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- I HAVE NOT REALLY HAD A FULL EXPERANCE WITH ALTERNATIVE ENERGY BUT IT HAS TO BE BETTER THAN WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING,OUR KIDS ARE DIEING IN A WAR;THAT TO ME HAS NO MORE PURPOSE. OUR COUNTRY IS BEING HANDED OVER TO FOREIGN NATIONS ON A PLATTER.WE AS AMERICANS OF ALL RACE, RELIGION,AND GENDER NEED'S TO ADDRESS THIS EPIDEMIC .AS CITIZENS OF THIS GREAT NATION WE SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF WHAT WE HAVE LET HAPPEN.OUR ECONOMY IS IN A BAD PLACE, WORSE AS IT EVER BEEN.IM ONE OF THE CITIZEN THAT'S BEING AFFECTED BY THE ECONOMY. IM ABOUT TO LOSE MY HOME AT THIS POINT IN TIME; DUE TO THE CRISIS WE ARE FACING.BUT YOU NO WHAT!,IT DOESN'T STOP ME FROM BELIEVING IN PEOPLE LIKE YOU.PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MAKE AMERICA WHAT SHE ONCE USE TO BE.IM A STRONG AMERICAN I'LL GET THROUGH IT! BUT CAN'T SAY THAT ABOUT MOST AMERICAN'S WHO LOST OR WILL LOSE THEIR HOME'S AND JOB'S.I DON'T HAVE MUCH BUT IM WILLING TO DO WHAT EVER I CAN TO HELP THE PICKENSPLAN ACHIEVE ITS GOAL. SO COUNT ME IN!
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- THE EXCITMENT ABOUT THIS CAMPAING IS IT'S A START FOR CHANGE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED AS AMERICAN'S,WE NEED CHANGE.THE CAMPAING TO ME IS A STEP TOWARD AMERICAS' BRIGHTER FUTURE.
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- I WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE IN WHAT EVER WAY YOU NEED ME TO; OR MY TIME AND LITTLE FUND'S I MAY HAVE TO HELP THE CAMPAIGN SUCCEED
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CAN WE DO IT! YES WE CAN! PICKENSPLAN!
DO YOU THINK THE PICKENSPLAN CAN MAKE OUR FURTURE BRIGHTER AND THE CHANGE WE NEED FOR A BETTER AMERICA?
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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
Thanks for thinking of me.
Go strong!
RoseMarie
Time to roll up our sleeves and keep reaching out to all, make something good happen today..
..because YOU CAN.
All the best,
RoseMarie LaCoursiere
I know a lot of people are asking what a Green Ambassador does. Green Energy TV has a lot of Green Ambassadors around the world and they (Green Ambassadors) spread the word about www.greenenergytv.com People can watch, learn and upload videos of what they are doing to be green. They already have viewers in over 160 countries and anyone can become a Green Ambassador for them. Just share their site with people you know and in your community. Many exciting things are going on in communities, cities and countries and if you can get them to show what they are doing by having them upload their videos to www.greenenergytv.com then people around the world can also learn and go green in their own areas.
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Focus is the key to everything in life. I am always available to motivate. But I am a the first to tell you to "cowgirl up" rather than whine. Just remember in all things "Some will, Some won't So what" It's the ones that will that you want to associated with to make change.
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