Hello,
I am John Osborn. I am the new District FL-11 Leader for Pickens Plan. Come and visit our website and look at both the Events scheduled with movers and shakers in the nation and community as well as the new and updated data on the District FL-11 page. Add yourself to my friend list and also the District Group. If you attend one of our meetings, you will see the Pickens Plan has had new life breathed into it. Bring a friend, we have plenty of seating. We are having a guest speaker Thursday August 13th at 7:30 PM…see the Events tab on Pickens Plan website for maps and additional information.
Under my leadership you can have a tangible role in the operation of the district. Just let me know. Come to this months meeting and meet “David Gammon” of Progress Energy’s Renewable Energy Contracts department.
John Osborn
District FL-11 Leader
Could you help me?? I need people from your area to attend a VERY important event (see below) and I need to pick a captain for your area as well....please circulate as you see fit and contact me directly at:
faye@solarsource.net THANK YOU!
Thousands of New Jobs, Megawatts of Renewable Energy, Florida’s Green Economy BOOMING - ONLY YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN!
Legislators tell us they MUST see YOUR Faces in Tallahassee in order to pass a Renewable Energy Dividend policy state wide. Transportation will be available to you from your nearest large metro area. Go to www.FAREnergy.org for details and registration.
Date: 03/24/09
Time: 8:00 am to 2:00 pm
Meet at: Tallahassee Community College Capitol Center
Downtown, 300 West Pensacola St
Please join us for this very important event!
Advocates of effective renewable energy policies will gather at the State Capitol on March 24th, 2009 to show their support for the most effective renewable energy policy our legislature can adopt: Renewable Energy Dividends. Join renewable energy businesses, experts, and advocates, including manufacturers and representatives from the world’s largest renewable energy industry companies. Replicating the success of Gainesville, Florida and introducing a Renewable Energy Dividend policy will bring widespread economic recovery and job creation to Florida, while establishing energy security and environmental stewardship.
Try to wear YELLOW. It can be a shirt, hat, scarf, ANYTHING to give a bolder message!
The Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy “FARE” is a coalition of concerned individuals, businesses, communities, associations, utilities, policy makers, non-profits, and renewable energy producers. FARE is dedicated to educating and engaging Floridians on effective Renewable Energy Policies.
Let Sunshine Power the Sunshine State!
Contact:
Faye Roller – Administrative Director
Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy
www.FAREnergy.org
faye@solarsource.net
Jane Maxwell - FARE Member:
727-709-3398
Register at www.FAREnergy.org
Glad to see there's a Gulf Coast group. I've lived in this area my entire life, and it seems that we usually sit on the sidelines of important issues. I've just joined, so I'll stay in touch and pass the word. I'd also love to hear from any North Florida members!
thank you so much for letting me know about your group and the showing of "Who killed the electric car" Its a great movie, I've seen it before and have met a couple people in the movie personally!
In response to your "whatcha got?", how about a national promotion to raise awareness and build grassroots support. And no matter what your talents or resources may be, you can help.
I've founded a group here at the Pickens Plan called "Musicians fo a Better Future". We're just starting out, and we'd like to arrange performance events in as many cities as possible around the world to promote clean, renewable domestic energy. We need people all over to get on board. Most of the people we'll need to make this happen aren't musicians either. We'll need organizers, promoters, media reps, event staff and so much more. Please have a look at our group and see if this might be something you'd like to do.
Last December, Congress amended the national Renewable Fuel Standard, setting a goal that the U.S. will produce a whopping 36 billion gallons of renewable fuel by 2022. It's no surprise that much of this renewable fuel will be ethanol.
Given the rapid industrialization of Asia, global demand for fuel ethanol is steeply increasing and is expected to do so in the foreseeable future. In order to satisfy this big demand, let alone meet the Renewable Fuel Standard, there is a growing concern that the standard U.S. practice of mass producing fuel ethanol from corn won't be feasible. There simply isn't enough corn acreage available in America to meet the future domestic and international demands for fuel ethanol.
Scientists contend that the answer to this problem is cellulosic ethanol, a technology that is now under furious research and development at many universities, national labs, and private industries across the globe.
This is an interesting technology, because it makes ethanol from cellulose feedstocks such as ordinary trees, perennial grass and cropland residues instead of food crops such as corn or sugar cane.
Scientists contend that cellulosic ethanol, once it is perfected, can significantly reduce America's imports of foreign oil, while creating a big variety of "green collar" jobs including farmers, truck drivers, business professionals, engineers, and scientists.
