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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 working on a vehicle that includes a motor that runs on natural gas.

What excites you about this campaign?

It's far past time we start, but I still have hope. It will take much government will including the will to resist lobbyists who would have remain on our addiction.

What do you want to do to help?

I am an experienced organizer, (currently with the Obama campaign), and can rally troops to get excited about this. People are ready for this, they just need to know what to do next,..which is to vote for the people with the best energy policies. I train people on how to organize, canvass, do promotional events, and marketing.

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At 6:46pm on November 8, 2008, Derek Reuter said…: Support the winds of change and join your friends and like-minded community in helping make Indiana greener! Forbes Magazine has rated Indiana 49th out of 50 in environmental stewardship. Local environmental arena’s report that there isn’t enough synergy and that we need a strong network.
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- USGBC Mix n Mingle - The United States Green Building Council’s Indiana Chapter invites you to a Green meet and greet on Wednesday, November 12th, 5:30pm to 8pm at The Baker Street Train Station. Admission is 5 dollars which includes one drink ticket and food.
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with Indiana State Reps. Kreg Battles and Eric Koch and HEC Executive Director Jesse Kharbanda Take part in advocacy education and course-of-action planning for the South Central Counties of Indiana. Coal provides 96% of Indiana Electricity. We must move away from our reliance on this environmentally devastating energy source. Help Indiana embrace Renewable Electricity, such as wind and biomass power.
We can work together for a healthier Indiana! November 15 at 1pm – Otis Golf Course Shelter House at 607 Tunnelton Rd in Bedford.
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At 8:31am on August 29, 2008, Bruce Eric Montgomery said…: Hi Wayne,

* Claim: Barack Obama says his energy policies would create 5 million new "green-collar" jobs in the economy.

* Rocky Truth Patrol says:

* This is shaky 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.

At 12:37pm on August 27, 2008, Bruce Eric Montgomery said…: Clean-Tech Venture Capitalist Speaks to the Democrats

Venture capital got a prime-time spot at the Democratic National Convention when Nancy Floyd, founder and managing director of Nth Power, a San Francisco clean-tech venture capital firm, addressed the crowd Tuesday.

She argued that Barack Obama’s energy policy would help energy entrepreneurs and the nation’s economy. Ms. Floyd lobbied on behalf of start-up companies with technologies that address the energy crunch. “There are thousands of entrepreneurs with new solutions and investors are lining up to back them,” she said. “What’s missing is leadership from Washington.”

She compared green technology to the early days of information technology. “Green technology is where the computer industry was in 1984, the year the Macintosh computer was introduced,” she said. “Think about how far we’ve come since then, and that’s how far-reaching and transformational green technology will be.”

Investments in solar and wind companies have already paved the way for the creation of 2.4 million new jobs, she said, but only 10 percent are in the United States, and alternative energy companies in the United States are turning to countries like Spain, Germany and China to manufacture and sell their products.

“That’s because other countries have smart, stable, forward-looking energy policies,” she said. Ms. Floyd, who is based in Portland, Ore., founded Nth Power in 1997, long before alternative energy became the hot sector for venture investors. The firm has $420 million under management in four funds.

Ms. Floyd founded one of the first wind development companies in 1982 and sold it three years later.

Watch a video interview with Ms. Floyd here: http://gallery1.demconvention.com/Default.html?VideoID=496#

At 2:21am on August 5, 2008, Daryl Oster said…: Wayne,
TRANSPORTATION is the master key to basic survival, and the cornerstone of the economy. We all know that transportation presently depends on oil production, and oil production is peaking. We must focus first on transportation – it is the highest priority. The PickensPlan to transition vehicles to natural gas is a great start toward 100% energy independence, but is a stop-gap measure till we can transition to all electric transportation. Electric energy is strained without adding transportation demands; so we must drastically improve efficiency .
Evacuated Tube Transport (ETT) is a patented technology where travel occurs without air friction or rolling resistance (like “Space Travel on Earth”); ETT can accomplish 50 times more transportation per kWh (or carbon credit) than electric cars or trains. ETT is silent, low cost, safe, faster than jets, and is electric so it can make maximum use of wind or PV power. I invite you to visit my page to learn more about ETT

At 3:07pm on August 2, 2008, James Tracy said…: Thank you for the comment Sir.

At 8:04am on August 2, 2008, James Tracy said…: Howdy wayne look what i have cooking for the plan, ready my profile, watch the vids. let me know. Thanks

At 8:12pm on July 29, 2008, Wayne Dent said…: http://www.barackobama.com/issues/energy/

In case you haven't read Obama's plan for a new energy future this is it. Barack makes clear that energy and environment is forever linked, you can't make a plan concerning one without considering the other.

Also, I want to talk about other races besides just the presidential race. We need to get everyone in the country on board for this change or it isn't going to happen. That means people who are running for public office all the way down to City Council. Find out the address of your local City Council members, your Mayor, your Sheriff, your State Legislators, and State Government officials.

There are many people all the way up and down the line who use our tax dollars to buy government vehicles that use gasoline, they decide what type of heating and air conditioning goes into new government buildings, and most importantly they decide budgets.

If you have a local group where you live you should all get together, collect all the necessary information and then start making phone calls and writing letters. DO NOT write email. It just doesn't have the juice that a hand written letter does. Make sure that each letter you write is unique. Once a politician or government official gets what looks like a form letter it loses all of it's impact.

Write letters with your concerns about the future of energy for yourself and your children. Raise the consciousness of everyone in office and everyone who is running for office. Make sure they understand that regular people are concerned about these issues and are demanding of their leaders to do the huge deed,...you may also hint that they won't get your vote if they aren't on board with us.

Letters to the editor are also great. There's nothing like the price of gas jumping over $4.00 a gallon to get people to realize that there is really a problem, now what do we do? Provide the answer in a positive and hopeful way. Don't dwell on the past too much. Be forward looking and spell out exactly what needs to be done.

We have been addicted to oil for so long that for some people the answer is,...'if we could just find a little more oil somewhere', just like a drug addict, or alcoholic. We need to get off of this drug, it's going to be hard, but the sooner we try the better.

At 10:10am on July 26, 2008, FredDC said…: Hi Wayne. We need Obama to adopt Pickens Plan in his energy policy. He's already allocated $150 Bill. over the next ten years for alternative energy and this is what Pickens needs to set up the infrastructure of transmission lines to carry his electricity and natural gas all over the nation.

At 11:56pm on July 22, 2008, michael maldonado said…: Saw your profile wayne, I like the idea of natural gas also. I work for a transportation company and we have several vehicles now running on natural gas. I hope Obama can help bring about the much needed change that pickens is pushing.
MIKE

At 2:10pm on July 20, 2008, Marty Grossman said…: Hi.

I got your name from the "Barack Obama" groups... I'm personally interested in doing what I can on my own to reduce my energy use.

I live in an apartment (so solar panels and a tankless water heater are out of the question) and I play drums for a living (so public transportation is difficult... try loading a drumset onto a bus or train, especially after a late-night gig) and I dont at the moment have the money for a new more efficient car.

HOWEVER, I've been doing a bunch of research on how to help. I believe that we are all faced with hundreds of little decisions every day... making easy choices can reduce our energy use, (and therefore our oil consumption)... and side benefits include lower energy bills, higher gas mileage in any car, and a healthier lifestyle.
I wrote a blog entry about it here http://push.pickensplan.com/forum/topic/show?id=2187034%3ATopic%3A193424

If you have a moment, check it out, drop me a line, let me know what you think. I appreciate any advice, input, and ideas.

Also... spread the word... Indiana is supposedly a "battleground" state, whatever the heck that means... :)