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- Are you interested in becoming an organizer in your area?
- Maybe--But Not Sure What to Organize
- Tell us about your experience with alternative energy:
- I use to live in California and have watched many Wind Farms go up and thought that one day America would have jumped on the idea of cleaner energy. Well, it have been over 20 years now and 20 years too late with over 4.00 for a gallon of gas. When are we going to get the alarm on and do something fast about it. We have the great minds of so many people that have done the research and this can work. We need to yell out loud to our country leaders to stop the blame game and do their job. I have looked into getting a small wind generator for my home because it will save me money and I will be one less draining from the system.
- What excites you about this campaign?
- T.Boone Pickens has a plan that will work. Lets spread the word and pass it on. I don't want to complaine about the price of gas and how much I am spending each week. I want to be a example to others and get on the solution team.
- What do you want to do to help?
- What ever is needed. I would love some ideas that is why I joined the plan today.
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Glad you joined Pickens Plan. Our desire here is to create a grassroots movement
that keeps the Congress & Senate focused on a viable Energy Plan for the betterment
of Americans.
Please join the Oklahoma District 01 Group to participate in discussions and share
ideas. http://www.push.pickensplan.com/group/DistrictGroupOK01
We will post meetings for Oklahomans living in District 1 at this group.
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Mary Putnam
Just wanted to take a second of your time to invite you to view the solar solution equivalent of the PickensPlan.
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click View Our Mission and if interested click the back arrow to Become an Ecopreneur.
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Welcome to the Pickens plan. If I can help you please let me know. Start E mailing your Friends and build a network.
I am sending you a Friend invite - I have a great group of people on my site. Join us...............
Jeff
Thanks for joining the Pickens Plans community. We Need You!
Good News is Blowing Our Way:
* Claim: Barack Obama says his energy policies would create 5 million new "green-collar" jobs in the economy.
* Rocky Truth Patrol says:
* This is a maybe only because it's an economic estimate based on a job category that no one officially tracks - at least not yet. And depending on which economic models are used to make these estimates, Obama's forecast of 5 million green-collar jobs might actually be too low, some experts think!
Obama says his administration would invest $150 billion over 10 years in a "clean energy economy" and "help the private sector create 5 million new green jobs."
Obama takes his figures from two recent studies. The University of California at Berkeley said energy efficiency alone could create 5 million jobs nationwide in the next decade. Note that this study counts jobs created directly in this field, but also indirect jobs created by the demands of the new workers and "induced" jobs created by overall growth in the economy.
The University of Tennessee recently estimated that 5.1 million new jobs could be created by 2025 if the nation got a quarter of its energy from renewable sources. That job number also includes indirect jobs.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the nation should expect 15.6 million new jobs in the decade between 2006 and 2016. Adding 5 million "green" jobs would represent just a 3 percent boost in the total employment, which hovers at about 150 million.
The Apollo Alliance, a nonpartisan organization of business, labor, environmental and community leaders, has said they wouldn't count indirect jobs, as do the studies on which Obama relies. However, spokesman Keith Schneider said the alliance actually believes, based on analysis of these studies and others, that the 5 million figure might be too low!
"It's going to be more than that," Schneider said. "The demand for this sector of the economy way outpaces the capacity."
For example, Schneider said, wind energy - a big issue for Coloradans - is facing a capacity crunch because there is currently a three-year backlog for the plate steel needed to make the wind turbine blades. The industry needs people to make the steel, then the blades, then install them, then maintain them, he said. But federal policies - including a tax credit that has expired before and is about to expire again - have made business bumpy, he said.
"The Apollo Alliance's research on the jobs question shows us clearly that if the United States pursues a new national economic development strategy to replace fossil fuels with clean sources of energy and the tools to use them, the economy will generate 5 million new jobs, and likely much more than that," Schneider said.
If you're looking for a group to join, I'd like you to consider ours. I know you want to be part of the solution, and I believe our biggest challenge is getting the word out and organizing to the point that we can influence public policy.
I've founded a group here at the Pickens Plan called "Musicians fo a Better Future". We're just starting out, and we'd like to arrange performance events in as many cities as possible around the world to promote clean, renewable domestic energy. We need people all over to get on board. Most of the people we'll need to make this happen aren't musicians either. We'll need organizers, promoters, media reps, event staff and so much more. Please have a look at our group and see if this might be something you'd like to do.
Thanks for your time,
Rev. Jake
Please see this: An Open Letter to the President and the Congress of the United States;
Please sign this Petition...
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/STAY08/index.html
Be well,
Bruce
Maynard
I have seen the "wind farms" as you called them when in Palm Springs. You are right on about the leaders in the blame game. I have looked into the home wind generators as well!!
Vacant Buildings - Holyoke
Download the pdf (4 MB) and get a sense of where we have to start.
Then watch us grow and implement a plan to install grid tied solar pv systems on all rooftops, and most importantly, bring an entire City back to life as Carbon Free as possible.
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