Tim Boyd
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- Are you interested in becoming an organizer in your area?
- Yes
- Tell us about your experience with alternative energy:
- I am designing solar power systems. I am a physicist and self taught engineer. Have worked at NASA , Caltech, and have done a lot of military R and D. Starting a new company www.encoreusascientifics.com. Lasers are my specialty ,do CAD and FEA ,electronic and optical design.
- What excites you about this campaign?
- good ideas and it is possible
- What do you want to do to help?
- Anything, I have technical ideas, I am disabled so cant do heavy lifting
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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
We are going to start off with one panel, the deep cell battery, and add on - just as a starting point because we think we can afford to do it that way. Little by little...eventually we hope to link directly to the grid.
Thank you for taking interest in what I'm going to do. I would be more than happy to work with you on getting things going for both of us. I'm planning to build solar panels from scratch for a fraction of what they would cost from all available retailers. I then will sell them for a reasonable price. When I get a price nailed down per kw. I will let you and the rest of the world know. The cells are not too expensive if you really shop around. I can give my source for them if you like. If we work together on a solution to fix the mess this country is in, we will have a much stronger country. I look forward to working with you as we solve the problems this nation has with energy. We have the power to be the most powerful nation in the world if we use our resources. It is all here, all we have to do is make it happen. Lets do this, I'm open to all ideas.
Greg
Yes, there is an incredible base of amazing ideas and innovations, proving to me that thanks to T. Boone Pickens and his plan, those who support it will do whatever they can to become less dependent on others regardless of political outcomes! things do need to change and we can and will get it done!
thanks and blessings
greener living
tracy
Jim
Happy New Year Tim,
Last year I helped so many members of Pickens Plan learn about personal home energy plans. It's all about conservation of power, and home power generation, things I have been doing at my residence to lower my electricity costs. Send me a friend request a to add me Tim, I'd be honored to have you as a friend here.
BTW, Texas: I just posted an article link on my pickens page about Home Wind Systems in Texas. Your state's representatives, governor, and public utility commission officials are not in your corner with this "weak policy" on Net Metering. Instead they have the tables turned against green power for businesses and homeowners. Texas has created multiple sets of rules for loopholes and you have less rights than people in other states. You should read that article, important.
(a wholly owned subsidiary of ATI inc.)
I honestly don't believe there is anyone that shares the passion for Alternative Energy that I do......For over 18yrs I have worked to keep hope alive in Sustainable Renewable Energy. Touting Solar, Wind and
Tidal-Flow (Hydrokinetic) Energy on one Platform offshore. Just to name one.
In the early 90's as ceo for Solar Cells Inc. The then Gov. Lawton Chiles and I co-authored the Co-Generation Legislation that Fla immediately adopted as did 23 other States.
Which have become the Net-metering Laws of today.
Later Lawton went a step further by mandating in to Law all State office buildings were to have a 12 to 15 percent reduction in energy consumption by 1995.
To reach this goal I was dealt the task of planning to outfit all State Office Buildings with co-gen PV. And my Corporation held the very first commercial co-generation agreement with Fla Light and Power, Jupiter Fla.
This was later to become the platform for President Clinton’s
Million Roof Initiatives for all Federal Office Buildings in 1998.
Putting my life’s savings, my blood, sweat and almost $2,420,000
Into keeping HOPE Alive in the Alternative Energy Arena.
Knowing one day it would come to fruition…
I am a ENERGY CONSUMPTION REDUCTION SPECIALIST (Eco-preneur) 18YEARS.
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PRODUCTION GURU
Hydrokinetic Energy Specialist
Landfill Turbine and Heat transfer Generation.
Touting SOLAR, WIND AND TIDAL FLOW GENERATOR OFFSHORE
ON ONE PLATFORM 1993. {aka solarmanjd}
I have an agenda..... A Vision for ATI Inc the mother company to fulfill…
My life's goal is to have all residential property co-generating electricity in North America by 2025. Little know fact it's only 25% of entire North American Grid Consumption.
This is attainable we have the technology and the man-power.....
We must start now!!!
Time for talk is over.....
I have introduced the Boldest Solar/Housing Initiative yet
to date…
Entire subdivisions of low-cost Modular with little to no electric bill that retail from $79,900 to $159,900 680sq 2/1 to 1380sq 3/2 .
Meets the need for low-cost housing and helps over Stressed Grid during PEAK_USAGE hrs. As these subdivisions go on-line they will act as virtual mini-generating stations. With all overage sold back to
Grid and retained by ATI inc. (built in residual)
This is why I have touted the Hybrid (Solar, Wind &Tidal-Flow) systems for over 18yrs.
Solar by it's self is not that cost effective, yet (needs more Federal R&D money and it will).
Concentration is the only stand alone solar that is, but way to expensive for residential application.
So now I am on the edge of what could very well be the next Giant Leap forward in the Alternative Energy Arena…
AND IT IS A HYBRID…..what I have been saying for all these years.
My new Patent pending recirculating generator will lower cost of solar generation by 60%.
The RC-GEN will retail for around 2000.00USD
and @ 1.7KW per Hr.
It runs on 2-200watt per hour solar panels that cost 1000.00USD each.
Now Here's the skinny...
10-200watt PV Panels@$1000.00USD ea = $10,000.00USD
Output 1.7 to 1.9 kilowatt per hour.
The RC-GEN uses 2 PV panels to power the dc motor to recirculate
the Ethel Glycol (anti-Freeze) for colder climate installation.
2-200watt PV = $2000.00USD + $2000.00USD for RC_GEN
= $4000.00USD out put 1.7kw per hour.
Savings of $6,000USD over Solar Panels alone.
This is a 60% reduction of cost for a solar power system….
The best system is combine the two and still spend $10,000.00USD
With output now @ almost 4 kilowatt per hour…..
Have I Got your Attention Yet.......Interested?
PLEASE TAKE A PLEDGE TO WORK TODAY!
I am asking everyone to please take petitions to school or work or wherever you are going today! It is very easy. Kim Anderson was able to gather 75 signatures Thursday and Friday while Christmas shopping and running errands. Everyone wants to get off of foreign oil; we just need to gather their names. WE CAN DO THIS, with everyone’s help.
Please congratulate Doug Auer, our newest 100CLUB member
Doug has been steady at the tiller with consistent effort and kept at it until he was done. I am inspired by his tenaciousness. I hope you are motivated by his success.
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