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allen bauman commented on Bill C. Merrell, Ph.D.'s group 'Inspectors & Appraisers for Energy Independence'

Hi Bill Can I get my USPAP credit here? Good idea for a group. I'll follow you anywhere. Allen Bauman.........THE GREEN WARRIOR

November 18

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Inspectors & Appraisers for Energy Independence

A Forum for Real Estate Professionals who desire a reduction in foreign oil dependence and conserving energy

November 18

allen bauman commented on Missy Steichen's group 'Letters From Washington'

Dear Mr. Bauman: Thank you for writing to express your support for the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions (NAT GAS) Act of 2009. I agree that America is heavily reliant on imported oil to meet its energy needs, and that de...

November 16

allen bauman commented on Missy Steichen's group 'Letters From Washington'

From Senator Chuck Schumer on the Nat Gas Act, etc..... Dear Mr. Bauman: Thank you for writing to express your support for the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions (NAT GAS) Act of 2009. I agree that America is heavily reli...

October 29

allen bauman commented on Missy Steichen's group 'Letters From Washington'

A BETTER RESPONSE THAN BEFORE....... A message from Senator Charles E. Schumer Inbox X Reply | senator@schumer.senate.gov to me show details 11:48 AM (22 minutes ago) Dear Mr. Bauman: Thank you for writing in support of the use of alterna...

September 24

allen bauman commented on Missy Steichen's group 'Letters From Washington'

A very positive response from New York's junior senator: September 8, 2009 Dear Mr. Bauman, Thank you for contacting me about the need for a strong National Renewable Electricity Standard. I share your view on this issue and will work with my c...

September 8

allen bauman commented on Xander's group 'Online Action Army'

If Carolyn McCarthy is your Congresswoman please add district group NY-04 to your list of groups. Fall will be here soon and we know where the politicians will be. We need to be organized and available in larger numbers to get our message across. ...

August 28

allen bauman commented on Jack Costantino's group 'T. BOONE ROUND-UP'

August 28

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Are you interested in becoming an organizer in your area?

Yes

Tell us about your experience with alternative energy:

trying to educate myself about the problem and solution. so far I have merely changed all my incandescent bulbs to compact fluorescents and attended a couple of local lectures.

What excites you about this campaign?

The Plan. It's all about 'The Plan".
I'm also in the middle of reading "Flat Hot and Crowded" by the same author of 'The World is Flat'. It should be the manifesto for all in the Pickens Army. I highly recommend the book.

What do you want to do to help?

Not sure yet. I probably just want to start as a conduit for the Plan and the Army.

Allen bauman's Blog

Wall Street is listening!

I was just listening to CNBC when my attention was grabbed by a business news article they were about to do on the smart grid. I'm not an expert on the stock market but I believe this is both good and positive news for us all. It appears that an ETF(exchange traded fund) has been created to trade in companies that are in smart grid businesses. The stock symbol for the fund is GRID and it will create a basket of 29 companies that work with smart grid infrastructure, equipment and components for t… Continue

Posted on November 18, 2009 at 8:24am —

Does improving energy efficiency actually increase the carbon footprint.

This is a very thought provoking article about how increases in energy efficiency may lead to increases in energy use:
The Jevons Paradox

It is followed by some interesting commentary.

The Jevons Paradox
How Efficiency Improvements May Be Undermining Sustainability
Posted on Sep 4 by Martin Holladay

U.S. energy consumption continues to rise. In spite of continuing efficiency improvements that allow manufacturers to reduce the energy required per unit of production, we’re using more ene… Continue

Posted on September 4, 2009 at 11:16pm —

WAR WITH CHINA HEATS UP.......

PLEASE READ ENTIRE POST.

Below is a letter written to my Senators and Congresswoman. Within the letter is an article from the New York Times concerning underhanded Chinese tactics to become the world leader in solar panel manufacturing.

PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AND SEND SIMILAR LETTERS TO YOUR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES. I BELIEVE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AND MUST BE ADDRESSED BY OUR GOVERNMENT IMMEDIATELY. COPY AND PASTE IF YOU WANT TO THEN POST ANY RESPONSES YOU RECEIVE.

Allen Bau… Continue

Posted on August 25, 2009 at 9:54pm —

U.S. Department of Energy Update...........Solar and Wind Progress

Solar is Hot-----While Wind Cools Down

A weekly newsletter from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). The EERE Network News is also available on the Web at: www.eere.energy.gov/news/enn.cfm
August 19, 2009
News and Events

* Treasury, DOE Offer $2.3 Billion in Tax Credits for Energy Manufacturers
* DOE Funds Clean Energy Projects on Tribal Lands and in Alaskan Villages
* DOE Awards $119 Million to Five States, D.C., and American Sa… Continue

Posted on August 19, 2009 at 9:38am —

WIND POWER IN TEXAS BEGINS TO REDUCE THE COST OF ELECTRICITY.

