Lin Alder: CEO, Green Wave, Inc.
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- Are you interested in becoming an organizer in your area?
- No
- Tell us about your experience with alternative energy:
- I am the Permitting Manager for Wasatch Wind, a wind power development company. Previous to this job, I worked as a professional conservationist and community organizer since 1997. I earned a B.S. in Environmental Studies from Utah State University in 1995 and have been deeply involved in land, water and energy issues since. In 2006, I made a personal commitment to help America end our oil addiction and, in 2007, created SustainAbler.com to help make this happen.
- What excites you about this campaign?
- The blend of free-market capitalism, community activism, real-world politics and potential for domestic wealth creation. I believe this solution-oriented blend is the best, if not the only, way to create enough support for moving beyond campaign rhetoric to real action.
Seven small steps to make a BIG difference...here's how
Utahns are doubly vulnerable to the negative health and financial impacts of America's current energy system. We are dependent on foreign oil AND 95% of our electricity comes from the newly uncertain coal power industry. We're basically sitting ducks because a carbon dioxide cap-and-trade system will soon cause big electric price increases. But you can help make a difference.
Today is the day for our elected officials to begin moving our energy eggs to more certain and healthy energy baskets. The good news is that Governor Huntsman has helped create one of America's largest state-owned natural gas car fleets and Representative Matheson supports renewable energy development, though both need encouragement from voters to step it up. The bad news is that our other Congressmen, the majority of state legislators, the Public Utilities Commission and Rocky Mountain Power haven't caught the Pickens vision of energy independence. Here's how you can help:
1. Sign the Pickens Pledge here.
2. Send an email to at least 50 people in your circle to invite them to sign the pledge AND join our Utah group.
3. Print out the pledge and carry it with you to the grocery store, the post office, holiday parties, etc. and commit to adding at least 10 names a day. Fax it in to help reach the goal of 2 million signatures by Inauguration Day.
4. Follow these links to contact your federal and state elected officials and ask them to make the Pickens Pledge. Because I lobby Congress, I can promise that your emails and phone calls are extremely useful in swaying decision makers. Senator Hatch 202-224-5251, Senator Bennett (202) 224-5444, Representative Matheson (202) 225-3011.
5. Vote with your wallet by purchasing wind power credits for your home and/or business. Your electric utility company is the best source for these because it's easy (monthly payments attached to power bill) and proves there is a market for clean domestic power (even if utility execs don't want to believe it). I recommend the Blue Sky program if your utility doesn't offer wind power (or if your utility is Rocky Mountain).
6. Write a 200 word Letter to the Editor or 500 word Opinion piece for the local or state newspaper of your choice. Let me know if you'd like me to help you with this. It's fun and can earn hundreds of new supporters!
7. Smile! We're turning things around for the better thanks to T. Boone and millions of people like you who are being the change we want to see in this beautiful world.
Today is the day for our elected officials to begin moving our energy eggs to more certain and healthy energy baskets. The good news is that Governor Huntsman has helped create one of America's largest state-owned natural gas car fleets and Representative Matheson supports renewable energy development, though both need encouragement from voters to step it up. The bad news is that our other Congressmen, the majority of state legislators, the Public Utilities Commission and Rocky Mountain Power haven't caught the Pickens vision of energy independence. Here's how you can help:
1. Sign the Pickens Pledge here.
2. Send an email to at least 50 people in your circle to invite them to sign the pledge AND join our Utah group.
3. Print out the pledge and carry it with you to the grocery store, the post office, holiday parties, etc. and commit to adding at least 10 names a day. Fax it in to help reach the goal of 2 million signatures by Inauguration Day.
4. Follow these links to contact your federal and state elected officials and ask them to make the Pickens Pledge. Because I lobby Congress, I can promise that your emails and phone calls are extremely useful in swaying decision makers. Senator Hatch 202-224-5251, Senator Bennett (202) 224-5444, Representative Matheson (202) 225-3011.
5. Vote with your wallet by purchasing wind power credits for your home and/or business. Your electric utility company is the best source for these because it's easy (monthly payments attached to power bill) and proves there is a market for clean domestic power (even if utility execs don't want to believe it). I recommend the Blue Sky program if your utility doesn't offer wind power (or if your utility is Rocky Mountain).
6. Write a 200 word Letter to the Editor or 500 word Opinion piece for the local or state newspaper of your choice. Let me know if you'd like me to help you with this. It's fun and can earn hundreds of new supporters!
7. Smile! We're turning things around for the better thanks to T. Boone and millions of people like you who are being the change we want to see in this beautiful world.
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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
Any luck on the op-ed submission?
Thanks so much.
Clint
What is your email address so I can attach the Word Doc.
I'm having our District Editor (Amber DeVaney) cut the words down. I should have the final draft to you by tomorrow.
Clint
(I'm sorry I've had problems attaching a file or even pasting it in an email from the blog--says there's too many words.)
Title: The Alternate Energy Revolution 2009—Join the PickensPlan
Prices at the pumps have fallen this holiday season, but Utahans know that gas prices will rise again. Utah’s problem is two-fold. First, Utah depends on foreign oil and 95% of our electricity comes from the newly uncertain coal power industry. Second, without a workable energy plan, Utah is unable to avoid spikes in energy costs. It’s prime time to harness and push our alternate energy resources.
To concerned, proactive Utahans ready to invest time in an organized, realistic, and smart energy plan: Please join the Pickens Plan at PickensPlan.com, click “Take Action.” Starting 2009, you can resolve to make a direct impact on an exciting and positive alternate energy revolution. We are literally constructing a post reference in Utah and American history.
