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Problems that must be addressed before any real results can be accomplished

Recently I recievied a email that was titled "re-elect nobody". To parapharse this email sated that politicans have created the problems that they then campaign to fix. Second; it also stated the only reason we have these issues today is the people who are supposed to be running this country want it that way.

My experience has taught me that these are two accuarate statements. Every citizen must tell their elected officals to do their jobs or get out. Special interest lobbyists have… Continue

Added by Ron s on July 12, 2008 at 1:36pm — No Comments

Problems that must be addressed before any real results can be accomplished

Added by Ron s on July 12, 2008 at 1:35pm — No Comments

What can YOU do?

I have been pushing the idea of backing this plan while working at our own level, our homes, businesses and communities, while the wind farm is being built. For example, here is good old Dover, DE, the local power plant burns fuel oil to make electric. That means constant rate hikes and pollution. In my community, we need to do something like solar on every roof to get off foreign oil. Up the road a ways, they use power from a nuclear plant in Jersey. Their efforts could be first geared towards… Continue

Added by John on July 12, 2008 at 12:09pm — No Comments

Reform

Abolish the house of representatives..citizens vote on all laws...CSPAN voices pros & cons...once citizens log in to view pro & cons...they would be permitted to vote utilizing SSN

Abolish Federal Reserve...government could do this job themselves...take our economic freedom back from the banks

Abolish Postal system...obsolete...forbid junk mail...save trees...less trash...less postal employee going postal...private sector more efficient and cost… Continue

Added by James L. Hill on July 12, 2008 at 10:31am — No Comments

Drill for the short term, develop wind, solar, hydrogen and electric for the long term

The whole process of getting off foreign oil is something that will take 20 to 30 years.

It will take years to build the windmills and several more years to convert vehicles to natural gas or other cleaner technologies. I think that the natural gas is a stepping stone while we develop completely clean alternatives such as completely electric vehicles.

Because of the long time frame, I also believe that drilling for oil in this country is a short-term solution we must use to get us off… Continue

Added by John on July 11, 2008 at 11:04pm — 7 Comments

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At 5:47pm on July 11th, 2008, Jimmie Moore said…

Now is the time to close the gas stations down, be rid of utility companies. The technology is available to make every home of what-ever size totally energy independent. This includes apartment buildings, condominiums, high rises, office building

of what-ever size and factories of what-ever size.

Thank you Mr Pickens, but no thank you. Nothing less than shutting down the grid and oil production will solve "we the peoples" problem… Continue

Added by Jimmie Moore on July 11, 2008 at 9:36pm — 4 Comments

Public Forum for All Discussions On Pickens Energy Plan

There is a Public Forum for All Discussions On Pickens Energy Plan, at :
www.pickensenergyplan.com
Cheers !

Added by Scotty on July 11, 2008 at 9:21pm — No Comments

Please visit Mars Hill Maine

An impressive site. The Wind generators do not stop moving.
"We can't wait till it"s too late"

Mke MacInnis
Bath, NB
Canada

(across the boarder from Mars Hill, Maine)

Added by michael macinnis on July 11, 2008 at 8:55pm — 1 Comment

biofuels from hemp

The Emperor Wears No Clothes

Added by Nathan Campbell on July 11, 2008 at 7:30pm — 3 Comments

corn ethanol

Corn Ethanol Facts
Corn ethanol production converts energy from natural gas into a liquid transportation fuel.
"each gallon of ethanol produced from corn today delivers one third or more energy than is used to produce it."

Added by Nathan Campbell on July 11, 2008 at 7:30pm — 5 Comments

We have electric cars, so why not solar panels on the roofs of cars?!

someone put one on my diesel sprinter van!
someone make it bio diesel, please!

Added by kristen on July 11, 2008 at 7:00pm — No Comments

The demise of a Nation

Call it what you want. Supply and demand, speculation whatever. We are all feeling the crunch due to higher oil prices. Can you imagine how Happy this makes our enemies abroad. You know they are loving this.

Between the housing market problems and now the higher than ever oil prices this country is hurting.

Whats Washington doing about it. Nothing. I tried to pay for my gas the other day with a good debate.

It didnt work.

