward which changed the future of America - and individual Americans - for the better." Your time has arrived to positively impact the lives of millions of Americans. Seize the moment.