The Pickens Plan is not just a Utah campaign; it’s a realistic and smart American grassroots movement offering a BRIDGE to a solution not an end solution. As T. Boone Pickens, the plan’s founder, has explained on appearances on Meet the Press and 60 Minutes, the Pickens Plan tackles America’s addiction to foreign oil and promotes clean energy resources such as wind and solar power.
America’s addiction to oil from countries, like Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Venezuela, threatens our economy, national security, and environment. Cheap and easy oil is gone. For example, news outlets are reporting that OPEC just announced it’s cutting production by 2.2 million barrels, which is on top of the 2 million barrels in cuts they’ve already made since this summer; OPEC is serious about getting the price of oil back up to where they like it: $75, $100, and $150 a barrel. But this is a scenario we can solve.
Natural gas is abundant and available. It’s America’s second largest energy source and 98% of natural gas used in the United States is from North America. Unfortunately, 70% of our imported fuel is used as transportation fuel and 30% of that is used for diesel fuel for heavy trucks, and current battery technology does not power an 18-wheeler. To beat this misplaced dependency, natural gas must become the transport fuel of the future, because it’s the cleanest transportation fuel available today and is ideal for fleets and trucks. According to projections, this first step would immediately reduce our dependence on foreign oil by 30% to 50%, helping keep hundreds of billions of dollars in the United States.
With regard to natural gas, Utah is in an advantageous position. The New York Times reported this summer that Utah’s public policy and private initiatives make Utah the first state in the country to experience broad consumer interest in clean natural gas. The price for one gallon of natural gas in Utah is less than $1.00. Representative Matheson supports renewable energy development. Last year, Governor Huntsman spent money out of his own pocket to convert his state SUV to run on natural gas and has helped create one of America’s largest state-owned natural gas car fleets. The Pickens Plan will keep the ball rolling in Utah.
In addition to using abundant supplies of natural gas, Americans can develop clean technologies that utilize excellent wind and solar resources.
Studies from around the world show that the United States has some of the greatest wind energy potential in the world. The Pickens Plan for wind power alone would create a projected 138,000 American jobs in the first year and 3.5 million over 10 years. According to studies published in the Renewable Energy Atlas of the West, Utah has wind resources consistent with utility-scale production and, because of our geographic location, Utah has incredible potential for generating solar electricity.
Over 1 million Americans have signed the Pickens Plan pledge, including 57 members of Congress, 12 governors, and hundreds of state legislators and regulators and local elected officials. Governor Huntsman has signed the Pickens Plan pledge; Senators Hatch and Bennett have not. Utahans must call on its neighbors and elected officials, including the state legislators, to sign the Pickens Plan pledge. (61)
Start now by joining Pickens Plan District UT-02 at PickensPlan.com. There you will find 7 action points that will immediately get you involved.
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Will you forward the draft to Dani?
Thanks.
Title: Join the PickensPlan
The PickensPlan tackles America’s addiction to foreign oil. This addiction threatens our economy, environment, and national security. Cheap and easy oil is gone. For example, news outlets are currently reporting that OPEC just announced it’s cutting production by 2.2 million barrels, which is on top of the 2 million barrels in cuts they’ve already made since this summer; OPEC is serious about getting the price of oil back up to where they like it: $75, $100, and $150 a barrel. But this is a problem we can solve. Forward thinking, everyday Americans and their representatives are prepared to transform the rhetoric into action and make America the global leader in the development of solar, wind, and natural gas technologies.
The PickensPlan is a realistic ambition. The PickensPlan offers a BRIDGE to a solution not an end solution. Essentially, the Plan buys time to develop greater and newer technologies that will not only benefit our generation but also future generations. The 1.4 million American citizens, including 57 members of Congress, 12 governors, hundreds of state legislators and regulators and local elected officials, who have joined this rapidly spreading grassroots movement are taking steps now that make an immediate impact to reduce foreign oil dependency by harnessing domestic energy alternatives, reducing the threats to our economy, environment and national security.
The PickensPlan is an American movement. The PickensPlan supports ALL DOMESTIC resources; in other words, if it’s American, the PickensPlan is for it. America has its own abundant, available, and domestic wind, solar, and natural gas resources that may be utilized by clean technologies. We just need to harness our resources.
Studies from around the world show that the United States has some of the greatest wind energy potential in the world. It’s projected that the PickensPlan for wind power alone would create 138,000 American jobs in the first year and 3.5 million over 10 years. Among the many other benefits, wind energy has the potential to provide an economic boost to rural America. For example, when a large wind power facility was built outside Sweetwater, Wyoming, the town was revived and its population increased from under 10,000 back up to 12,000. Wind energy enables us to generate electricity that in turn enables us to use natural gas for transportation.
Natural gas, the cleanest transportation fuel available today, is ideal for fleets and trucks. According to projections, it would immediately reduce our dependence on foreign oil by 30% to 50% and help keep hundreds of billions of dollars in the United States. Natural gas is abundant, available, and domestic. It’s America’s second largest energy source. Ninety-eight percent of natural gas used in the United States is from North America, but 70% of our oil is purchased from foreign countries such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Venezuela. In addition, natural gas is significantly less expensive than gasoline or diesel; in Utah, for example, the price is less than $1 per gallon.
Please be a part of the PickensPlan. Visit www.pickensplan.com to learn more and view further information such as T. Boone Pickens’ (the Plan’s founder) interviews on CBS’s 60 Minutes and NBC’s Meet the Press. You may also click on “Take Action” to volunteer and add your name to a petition for our representatives. Get involved in this great cause.
It sounds like there may be a draft out there--maybe samples that have already been published? I would appreciate getting my hands on one of those--no need to re-invent the wheel, but maybe I can improve it and make it ours.
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