November 2008 Blog Posts (583)

Hello!

Friends,

I hope everyone had a terrific Thanksgiving holiday and was able to relax with friends and family!

I wanted to touch base with everyone as we start off a new week, and let you know that we still need to do everything we can to keep Pushing the Pickens Plan! Ask a few more people to sign-up, keep checking out the Daily Pickens for the latest on the Plan, and please, LET ME KNOW if you want to take a more active role in… Continue

Added by Codi Prachar on November 30, 2008 at 3:33pm — No Comments

RTD - Energy technology a new cash crop for Va.?

By REX BOWMAN

Published: November 30, 2008

Where tobacco once formed the foundation of the economies in Southside and parts of Southwest Virginia, the cash crop of the future could turn out to be energy research.

Using $32 million wrung from tobacco companies a decade ago, the communities of Lynchburg, Danville, South Boston and Abingdon are preparing to build four energy-research centers where scientists from Virginia Tech, other institutions and private… Continue

Added by Ed Matricardi on November 30, 2008 at 2:01pm — No Comments

Tampa Bay - Forecast costly for energy options

By Asjylyn Loder, Times Staff Writer

Published Friday, November 28, 2008 9:30 PM

If money were no object, Florida could meet nearly all of its energy needs with sun and wind alone. Ocean currents would help light homes. Power plants would burn yard clippings and crop waste to provide power when the sun went down and the wind stopped blowing.

The bottom line, though, dictates a far less ambitious strategy.

The state could realistically expect utilities… Continue

Added by Ed Matricardi on November 30, 2008 at 1:54pm — No Comments

Atlanta Business Chronicle: UGA-Ga. Tech game goes green

"The University of Georgia and Georgia Tech will rekindle their bitter rivalry Nov. 29 in Athens and the game will be green.

UGA has joined with Georgia Power to provide green energy for the game -- the first time electricity for a football game at UGA will be generated completely by renewable sources. The majority of the electricity in Georgia Power’s Green Energy program currently comes from the Seminole Landfill methane gas facility in DeKalb County.

“The University of… Continue

Added by Renee Klink on November 30, 2008 at 10:10am — No Comments

Clarion Ledger: catfish ponds as biofuel farms

"With the catfish industry in turmoil and fuel prices in flux, an Arizona-based energy company has a plan for Mississippi's catfish farmers: transform their ponds into biofuel farms.

At a recent Mississippi Biomass Council meeting, PetroSun BioFuels unveiled a proposal to convert Mississippi's catfish ponds into algae farms. The algae, which have a high oil content, would be converted to biodiesel, ethanol, animal feed and other products...."… Continue

Added by Renee Klink on November 30, 2008 at 9:58am — No Comments

St. Petersburg Times: Is Obama's energy policy a cure for oil addiction?

"The election silenced the cries of "Drill, baby, drill." Plunging oil prices have stilled the hand wringing over energy security. With all eyes on the economy, veterans of past oil shocks may wonder if Americans will once again forget about weening the nation off suddenly cheap oil.

This time, though, looks different.

Nearly 30 states, including Florida, are forging plans to boost renewable energy and slash greenhouse gases. Business leaders nationwide have called for a… Continue

Added by Renee Klink on November 30, 2008 at 9:56am — No Comments

"Green legislation may ease budget cuts"

From University of Southern Mississippi's Student Printz:

"Since Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour announced spending cuts for the 2009 fiscal year to the tune of $41.9 million, state agencies will have to be creative with the way they spend their limited funds.

Larry Lee, chief officer in the Office of Sustainability, recently… Continue

Added by Renee Klink on November 30, 2008 at 9:54am — No Comments

Ayurveda Mantra for Healing the Emotions

Free yourself from Emotional pain and develop strenght of mind. The following Mantra invokes the healing energy of Yogi Patanjali Maharishi , author of the Yoga Sutra who lived about 2000 years ago. You can listen to the Mantra or you can chant along…

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Added by Sukadev Bretz on November 30, 2008 at 7:30am — No Comments

Tri-Fuel AFV

Drive Clean - Declare Energy Independence

Thank You!
Tai Robinson
www.AmericanFuelVehicles.com
801-201-7370

Added by Tai Robinson on November 30, 2008 at 1:11am — 1 Comment

What we need to tell CARB and the CEC at the Meeting December 5th

We need to let the AB 118 Advisory board know that in terms of the full fuel cycle and sustainability criteria of AB 118, converting existing in use gasoline and diesel engines to run on Natural Gas has THE lowest carbon footprint of ANY path to the ultimate goal of Zero emissions vehicles and electricity generation. Conversion of existing in use engines is the only possible way we can meet the goals of AB 32 to reduce carbon output by 30%. Conversion and Bi-Fuel… Continue