Before cellulosic ethanol becomes a commercial reality, there are many technology hurdles to overcome. Crop scientists and chemical engineers are furiously studying the genetics, the molecular structure, and other biological aspects of trees and plants in order to improve the efficiency of cellulosic ethanol production.
Last year, our country embarked on a once-in-a-generation effort to study the underlying science needed to improve processing efficiency. In the meantime, scientists are making great headway. For example, the U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded $125 million to establish the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, a partnership between Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin, to study the science of processing cellulosic ethanol.
Also, Michigan State University and Michigan Technological University recently partnered with the Mascoma Corp. (a Massachusetts company), to build a cellulosic ethanol plant in the Michigan Upper Peninsula.
Last May, at a scientific lecture in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Dr. Niels Lagvad of Danish Biogasol Corp. (www.biogasol.com). It was revealed that this company now has a proven, turnkey system to mass produce ethanol from a big range of perennial grasses and hemicellulosic feedstocks. He referred to the process as a "bolt-on, second-generation ethanol plant" which, in essence, attaches to the back end of a conventional plant making ethanol from food crops. "Second generation ethanol" refers to the use of non-food feedstocks to make ethanol, whereas, "first generation ethanol" refers to traditional methods that use food crops such as corn and sugar cane.
The immediate U.S. market for this Danish technology is to retrofit American corn-to-ethanol plants. In this concept, corn stover (corn leaves, stalks, and cobs) and distillers' grain (a voluminous, natural by-product of the corn-to-ethanol process) would be used as inexpensive feedstocks for ethanol production. The technology is now in the demonstration phase; a full-scale plant is planned for 2010 in Boardman, Ore., as part of a joint effort between the U.S. Department of Energy and the Pacific Ethanol Corp.
Danish Biogasol also markets the same technology to electric power plants, regardless of whether the electric plant is fueled by coal, nuclear, natural gas or oil. Why this terrific market? Electric plants routinely produce massive amounts of waste heat. This waste heat is harnessed by the ethanol plant, which in turn greatly reduces the cost of ethanol processing. Imagine a line of semi-trucks, all loaded with massive bales of locally grown perennial grass, driving to the local electric plant - which makes fuel ethanol too.
I am excited to imagine where this technology is headed because America is blessed with abundant trees and native grass. I believe we're in for some hopeful times ahead: new jobs from locally made auto fuel with no imported oil.
greenmadesimple.com is the best link I have found on this site to date. You are my hero today. I will give you one in return with which you can Write to your Federal or State elected officials with one click at Congress.org
I hope you don't mind I copied your whole post at my page with, of course, credit (links) to you and your group
I'm just education myself on Ethanol. I'm neither for nor against this technology. I did get a good response from a friend "Joel" who seems very educated on this matter:
'Green-collar' jobs a growth area, U.S. group says
Companies are stepping up their environmental initiatives, and that may mean a boom in "green-collar" jobs.
A recent forecast by the American Solar Energy Society found that renewable energy and energy-efficient industries were responsible for the creation of nearly 8.5 million jobs in 2006, and by 2030 that number is expected to reach 40 million.
Colleges and universities are taking notice, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., a job placement consulting group.
Many have introduced specialized degree programs in eco-commerce, environmental accounting, green and social marketing, and ecological economics.
"The demand for 'green-collar' jobs is really exploding, especially as the cost of energy continues to climb," said John Challenger, the group's chief executive. "Students need to start thinking about developing skills that will give them an edge for these types of careers that did not even exist until recently."
Popular jobs include urban planners, forestry professionals and environmental lawyers, Challenger said. There is also a growing demand for architects and engineers with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit.
gina,.. although i've had a computer for awhile, i have neither a blog, or a my space ad. i will find a teenager to explain it to me,..thanks girl
sherrie
As a resident of Colorado, I am well aware of water scarcity and rights litigation. There is so much rhetoric on this site regarding oil shale development, but it seems those with the loudest voices know the least about this subject.
Without water, shale processing is impossible, and there is currently no way to economically desalinize waste water that will be acceptable to users downstream.
Maybe Pickens' water can be sold to replace that used to process shale.
I read about this when the plan was first promoted, but am to cynical to be surprised. It really troubles me that he intends to pump out the aquifer for profit, when so many people rely on it's supply for irrigation, but the Texas legislature will stand behind him, no matter the effect on others.
