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At 5:34am on October 19, 2008, Walter L. Ewald said…: Greetings Karlatra…..Thank you for joining! I have just returned from a 3 week trip to Denmark and Germany and continue to be amazed by the efforts of these countries with the addition of Spain to initiate huge programs in alternative energy solutions for their countries. Germany and Denmark are at the 20+ % of electricity being generated by wind. Spain is above 40% of its electricity being produced by wind. There is much written on the Internet about these efforts and incentives to homeowners, farmers and business people as well. We have been kept in the dark for so long about what others are doing to solve their energy needs, cut their carbon footprint and reduce global warming. America is only 5% of the world’s population but we use 25% of the world’s oil. There is something fundamentally wrong with that equation! We need to change our mindset and the mindset of our legislators to choose the right path for the future of America and our dependency on foreign oil. Check out the photos from Germany, Denmark and Spain on my Pickens Plan Page. Your help is greatly appreciated and needed……Again, thanks…..>> Lee Ewald
P.S. Google Samso, Denmark and Freiburg, Germany (The Solar Village) to see 2 great examples of what is being done in Europe.

At 8:37pm on October 18, 2008, Bill Mollring said…: Hi Karlatra,

It is great to meet you and connect with you on Pickens where there are many excellent ideas, and a huge group of people wanting to see our country go forward with Alternative Energy.

You may be interested in Joining some of the more than 700 groups on Pickens, and I want to invite you to Join our "Mariah Power" Group on Pickens Plan. Our address is:

http://www.push.pickensplan.com/group/mariahpower

We will keep you up to date on the Windspire, and the new models about to be released. We will also give you the important Energy issues in front of Congress and the latest news on Alternative Energy. I hope you will decide to join.

Let me know if I can be of help, or if you care for more information.

Aloha,
Bill

At 4:59pm on August 25, 2008, Bruce said…: Germany sets shining example in providing a harvest for the world...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/jul/23/germany.greenbusiness

Renewable Energy Feed-In Tariff Legislation Introduced in U.S. Congress

While the Senate dawdles with one set of renewable energy incentives, four members of the House of Representatives, led by Jay Inslee (D-Washington), have introduced a new piece of legislation that everyone concerned about alternative energy in the United States really needs to watch.

Feed-In Tariff Legislation Introduced into House
The Renewable Energy Jobs and Security Act would create a feed-in tariff system of payments for small to mid-sized renewable energy suppliers (sites up to 20MW in size) similar to the one which has had such success, and has been recently expanded, in Germany.

Under a feed-in tariff system renewable electricty producers are paid a fixed, above market-rate, tariff for the electricity that is fed into the grid. The cost of this is then spread across all consumers of electricty. In Germany the estimated additional cost to the average family of three is €2 per month.

Inslee: “The feed-in tariff enacted in Germany in 2003 has helped the European nation achieve 55 percent of the world's installed solar capacity, provide 14 percent of its electricity supply from renewable sources and create at least 140,000 jobs. Similar policies also have been adopted by France, Spain and over 40 other countries, provinces and states.”

Inslee’s bill has three main components: guaranteed interconnection to the grid, long-term fixed rate contracts with electric utilities, and a rate-recovery program through a regional cost-sharing commission to minimize the impact on consumers. The bill would set technology-specific rates that utilities would pay renewable energy suppliers, that would incrementally decrease every two years for the 20 year lifespan of the tariff.

Though Inslee does not mention it, given the reports that we’ve seen recently about renewable energy reaching parity with fossil fuels, some of these rates should probably be set to depreciate more quickly than others, but overall the plan is sound.

New Direction in US Renewable Energy Promotion?
It may not seem it at first, and provided there are no demons lurking in the end pages of this bill which limit its effectiveness, this bill could dramatically change the way in which renewable energy is promoted in the United States.

Co-sponsoring the bill with Inslee are Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.), Jim McDermott (D-Wash.; no relation to post author), and Mike Honda (D-Cali.). A companion bill has not yet been introduced in the Senate. Delete Comment

At 5:26pm on July 29, 2008, Patrick Llewellyn said…: Hi Karlatra. Thank you for getting involved. Please join the Las Vegas Energy & Light Group or another group of interest to you. Thank you,Patrick

At 10:32am on July 29, 2008, Edward said…: Please join the international group and help with spanish translations,
thank you,
Edward
www.PickensPlanet.com

At 9:51am on July 29, 2008, vinbeazel said…: I have been sharing the Pickens plan for several months; first on Change.org and later on http://AlternativeEnergy.com

I created an energy challenge on YouTube and other video sites called Oil2Wind Power Challenge; to encourage young people to make videos of what is being done in every region of the country.

Now we need to translate the Picken's Plan into Spanish and share it with the leaders of Mexico and Venezuela; the Picken's plan may become the means of teaching OPEC to develop the infrastructure for wind power in Latin America.

Our group offers training4trainers through green mechanical website is GreenMech.org