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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:

More into conservation, reduce, reuse, recycle, etc.

What excites you about this campaign?

Wind is great, but not convinced it can replace NG for electricity, since NG is more used as a "peak usage substitute", while wind blows when it blows.

What do you want to do to help?

Still looking

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At 2:50pm on September 18, 2008, Chris Schneider said…: Tom,
Welcome to the Pickens Plan.
Did you attend the MREA Energy Fair in Custer, Wisconsin?
There is another Energy Fair in the neighborhood this Saturday, September 20 at Riverland Community College in Austin, Minnesota. I hope you can attend!
Thanks,
Chris Schneider
Hybrid Guru
CNG proponent
www.hope3.org

PS more details at www.re-fest.org!

At 11:48am on August 7, 2008, Tom Ruen said…: Hi BurgressKJ,

My avatar is Comet Holmes from last Halloween, but certainly also powered by the sun!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Holmes

I've thought about solar for a while, whether passive solar heating, or PV. Minnesota gets pretty good sunlight. I've wondered what's the best investment, personal, or into something larger like a windfarm.

My current personal choice is conservation first, car free living - bike/bus, windsource program with Xcel Energy, electric lawn mower, and paying down my mortgage to have more money in the future when alternatives become clear.

At 8:21pm on August 6, 2008, BurgessKJ said…: Welcome aboard Tom! Cute Avatar, does that make you a Solar advocate?

Feel free to join the most dynamic Alternative Energy Group:
Solar!(Click here)

Reaching accross this great country from sunrise to sunset, add your collective experience, drive & determination to support this vital global resource, and maintain the American technological lead.

We want to keep creating ways to tap this vital resource, not just for the future, but for tomorrow.

For those of you in the Solar Corridor, please also our 'local' group:
http://push.pickensplan.com/group/arizona

Let's find a way to get organized, together with our neighbors.

At 1:46pm on August 6, 2008, Tom Ruen said…: Al Gore's interest in renewables is more about Climate Change than peak oil or energy constraints, but the two issues seem to work well together, hope there can be cross energy in these proposals.
http://www.wecansolveit.org

At 1:45pm on August 6, 2008, Kim Anderson said…: Welcome to the chance to make a difference in our lives!
Here's how you can help.

PLEASE email the Pickens Plan video to everyone you know. www.pickensplan.com. Ask them to JOIN. Ask them to pass it along. Time is of the essence. If every member had 10 friends join today, we could put the number of members over 1 million very quickly!

If we can not get critical numbers how can we take advantage of this golden opportunity? High gas prices have "woken up" America to our plight and a paradigm shift like not other is in the wind. We need to do this now.

So many new members write "I want to help, what can I do?" This is a start. We may not get to the next step if we can not get this one done. Our leaders can not ignore millions of members of the Pickens Plan. We are not there yet. .

If you have a connection to the press- get them to cover this.
If you know someone who blogs- get them to cover this.
If you can write a letter to your Representative or Senator- get them to see this.
We added close to 3,000 members yesterday.... it should be 10 times that!

Want to learn more? Check out the Topeka, Kansas Town Meeting video (on the right hand side, in blue, on the home page). Very informative.

Have a nice day. Please let me know how it goes. Feel free to friend me.
Kim