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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 an independent inventor with 6 patents on a technology which has the potential to help each of your wind power towers produce at least twice as much electricity, with one tenth as much maintenance cost, no chance of killing birds or bats and many more energy storage options.
I have been working on this for over 30 years, and it is now ready for serious R&D. If you will help us, we will help you.
- What excites you about this campaign?
- It says exactly what I have been shouting in the wilderness for many decades.
I hope Mr. Pickins has beefed up his personal security force. A lot of his colleagues in the oil, gas and coal businesses won't like this at all.
- What do you want to do to help?
- Produce, with Mr. Pickens' able help, several different versions of my wind-electric conversion devices to test on a few of the wind farm towers and provide ideas on how to store excess energy on-site in a nonpolluting way, for use during periods of peak demand or low winds.
I also have a technology that may make hydrogen electrolysis much more efficient, so remote wind farms can produce a lot of hydrogen and oxygen inexpensively to pipe or truck to conventional power plants. Those coal or gas-fired power plants can burn hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity, with only minor modifications. Only emissions? Water vapor. Hydrogen makes good vehicle fuel as well.
My wind power devices can be used in the city, where the electricity is used, leaving remote wind farms free to power hydrogen plants, and saving the transmission losses in the long power lines.
William McDavid's Blog
Wind Power - Without the Handicaps
For millennia, humans have made use of the wind to power their boats and ships and for centuries, to power grinding mills and other machinery.
During the industrial revolution of the 19th and 20th Centuries, this cleanest and most abundant source of energy was mostly supplanted by other sources of energy, mainly fossil fuels.
In the last half of the 20th and early part of the 21st centuries, because we see that fossil fuels will not last forever, and despoil the air and water we need to surviv… Continue
During the industrial revolution of the 19th and 20th Centuries, this cleanest and most abundant source of energy was mostly supplanted by other sources of energy, mainly fossil fuels.
In the last half of the 20th and early part of the 21st centuries, because we see that fossil fuels will not last forever, and despoil the air and water we need to surviv… Continue
Posted on September 1, 2008 at 6:42pm —
We CAN Do Things Quickly
It is important to be conservative in estimating how long it will take to transform our energy paradigm and energy economy to self-renewing nonpolluting, hazard-free technologies.
It is also important to remember that, when Americans put our minds to it, amazing accomplishments are possible. We converted from a peace-time industry to one that put out enough tanks, airplanes, trucks and warships to win WW II, in literally MONTHS. In the 1960's, when the scientists said it couldn't be done, we sen… Continue
It is also important to remember that, when Americans put our minds to it, amazing accomplishments are possible. We converted from a peace-time industry to one that put out enough tanks, airplanes, trucks and warships to win WW II, in literally MONTHS. In the 1960's, when the scientists said it couldn't be done, we sen… Continue
Posted on August 4, 2008 at 10:30am —
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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
So I got the communication people to list all the current Idaho groups on the list "find a group by state" that comes up on the main PickensPlan site. Before there were none, now there are six. We all should be getting better response now.
This letter is going out to all members of all the Idaho groups.
I am John Leigh, from Boise. Is anyone in Idaho doing anything to raise awareness of the plan? I have joined all the Idaho groups to try to be advised. Do we get together for talk sessions or to organize for a town hall visit by T. Boone? Do the Idaho groups communicate with each other?
I guess I'm asking Do we DO something or just sit and watch?
I have set up an email address that I hope becomes the Pickens Plan Idaho newsletter. All Groups and everybody interested can subscribe. I an based in Boise so that is my focus but we all should be aware of anything happening in Idaho (So we could discuss what to do about things like our Idaho groups NOT being on the list under Idaho.....took me 4ever to figure out who to talk to)
So if you want to be on the list just email PickensPlanBoise@cableone.net and you will recieve updates as I get info from around Idaho, and maybe we will have coffee someday and plan how to put Idaho on the world map.
PickensPlanBoise@cableone.net
I have found one in N. Dakota
Promana ticker PSLU did a reverse split and its assets were taken over via a merger by Crownbutte Wind Power on July 31st 2008, Crownbutte board replaced Promana board July 31st 2008
Crownbutte completed a private placement Aug 1st 2008 to build, own
and operate an approved 200 megawatt wind project with 134 turbines in
southwestern North Dakota estimated cost to build $30,000,000.
Project value upon completion and before tax credits is $50,000,000.
CBWP has been consulting for and building wind power farms in North
Dakota since 1999.
Crownbutte Wind Power
111 5th Ave NE
Mandan, ND 58554
www.crownbutte.com
Stock in new entity is available ticker CBWP now.
Any feedback would be appreciated.
You are correct that flow of vehicles (or information) throught a network can be complex. The patent document explains some of the ways of simplifying the complexity. Industrial automation handles processes far more complex than ETT.
Your idea of turning the capsules around could be used. A couple other simple solution solutions to the deceleration comfort issue are disclosed int the patent -- reclining the seat back and bottom at 45 degrees is the lowest cost (allows smaller capsules at the same comfort level).
Yes maglev is preferred, however the patent also discloses that wheels could be used for low speeds. Currently the best type of maglev for ETT is called HTSM - (high temperature superconductor maglev) -- invented in China.
4k mph routes will be developed later -- it takes a little over a hundred miles and three min to reach this speed, so a 1200mile trip would take 21min.
I can tell that you have put quite a bit of thought into this, and you would likely enjoy reading the ETT patent it is available on the www.et3.com website
Thank you for your thoughtful input.
Thank you for your comment, and intrest in ETT. One big point though that many people at first assume: ETT is NOT pneumatic tube transport (PTT) as commonly used to move documents and money at bank drive up windows.
With ETT there is no air in the tubes to cause any resistance -- so air cannot be used for propulsion (except by powering a windmill). ETT is powered by linear electric motors, after the vehicle is up to speed, it coasts using no more energy.
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
Have had your wind turbine tested by NREL. You understand that no state incentives are availabel for an customer without being tested by small turbine group in NREL. Hope you have done so
Go to my page, read My Blog, where I just posted some great resources for everybody to "go green". Jay
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