From the beginning, and before I heard of this, my expectation was that altruism was not driving his actions. My first impression, and one alluded to in my note to you, is that by developing the technology expand uses for and the resultant GLOBAL demand for natural gas will create a market exactly like petroleum, with speculation and price volatility that benefits few and affects many.
Gina, I do thank you for your kind words. It is a great, guilty pleasure to bombard partisan shills with irrefutable data and blow very large holes in their ill considered hypotheses.
I participate sporadically, taking a day or two per week, to burst a few bubbles and have some guilty fun at the expense of these "radical thinkers", but do not really participate in groups, as there is just so much going on right now.
I do hope to plant a seed that you can take to the group regarding this effort, however. With the news today that Congress will address the tenets of this plan, we can expect acceleration of alternative uses for Natural Gas. With tax incentives, there will be development of infrastructure and vehicular technology to divert NG to new uses, increasing demand (and prices) globally.
I suggest that everyone who heats with NG push for immediate, responsible drilling, as well as legislation requiring that any gas found on public land be consumed here, independent of global pricing, or our home heating bills will parallel what we pay for motor fuel. Higher demand and consumption will result in higher prices and much colder homes in the coming winters.
I lived in South Florida for 30 years before I decided to visit your area. I wasn't stuck in South Florida my travels have taken me to many places. I just didn't think N. Florida had anything to offer. Boy was I so, so wrong. I never could have imagined the natural springs, ponds and rivers in your area. I have been talking about it for years now. I was told that there is enough spring water in Florida to quench the thirst of our entire nation for ever. Most bottled water is just filtered tap water! I live on a plateau and drink water from a natural spring. Our toilet water can be bottle up and sold! Our county is 3000 feet up and every ounce of rain water, creeks and rivers run out not into it. We were blessed to find such a magical place to live. There are no four lane highways and only one stop light in the entire county. Although we have been here for 5 years we still consider Florida home. The state has much to offer but way to many people. You’re in a great area!
I was born and raised in South Florida. I've visited every state and local park in Florida. My wife and I love the out doors and every bit of free time we had would be spent on trails or in the water. My two girls were born in Florida and the youngest one is named Torreya after Torreya State Park in the pan handle. We found the name while vacationing in Northern Florida and working our way doing the west coast. Is Homosassa home to Rainbow Springs? I agree with you one hundred percent in regards to protecting our wetlands. I consider myself a liberal republican or a conservative liberal because I believe in protecting the environment, pro choice (I choose life), I believe in smaller government and I believe in the creator or life. When I hear that they want to drill more in the gulf/anwar it gets me very upset and like you I’m totally against it. My family now includes a son and two girls. We moved to the Virginia Appalachians five years ago to get away from the hustle of Florida and to raise our children in a rural community. We love it here; vegetable gardens, open land, wild game, milk from the farmer and local meats and fruits.
We run a network marketing business from the house. We’re very excited about the Pickens Plan because we’re also members of one.org (U2 – Bono – World Hunger) and have personally seen the results of people banning together and influencing our government to act on worthy causes. The Internet has made it possible. Please keep in touch.
Homosassa --- Great memories of a beautiful spring!
I joined the Pickens Plan about a week ago and have spent some time today looking over the features of our website. I just wanted to introduce myself. I’m very excited about our community because I’m also a member of one.org (U2 – Bono – World Hunger) and have personally seen the results of people banning together and influencing our government. The Internet has made it possible. Please keep in touch. All the best, Luis Garcia…
When I was laid off from my job to work on getting a patent on my concept for a high altitude wind energy system everything stopped. We did not even apply for a provisional patent which would of allowed us to freely talk about the idea. I come from the arts side of the world so right now I am just a lost soul.
Realistically, the concept would need to have many mistakes made before a real efficient system would work. Much beyond my current situation would allow. Mr Picken's and the early oil drillers' first oil wells were only a few hundred feet deep he soon found them to be obsolete and new technologies now find us drilling holes that are miles deep. Mr. Pickens should be careful about investing all his money too fast in the low to the ground windmills.
I believe the current generation of windmills placed at a few hundred feet up are obsolete. Why hoist a twenty ton turbine to the top of a rigid pole that is engaged by a rigid rotor that shuts down just as the wind reaches a speed capable of producing the most energy?
