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What excites you about this campaign?
Cutting America's dependence on Foreign Oil excites me about providing a good future for our children. It's time to stop exchanging our wealth for short-span comfort. It's time to stop paying billions of dollars to countries that hate us.
What do you want to do to help?
I'm open to suggestions. My husband has submitted an innovative idea for an electric car that goes more than 40 miles without needing recharging to a number of automakers and several influential people including Mr. Pickens. He has received only one favorable response as most automakers do not entertain unsolicited ideas. He has not received any correspondence from Mr. Pickens. I believe that our solutions, plural, will come from a number of resources. I believe that it is going to take all the wind, innovative ideas and inventions, natural gas, water, bio-fuels, drill, drill, drill, etc., to take us to the place where we want to be in the energy war.

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A Letter From the Office of Governor Mike Beebe (D) Arkansas

After months of emailing Gov. Beebe I received the following response:
Dear Ms. Howard:

Thank you for contacting the Office of Governor Mike Beebe. Because of long-standing policy guidelines, the Governor does not answer mail electronically, but he has seen your message and appreciates your input. He has asked me to reply to your concerns regarding compressed natural gas (CNG). Please accept my apologies for the delay.

The Governor is working hard to put Arkansas at the forefront of the… Continue

Posted on November 25, 2008 at 9:50am —

Lainey Howard

Congratulations Congressman Ross (D-Arkansas)

On behalf of your constituents, a big thank you, Rep. Mike Ross from Arkansas. You are the 50th Congressman to sign the Pickens Pledge. Instead of emailing you everyday, I'll just email you once a week now. Let's keep moving toward energy independence!

Most Gratefully,
Lainey Howard and many grateful Arkansans and Americans

Posted on November 1, 2008 at 8:16pm —

Lainey Howard

Ahh! Someone is Listening!

Please see the following response that I received from U.S. Senator Mark D. Pryor (D) Arkansas-

Dear Ms. Howard:

Thank you for contacting me regarding T. Boone Pickens’ Plan. I appreciate hearing from you.

In recent weeks, I and the bipartisan Gang of 20 attended a briefing with T. Boone Pickens to hear his ideas and proposed plan regarding using compressed natural gas as a transportation fuel.

I am committed to facilitating the deployment of alternative and renewable energy technologies to… Continue

Posted on October 14, 2008 at 9:37am —

Lainey Howard

My Pledge

Just as a matter of record, I pledge to write a letter to my govenor, state reps and my senators everyday until they join the PickensPlan. This pledge was made on 10/13/08. Let's see if the "Shawshank Redemption" strategy will work.

Wish me luck!

Posted on October 13, 2008 at 9:10pm —

Lainey Howard

Dream the Dream; Remember The Goal

It's so easy to get caught up in the everyday struggle just to maintain. Sometimes we forget what lured us to look for change in the first place. I do believe that if Americans that rallied together back in the 70's had stayed motivated, we would be in a much better place in the world of energy than we are today. Of course, we have the advantage of the internet to connect us with one another now. This great invention was not available to the visionaries back in the day. Since the technology exis… Continue

Posted on October 12, 2008 at 4:30pm —

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At 12:48am on July 29, 2009, Bruce Wayne Waren said…
Hi Lainey! I met a city mechanic from Shreveport, LA about a year ago who was telling me they had a trial run on their trucks using natural gas. The problem they ran into was lack of compression in the engines. Higher compression engines would have been much more fuel efficient and thereby increasing the mpg of the vehicles. The perfect engine for this application is made in New Zealand and could be manufactured here in the States were it needed. Powerblocktv built a musclecar with this engine fed by propane. The name of the car was "Pro Pain"...lol I'm sure the natural gas application would fit this vehicle with all the horsepower and torque along with the lowest possible fuel consumption. The key to it all is high compression. Although the test in Shreveport failed, the true ingredience to success in this application was still in the experimental stage. If you care to do some research, check out powerblocktv.com and send them an inquiry concerning the musclecar "pro pain" and the engine they used.

Stop by and let me know what you think of my posts in the Energy Party Group. I take criticism very well and all the advice you can throw at me.

Take care,

Bruce
At 9:22am on February 19, 2009, William "Leland" Luster said…
Dear Lainey; your comment about the german philosopher in Energy Party was XLNT, it belongs on [Love Revolution 2.ning.com] my new website. Could you add to the site as a post, so all can consider the truth of it? Your friend, Leland
At 7:13pm on February 17, 2009, Eric Koch said…
Thank you for your show of support for *Suburban Conversion Project*
At 11:44pm on February 16, 2009, Rajaram Bojji said…
Glad to join you to improve quality of human life by better energy management practices. I am working on viable solutions which I posted at www.atrilab.com Hope some one in administration of Obama takes note. We have ready solutions but we also have a formidable barrier as described by Einstein - human stupidity of infinite dimension which prevents us from appreciating the simple and natural solutions. God bless us with wisdom to save ourselves!
At 5:12pm on February 13, 2009, Steve at Home said…
Lainey;
I also heard from Dennis. He really doesn't seem to know what happened. Let me know if there is a new site set up.
At 10:44am on February 8, 2009, James Everitt said…


Invite Your Friends to Watch the Video

President Obama recorded a video to speak directly to you about his economic recovery plan.

Invite your friends and family to watch the video and learn why our unprecedented challenges require immediate action.

You can even use our email contact importer to make it easy. Don't worry -- we don't hold on to any of the addresses you use.

After you watch the video, watch Gov. Tim Kaine answer questions from ordinary citizens about the plan and share your story about the economic crisis.

We're counting on you to collect the real stories of the challenges Americans are facing during this recession. We need to hear from you how the economic crisis is affecting your life and why the economic recovery plan is important to you and your community.

