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- Are you interested in becoming an organizer in your area?
- Yes
- Tell us about your experience with alternative energy:
- Not much experience. I am more familiar with solar energy than the other forms. This is a topic I have been reading up on for some time. There is a BP Solar plant located about 30 minutes from my home town, so it has always been of interest. I am willing to learn. My greatest concern is infrastructre.
- What excites you about this campaign?
- It is about time for a plan to be put out by someone. For far too long, all we have done as a country is to point the finger, I am excited and thrilled to see a POA that can be put into the works. It might not solve all the problems but it is a start.
- What do you want to do to help?
- Anything that I can do. My background is in molecular biology and sales and marketing. I would be happy to help in any capacity. I also reside about an hour from DC.
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we really appreciate your help.
Carol
I agree it is time a plan is not only put forward but also pushed to the forefront. Like you, I am committed to using whatever knowledge and talent I might have to help make a differernce in addressing this critical issue for ourselves and our future.
* Provide multiyear tax incentives for renewable-energy production and energy-efficiency projects.
* Set national mandates that would require utilities to get at least 20 percent of their electricity from wind, solar and geothermal energy by 2020.
* Add and updating the building code to require energy-efficiency measures in the construction of new buildings and the renovation of existing buildings, and setting a goal to reduce buildings' energy use 50 percent by 2030.
* Set prices for carbon-dioxide emissions and creating a program that caps emissions from different industries and allowing companies to trade emissions allowances.
* Upgrade and expanding the nation's electric grid to enable it to support electric cars and the transport and storage of renewable energy.
* Provide incentives for utilities to invest in energy-efficiency technologies.
* Increase the fuel efficiency of cars and trucks and investing more money in private-public partnerships that would develop transportation systems that rely on little or no oil, such as electric cars.
* Provide incentives to consumers and small businesses to buy plug-in hybrid cars and alternative fuels, including natural-gas-powered cars.
* Invest more federal dollars in cleantech research and development, including ways to capture and store carbon-dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants.
* Speed up the process of setting aside public lands and improving the permitting process for renewable-electricity projects on public lands.
* Shift from ethanol made from corn to ethanol made from wood chips, agricultural waste and other nonfood feedstock, and encouraging a joint U.S.-Brazil partnership to turn sugar cane into ethanol in the Caribbean.
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The onshore and offshore installation of wind turbines in Denmark and Germany are producing 20% of all their electrical needs; in Spain, as much as 38% (please see examples in the photos on my page). We are 10 years behind in implementation compared to these countries!
I mention these examples to give us a direction for inspiration and point to where we could be heading with the Pickens Plan. The technology is already there and we do not have to reinvent the wheel. These are a few of the websites I would suggest you visit to see what others around the world have done and are doing:
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 Denmark 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”
Here are a few great videos to see: “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! We can all share in this vital common cause. Good luck in your quest for a better more secure America….. Please ask 5 of your friends to join the “PLAN”. Lee Ewald
Can we connect for the benefit of our biz and friendship?
I am running my software development firm which is located in India/Bombay; we are specialized in making dynamic and interactive internet websites.
If I can be of any help to you please let me know.
Looking forward to hear from you.
To know more about the company you can visit at www.ssptechindia.com
Also let me know if you want to develop any website for your Business.
ShelbyScott
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