We should be drilling up, higher and higher. Click on the surface (SFC) of the Aviation Weather Center http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/winds/ and select 3,000 feet and you see a huge amount of energy available. Dig deeper, I mean dig higher and you see the potential. If you were to build a flexible high altitude wind farm in the standard off shore no fly zones below 15,000 feet over the Gulf of Mexico it would become a new, massive energy zone.
When Dolly blew ashore what did the news crew have in the background? Palm trees. The palm tree survives because it is made of fibers, not a rigid hardwood. Newer fibers such as Honeywell's Spectra is 14 times stronger than steel, it floats and is impervious to UV light and that means with the proper aerodynamics of lifting and twisting a new generation of windmills will soon be appearing that are much more efficient, simpler to mass produce, built for any chaotic speed and if failure were to happen, relaunched cheaply.
I am just seeking a way to participate, to have discussion without all the grief brought on by laws and business rules that I have no interest in. Sadly, I've come to the realization that I will be beaten to a pulp whether I have a patent or not but I still believe in putting my head in the clouds. I fear Mr. Pickens has his ear to the ground for his energy effort when he should be reaching for the heavens.
Thanks Gina. We have been on the road for 4 years doing the civil side of the wind farms. We have had the privalige of working on the largest wind farm in Texas, which is Horse Hollow owned by Flordia Power and Light.
Yes my husband in my Superintendent, but only till I sign my time sheet. LOLO
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I am John Osborn. I am the new District FL-11 Leader for Pickens Plan. Come and visit our website and look at both the Events scheduled with movers and shakers in the nation and community as well as the new and updated data on the District FL-11 page. Add yourself to my friend list and also the District Group. If you attend one of our meetings, you will see the Pickens Plan has had new life breathed into it. Bring a friend, we have plenty of seating. We are having a guest speaker Thursday August 13th at 7:30 PM…see the Events tab on Pickens Plan website for maps and additional information.
Under my leadership you can have a tangible role in the operation of the district. Just let me know. Come to this months meeting and meet “David Gammon” of Progress Energy’s Renewable Energy Contracts department.
John Osborn
District FL-11 Leader
faye@solarsource.net THANK YOU!
Thousands of New Jobs, Megawatts of Renewable Energy, Florida’s Green Economy BOOMING - ONLY YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN!
Legislators tell us they MUST see YOUR Faces in Tallahassee in order to pass a Renewable Energy Dividend policy state wide. Transportation will be available to you from your nearest large metro area. Go to www.FAREnergy.org for details and registration.
Date: 03/24/09
Time: 8:00 am to 2:00 pm
Meet at: Tallahassee Community College Capitol Center
Downtown, 300 West Pensacola St
Please join us for this very important event!
Advocates of effective renewable energy policies will gather at the State Capitol on March 24th, 2009 to show their support for the most effective renewable energy policy our legislature can adopt: Renewable Energy Dividends. Join renewable energy businesses, experts, and advocates, including manufacturers and representatives from the world’s largest renewable energy industry companies. Replicating the success of Gainesville, Florida and introducing a Renewable Energy Dividend policy will bring widespread economic recovery and job creation to Florida, while establishing energy security and environmental stewardship.
Agenda:
7-8 am Registration
8-9:30 Briefing/Training
9:30-11:45 Lobbying
1 pm Rally & Press Conference
1-5 Lobbying
5:15 Debrief
6 pm Depart
Try to wear YELLOW. It can be a shirt, hat, scarf, ANYTHING to give a bolder message!
The Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy “FARE” is a coalition of concerned individuals, businesses, communities, associations, utilities, policy makers, non-profits, and renewable energy producers. FARE is dedicated to educating and engaging Floridians on effective Renewable Energy Policies.
Let Sunshine Power the Sunshine State!
Contact:
Faye Roller – Administrative Director
Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy
www.FAREnergy.org
faye@solarsource.net
Jane Maxwell - FARE Member:
727-709-3398
Register at www.FAREnergy.org
thank you so much for letting me know about your group and the showing of "Who killed the electric car" Its a great movie, I've seen it before and have met a couple people in the movie personally!
In response to your "whatcha got?", how about a national promotion to raise awareness and build grassroots support. And no matter what your talents or resources may be, you can help.
I've founded a group here at the Pickens Plan called "Musicians fo a Better Future". We're just starting out, and we'd like to arrange performance events in as many cities as possible around the world to promote clean, renewable domestic energy. We need people all over to get on board. Most of the people we'll need to make this happen aren't musicians either. We'll need organizers, promoters, media reps, event staff and so much more. Please have a look at our group and see if this might be something you'd like to do.