Once we receive your stories we will make them available to the public to show how critical it is to support the economic recovery plan.

Share your story click here.

Watch President Obama's video and share it with your friends and family:


REMARKS OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

WEEKLY ADDRESS

The White House
Saturday, February 7, 2009

Yesterday began with some devastating news with regard to our economic crisis. But I'm pleased to say it ended on a more positive note.

In the morning, we received yet another round of alarming employment figures – the worst in more than 30 years. Another 600,000 jobs were lost in January. We've now lost more than 3.6 million jobs since this recession began.

But by the evening, Democrats and Republicans came together in the Senate and responded appropriately to the urgency this moment demands.

In the midst of our greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression, the American people were hoping that Congress would begin to confront the great challenges we face. That was, after all, what last November's election was all about.

Legislation of such magnitude deserves the scrutiny that it's received over the last month, and it will receive more in the days to come. But we can't afford to make perfect the enemy of the absolutely necessary. The scale and scope of this plan is right. And the time for action is now.

Because if we don't move swiftly to put this plan in motion, our economic crisis could become a national catastrophe. Millions of Americans will lose their jobs, their homes, and their health care. Millions more will have to put their dreams on hold.

Let's be clear: We can't expect relief from the tired old theories that, in eight short years, doubled the national debt, threw our economy into a tailspin, and led us into this mess in the first place. We can't rely on a losing formula that offers only tax cuts as the answer to all our problems while ignoring our fundamental economic challenges – the crushing cost of health care or the inadequate state of so many schools; our addiction to foreign oil or our crumbling roads, bridges, and levees.

The American people know that our challenges are great. They don't expect Democratic solutions or Republican solutions – they expect American solutions.

From the beginning, this recovery plan has had at its core a simple idea: Let's put Americans to work doing the work America needs done. It will save or create more than 3 million jobs over the next two years, all across the country – 16,000 in Maine, nearly 80,000 in Indiana – almost all of them in the private sector, and all of them jobs that help us recover today, and prosper tomorrow.

Jobs that upgrade classrooms and laboratories in 10,000 schools nationwide – at least 485 in Florida alone – and train an army of teachers in math and science.

Jobs that modernize our health care system, not only saving us billions of dollars, but countless lives.

Jobs that construct a smart electric grid, connect every corner of the country to the information superhighway, double our capacity to generate renewable energy, and grow the economy of tomorrow.

Jobs that rebuild our crumbling roads, bridges and levees and dams, so that the tragedies of New Orleans and Minneapolis never happen again.

It includes immediate tax relief for our struggling middle class in places like Ohio, where 4.5 million workers will receive a tax cut of up to $1,000. It protects health insurance and provides unemployment insurance for those who've lost their jobs. And it helps our states and communities avoid painful tax hikes or layoffs for our teachers, nurses, and first responders.

That's what is at stake with this plan: putting Americans back to work, creating transformative economic change, and making a down payment on the American Dream that serves our children and our children's children for generations to come.

Americans across this country are struggling, and they are watching to see if we're equal to the task before us. Let's show them that we are. And let's do whatever it takes to keep the promise of America alive in our time.

Thank you.

At 12:26pm on February 6, 2009, Tracy Barber said…
Welcome, Lainey to the Energy Party for Texas and thank you for your opening a discussion. I think people are beginning to get it here. We do have a lot at stake economically. And, we do have that grit that it takes to get things done. That's what I love about our state. Thank you again for your contribution and looking forward to working with you in the future 2010!
greener living
tracy
At 1:42pm on January 27, 2009, Terrence Abrams said…
Hey Lainey!

You're exactly right, some biofuels, Algae-Oil included, had serious coagulation problems in freezing or sub-freezing temperatures. In the latest formulations, the better Algae-Oil fuel manufactures now included a steroyl additive that prevents this from happening.

In both the Continental Airlines test-flight of last week and the Air New Zealand test flight of 3 weeks ago, both used plant steroyls from the Jatropha fruit plant ( a non-consumable fruit shrub) that mixes perfectly with almost any biofuel, but especially well in Algae-Oil, that prevents any fuel decomposition or freezing problems in temperatures as low as 42 degrees below zero (0).

Both test flights used a mixture somewhere between 90-94% Algae-Oil Jet Fuel, cut and mixed with 6-10% Jatropha Fruit Shrub Oil derivatives. Both recent test flights were big successes, and the altitudes and temperatures they both flew at simulated 18 degrees below zero (F) and under considerably vibration stress too.

Anyone still using biofuels in freezing states without the preventative additives, is looking to gum up a lot of decent engines.

I read that incident too, nice to know they resolved that issue very quickly.
At 7:40am on January 26, 2009, Tracy Barber said…
Hi, Lainey! I wondered if you have any other recruiting suggestions for the PP and the Energy Party. I want Texas to get on board big time! after all, we probably have the most wind of anyone...LOL
thanks
tracy
At 1:33pm on January 20, 2009, Kim Anderson said…

Please stop by and visit our TWO newest 100CLUB members. We are lucky to have such hard working and determined folks on the team!


1. Jack Costantino has brought over 122 new members onboard, and can be seen online frequently encouraging others to bring new members to Pickens Plan. He is also co-leader of his congressional district.

http://push.pickensplan.com/profile/JackCostantino99

2. Gerry Kempen also has over 120 new supporters. I visited him today, at his very nice Liquor store, "Good Spirits" in Middletown, RI to thank him. Gerry's supporters put us over the top. RI-01 reached the 500 goal today - Inauguration Day. Yippee!

http://push.pickensplan.com/profile/Gerry70

Best
Kim
 
 

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