Any and all alternative full sources need to be… Continue

Added by Brian Mooney on July 11, 2008 at 6:14pm — 2 Comments

A Positive Position

I would really like to see this project stay non-political and I don't care if T. Boone makes another fortune through the effort. Spend your negative energies elsewhere. What are you going to add to the search for cleaner, cheaper and independent energy for America?

Added by Dr. J.B. Fletcher on July 11, 2008 at 5:34pm — No Comments

Pickens Plan Scam--Regruntled.com maybe half baked would be a more appropriate name for this blog

I used to have a little more respect for computer nerds in general, this guy is lowering the average rating in his blog post.

http://www.regruntled.com/2008/07/11/pickens-plan-scam/

For a guy who can write code and make it work, his intellectual analysis seems pretty shallow on what T. Boone's plan is all about. He totally misses T. Boone's request for the Feds to expedite the development of this century's drastically needed superhighway system--upgrading our existing… Continue

Added by jeffrey gordon on July 11, 2008 at 3:00pm — 5 Comments

Ozone Action Days - What exactly does that mean?

Ozone action days are seen throughout our region, especially over the hot summer months. But what does that mean to you and I?

WHAT IS OZONE ANYWAY?

"The ozone layer, miles above the surface of the earth, protects us from cancer causing solar ultraviolet radiation. But ground level ozone damages our lung tissue. This harmful ozone is formed through a complex chemical reaction involving hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides and sunlight on calm summer days. People who live in Milwaukee,… Continue

Added by Marsha Huss on July 11, 2008 at 1:47pm — No Comments

Can an Old Oil Man turn the US onto Windpower?

It seems like a redundant question, this weeks 200,000 plus visitors to www.pickensplan.com is pretty good proof that T. Boone has already made the biggest and fastest impression onto the American scene in regards to the potential for wind power, solar and CNG autos/trucks on making America energy free, especially with the younger social networking crowd--you think any other 80 year old American males added 2,500+ new friends on Facebook, myspace, linked-in etc. social networks in the last 3… Continue

Added by jeffrey gordon on July 11, 2008 at 1:25pm — 2 Comments

Another Example why developing American Alternative Energy is challenging--Is Institute for Energy Research in Big Oil's Pocket?

They have already published an article, "Pitfalls in Boone Pickens Plan--they didn't waste anytime trying to smash down this uprising did they? here is the link

http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2008/07/10/pitfalls-in-the-pickens-plan/

Anyone know anything about them? checking out their website was not much help, pretty much old top down style one way communication from them to us. No blog commenting, no details of who contributes to their funding.

Their… Continue

Added by jeffrey gordon on July 11, 2008 at 1:10pm — 1 Comment

Politics

What bothers me is looking around the discussions, and seeing all the political discussions. One one side, you have all the "Bush is a war criminal !!!!11!!!!one!!", on the other, you have the "Obama is an idiot!!!!111!!!!one!!". This is a time to set aside the petty politics, shut up, work TOGETHER on something, and then worry about politics. Who is president is only part of the issue. This plan has to be palatable to Congress. We have to get the ball rolling, get BOTH sides on board. If this… Continue

Added by David French on July 11, 2008 at 11:05am — 5 Comments

Personal Letter to MA Congressman Ed Markey- From Charles Pandil

From:pandil8@comcast.net

Subject:Response to Rep. Markey's Newsletter

Date:Tuesday, June 03, 2008 5:31:03 PM

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Ed, I'm a 68 year old retired federal civil servant (NASA, Dept. of Trans.), a U.S. Army veteran (Regular Army- Signal Corps), married with two children, and now working part-time as a substitute teacher here in Natick. I have never written to a politician before,,,,so here… Continue

Added by Charles Pandil on July 11, 2008 at 10:04am — No Comments

The Plan

I have always believed in burning imported oil and keeping ours in reserve. Some day there supply will end. This was a small price to pay for the feature.

But when the price of oil got higher than what we could produce it for, is the time for the PickensPlan. We need to develop alternate energy because we also will run out of oil.

The oil companies have been in the pockets of our government officials long enough. In order for the PickensPlan to succeed is we need to change… Continue

Added by William M McGrath III on July 11, 2008 at 9:20am — No Comments