Thanks for your time,
Rev. Jake
Last December, Congress amended the national Renewable Fuel Standard, setting a goal that the U.S. will produce a whopping 36 billion gallons of renewable fuel by 2022. It's no surprise that much of this renewable fuel will be ethanol.
Given the rapid industrialization of Asia, global demand for fuel ethanol is steeply increasing and is expected to do so in the foreseeable future. In order to satisfy this big demand, let alone meet the Renewable Fuel Standard, there is a growing concern that the standard U.S. practice of mass producing fuel ethanol from corn won't be feasible. There simply isn't enough corn acreage available in America to meet the future domestic and international demands for fuel ethanol.
Scientists contend that the answer to this problem is cellulosic ethanol, a technology that is now under furious research and development at many universities, national labs, and private industries across the globe.
This is an interesting technology, because it makes ethanol from cellulose feedstocks such as ordinary trees, perennial grass and cropland residues instead of food crops such as corn or sugar cane.
Scientists contend that cellulosic ethanol, once it is perfected, can significantly reduce America's imports of foreign oil, while creating a big variety of "green collar" jobs including farmers, truck drivers, business professionals, engineers, and scientists.
Before cellulosic ethanol becomes a commercial reality, there are many technology hurdles to overcome. Crop scientists and chemical engineers are furiously studying the genetics, the molecular structure, and other biological aspects of trees and plants in order to improve the efficiency of cellulosic ethanol production.
Last year, our country embarked on a once-in-a-generation effort to study the underlying science needed to improve processing efficiency. In the meantime, scientists are making great headway. For example, the U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded $125 million to establish the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, a partnership between Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin, to study the science of processing cellulosic ethanol.
Also, Michigan State University and Michigan Technological University recently partnered with the Mascoma Corp. (a Massachusetts company), to build a cellulosic ethanol plant in the Michigan Upper Peninsula.
Last May, at a scientific lecture in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Dr. Niels Lagvad of Danish Biogasol Corp. (www.biogasol.com). It was revealed that this company now has a proven, turnkey system to mass produce ethanol from a big range of perennial grasses and hemicellulosic feedstocks. He referred to the process as a "bolt-on, second-generation ethanol plant" which, in essence, attaches to the back end of a conventional plant making ethanol from food crops. "Second generation ethanol" refers to the use of non-food feedstocks to make ethanol, whereas, "first generation ethanol" refers to traditional methods that use food crops such as corn and sugar cane.
The immediate U.S. market for this Danish technology is to retrofit American corn-to-ethanol plants. In this concept, corn stover (corn leaves, stalks, and cobs) and distillers' grain (a voluminous, natural by-product of the corn-to-ethanol process) would be used as inexpensive feedstocks for ethanol production. The technology is now in the demonstration phase; a full-scale plant is planned for 2010 in Boardman, Ore., as part of a joint effort between the U.S. Department of Energy and the Pacific Ethanol Corp.
Danish Biogasol also markets the same technology to electric power plants, regardless of whether the electric plant is fueled by coal, nuclear, natural gas or oil. Why this terrific market? Electric plants routinely produce massive amounts of waste heat. This waste heat is harnessed by the ethanol plant, which in turn greatly reduces the cost of ethanol processing. Imagine a line of semi-trucks, all loaded with massive bales of locally grown perennial grass, driving to the local electric plant - which makes fuel ethanol too.
I am excited to imagine where this technology is headed because America is blessed with abundant trees and native grass. I believe we're in for some hopeful times ahead: new jobs from locally made auto fuel with no imported oil.
I hope you don't mind I copied your whole post at my page with, of course, credit (links) to you and your group
I'm just education myself on Ethanol. I'm neither for nor against this technology. I did get a good response from a friend "Joel" who seems very educated on this matter:
You can read the full article by clicking here:
Companies are stepping up their environmental initiatives, and that may mean a boom in "green-collar" jobs.
A recent forecast by the American Solar Energy Society found that renewable energy and energy-efficient industries were responsible for the creation of nearly 8.5 million jobs in 2006, and by 2030 that number is expected to reach 40 million.
Colleges and universities are taking notice, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., a job placement consulting group.
Many have introduced specialized degree programs in eco-commerce, environmental accounting, green and social marketing, and ecological economics.