Added by John Reed on November 29, 2008 at 7:28pm — No Comments

$2 Gas Doesn’t Mean Problem Solved

This is a great article that drives home an important point. Gas becoming 'cheap' again cannot lull people into thinking that the problem is solved. Remember the 1970's oil crises? They came and went (and nothing was done to secure our energy future) and we got into trouble with $4.00+ a gallon gas. So, gas is now available in the sub $2 price range, but when do we hit $4.00+ again? When does it jump to… Continue

Added by Geoff Bailey on November 29, 2008 at 5:54pm — 1 Comment

This morning I received something that may be of interest.

http://www.BelieveAndManifest.com/1/bam/video1.php

Added by Chris Tidman on November 29, 2008 at 4:27pm — No Comments

AP - Pickens: Renewable energy sources a must for US

By Murray Evans Associated Press Writer

Nov. 28, 2008, 12:22PM

OKLAHOMA CITY ˜ As he prepares to address a wind-power conference in Oklahoma, billionaire energy magnate T. Boone Pickens said it shouldn't seem strange that he is interested in wind and other alternative energy sources.

"It's not totally unrelated to the oil business," Pickens told The Associated Press. "It's an energy business. It's easy for me to make the transition to wind. If we hadn't had such a… Continue

Added by Ed Matricardi on November 29, 2008 at 12:48pm — No Comments

We need a tax

That will stablize gas prices whenever they fall below 3.50 a gallon, adn be used to support alternative fuel sources research.

Katherine

Added by Katherine Day Reinleitner, Ph.D. on November 29, 2008 at 11:06am — 1 Comment

News & Observer Editorial (NC) - Losing steam?

Losing steam?

Gas and coal prices are down, and automakers are in trouble, but the clean energy movement can't be allowed to falter

T. Boone Pickens, the Texas oil man turned clean energy advocate, has delayed his plans to put wind farms on hundreds of thousands of leased acres in Texas. The price of fuel must go back up before there will be the will to proceed, he says. And American automobile companies, to state the obvious, have survival on their minds ahead of developing more… Continue

Added by Ed Matricardi on November 29, 2008 at 10:46am — No Comments

Saudi king says oil should be $75 per barrel

...and here we go again.

Added by Dani Lanz on November 29, 2008 at 8:47am — No Comments

Alabama Press-Register - Wind power is OK, but it has its limits

Wind power is OK, but it has its limits

Friday, November 28, 2008

FORMER VICE President Al Gore, Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens and the mayor of a small city in south Alabama have something in common.

They all believe in the power of wind.

The former vice president, Mr. Pickens and Robertsdale Mayor Charles Murphy want the nation to generate more electricity with wind turbines. Mr. Gore and Mr. Pickens are highly visible advocates of this form of "green… Continue

Added by Ed Matricardi on November 28, 2008 at 7:58pm — 1 Comment

Agencies Publish Final Environmental Impact Statement on Energy Corridor Designation in the West

November 26, 2008

Agencies Publish Final Environmental Impact Statement on Energy Corridor Designation in the West

WASHINGTON, DC - Four Federal agencies today released a Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (Final PEIS) proposing to designate more than 6,000 miles of energy transport corridors on Federal lands in 11 Western States.

The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Departments of Energy, Agriculture, and… Continue

Added by Eric Lykins on November 28, 2008 at 1:24pm — No Comments

Selling the Pickens Plan to Millions More

Hi Pickens Friends,

MARKETING A PRODUCT IN THE WRONG PLACES

Here is todays idea in recruiting the public to be strong participants in the Pickens membership.

I have been selling my ideas to Millions, but it has taken decades of effort. In my first business, I made up about 100 "door hangers" ad packages, and hung them on the front door of houses. Each package contained a stamped (valid if used) post card, and I waited for a response. I did not get one… Continue

Added by Karl Mayr on November 28, 2008 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

Man Aims To Wean World Off Petroleum

Fred Robinson has been working to convert standard automobiles to run on alternative fuels for more than 30 years. The Stagecoach-area resident lives in a solar-powered home he built himself and converted a 2003 Hummer H2 so it can run on several different fuels, including hydrogen and ethanol. Unleaded is an option, too, he said, when he finds himself far from an alternative-fuel station. — Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Local continues… Continue

Added by Tai Robinson on November 28, 2008 at 1:30am — 9 Comments