Just picked this off LinkedIn. It's an excerpt from a report from Bernstein Research. We need
more research like this:

"The rapid growth of wind power in Texas is already reducing consumption of natural gas and lowering the cost of electricity generation in the state, according to a Wall Street research group. Bernstein Research reports that the rising output of wind turbines in Texas — the world’s sixth-largest producer of wind power — has eliminated the need to fire up natural gas-powered gen… Continue

Posted on August 10, 2009 at 7:38pm —

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At 8:34pm on November 21, 2009, Bill C. Merrell, Ph.D. gave allen bauman a gift…: Microphone
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At 3:53pm on September 4, 2009, Jeffrey Michael Paganini said…: Dave, great post, want to join and also want you as a friend, My ivites are curretly used up, I clearly hear the message via the smoke and drums

At 4:52pm on July 12, 2009, Clynton said…: Excelent comment. Thanks

At 9:57pm on May 29, 2009, Dr. Hans J. Kugler, PhD said…: Allen:
Thank you for your encouragement.
Sometimes I think everybody has gone asleep.
But I like how Energy Dept. Dr. Chu is handling things.
Regards,
Hans

At 6:16am on May 3, 2009, Robert Jarosak said…: Hi Allen,
We all need Worriers.
The guy you were thinking of was Jonathan Goodwin. There is an article about him and his company in "Fast Company" http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/120/motorhead-messiah.html
I had come across this and it was what steered me into duel fuels such as hydrogen.
John has a H1 hummer with 600 hp that gets 60mpg. Bottom line is the best inventions come from garages not large companies.
Look at me, retired at 36 and now board to death at 43 I start with hydrogen. Well I couldn't get it to work. If I was some big company the budget would say stop. I demanded to succeed and after 10 months, about ready to give up, I did it. Jonathan Goodwin is the same way.
I am all for every incentive for renewable energies.
We have to face the facts. We are being bam boozled by the auto industry.
Do we really have a foreign oil issue or do we have an auto industry tied to the government handing us what they want.
Beyond a shadow of a doubt, the computer in your car is designed to give you a predetermined amount of fuel economy and I can prove it.
It's another story in itself.
Allen, we are pressing for massive infrastructure spending, all we really have to do is press for a auto industry that can do it's best.
The truth is it is easier to get the government to spend trillions on infrastructure than it is to get the auto industry to fess up to years of abuse.
Auto fuel economy can only come up at a pace that will be unnoticed to the public.
I have some interesting stuff coming soon. If and when it's in hand we should meet.
Rob

At 2:26pm on April 22, 2009, Robert Jarosak said…: Hi Allen glad your there and rallying the troops. Honestly this sight has become tuff for me to navigate. I have done my best and rallied very early on and have brought many people to it using multiple emailing along with word of mouth.
Things have change with me since starting of this campaign. I have developed duel fuel technologies in cars and can't even find a spot to put it in the blogs. The technology is physically proven that it is feasible to get 200% increase in economy from all cars.
I see Mike Dolan talking about a Buick getting 5 or 6 MPG. It is very rare that people realize that the heaviest most unaerodynamic vehicle, a 80,000LB semi, gets 8 mpg these days fully loaded and busses in traffic get 8 also. The public has been tricked into thinking that 30 in a compact car is good. It's actually ridiculous. Why does an 80,000 lb Freightliner get 8 and a Ford Excursion SUV with a gas engine get less?
The worst part is the government is getting in the way and distorting the truth about this. Dateline actually did a show on an inventor they labeled a con man. Dennis Lee. He is one inventor that I have been following. He has cars that get 120+mpg. Dateline tore him apart and ended his business. No more 120mpg cars thanks to dateline. He has technology that will bring economy that is so large it can’t be discussed as most can’t believe how bad we are being duped by the auto industry. Use the tractor trailer example. An 80,000 lb truck gets 8 mpg with current technology, why doesn’t a 8,000lb SUV get at least 80. Think about it. Is the 100MPG auto a myth or suppression?
I can tell you I have a car that gets 30+% more MPG than stock and that is only the tip of the iceberg.
I have no faith left in the government. Ending foreign oil imports can be halted now, not in years with billions spent on infrastructure, without a single conversion to Natural gas.
The deeper I get in these technologies and the further I succeed, the more depressed I get about the Pickens Plan as I know for certain the technology is here right in front of us and it is not being given to us. This is all about control.
Don’t be fooled. Energy independence can be had right now.

At 5:15pm on April 20, 2009, Michael P. Dolan said…: Aha....In the spirit of the 70s, My grandmother gave me and my two brothers her used Buick Elecktra 225. We could fit eight people in the trunk when we snuck in to the drive-in theatre but it only got 5 or 6 mpg. My buddy bought a 1976 Honda CVCC and after a slight modification to the carberator, he was getting upwards of 80 mpg (no kidding). The only problem is that the CVCC could fit in the trunk of the Buick.

Sound familiar? George Santayana (another great pragmatist) stated something about not remembering history.

Funny that the only CNG passenger vehicle out right now is the Honda Civic GX. Put your money on Honda, they are doing it again. If it up to you or I, we are not doomed to repeat it! --- MPD

At 8:52am on April 20, 2009, Michael P. Dolan said…: Hey Allen,

I got my article published in the Boulder Daily Camera. Your thoughts are valued, thanks.

Opinion Article

At 3:02pm on April 8, 2009, david@PickensPlan said…: No haven't had a chance yet to send the request - still catching up. On my list of things to tackle though!

David