"The demand for 'green-collar' jobs is really exploding, especially as the cost of energy continues to climb," said John Challenger, the group's chief executive. "Students need to start thinking about developing skills that will give them an edge for these types of careers that did not even exist until recently."
Popular jobs include urban planners, forestry professionals and environmental lawyers, Challenger said. There is also a growing demand for architects and engineers with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit.
sherrie
As a resident of Colorado, I am well aware of water scarcity and rights litigation. There is so much rhetoric on this site regarding oil shale development, but it seems those with the loudest voices know the least about this subject.
Without water, shale processing is impossible, and there is currently no way to economically desalinize waste water that will be acceptable to users downstream.
Maybe Pickens' water can be sold to replace that used to process shale.
Peace.
From the beginning, and before I heard of this, my expectation was that altruism was not driving his actions. My first impression, and one alluded to in my note to you, is that by developing the technology expand uses for and the resultant GLOBAL demand for natural gas will create a market exactly like petroleum, with speculation and price volatility that benefits few and affects many.
The man knows how to make money.
I participate sporadically, taking a day or two per week, to burst a few bubbles and have some guilty fun at the expense of these "radical thinkers", but do not really participate in groups, as there is just so much going on right now.
I do hope to plant a seed that you can take to the group regarding this effort, however. With the news today that Congress will address the tenets of this plan, we can expect acceleration of alternative uses for Natural Gas. With tax incentives, there will be development of infrastructure and vehicular technology to divert NG to new uses, increasing demand (and prices) globally.
I suggest that everyone who heats with NG push for immediate, responsible drilling, as well as legislation requiring that any gas found on public land be consumed here, independent of global pricing, or our home heating bills will parallel what we pay for motor fuel. Higher demand and consumption will result in higher prices and much colder homes in the coming winters.
My two cents. Thanks.
We run a network marketing business from the house. We’re very excited about the Pickens Plan because we’re also members of one.org (U2 – Bono – World Hunger) and have personally seen the results of people banning together and influencing our government to act on worthy causes. The Internet has made it possible. Please keep in touch.
I joined the Pickens Plan about a week ago and have spent some time today looking over the features of our website. I just wanted to introduce myself. I’m very excited about our community because I’m also a member of one.org (U2 – Bono – World Hunger) and have personally seen the results of people banning together and influencing our government. The Internet has made it possible. Please keep in touch. All the best, Luis Garcia…
I am organizing a citrus county group -- we have the central ridge library meeting room on Aug 6th at 3:00 Contact info is on my page.
When I was laid off from my job to work on getting a patent on my concept for a high altitude wind energy system everything stopped. We did not even apply for a provisional patent which would of allowed us to freely talk about the idea. I come from the arts side of the world so right now I am just a lost soul.
Realistically, the concept would need to have many mistakes made before a real efficient system would work. Much beyond my current situation would allow. Mr Picken's and the early oil drillers' first oil wells were only a few hundred feet deep he soon found them to be obsolete and new technologies now find us drilling holes that are miles deep. Mr. Pickens should be careful about investing all his money too fast in the low to the ground windmills.
I believe the current generation of windmills placed at a few hundred feet up are obsolete. Why hoist a twenty ton turbine to the top of a rigid pole that is engaged by a rigid rotor that shuts down just as the wind reaches a speed capable of producing the most energy?
We should be drilling up, higher and higher. Click on the surface (SFC) of the Aviation Weather Center http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/winds/ and select 3,000 feet and you see a huge amount of energy available. Dig deeper, I mean dig higher and you see the potential. If you were to build a flexible high altitude wind farm in the standard off shore no fly zones below 15,000 feet over the Gulf of Mexico it would become a new, massive energy zone.
When Dolly blew ashore what did the news crew have in the background? Palm trees. The palm tree survives because it is made of fibers, not a rigid hardwood. Newer fibers such as Honeywell's Spectra is 14 times stronger than steel, it floats and is impervious to UV light and that means with the proper aerodynamics of lifting and twisting a new generation of windmills will soon be appearing that are much more efficient, simpler to mass produce, built for any chaotic speed and if failure were to happen, relaunched cheaply.
I am just seeking a way to participate, to have discussion without all the grief brought on by laws and business rules that I have no interest in. Sadly, I've come to the realization that I will be beaten to a pulp whether I have a patent or not but I still believe in putting my head in the clouds. I fear Mr. Pickens has his ear to the ground for his energy effort when he should be reaching for the heavens.
Hope to hear from you again,
Phil
Yes my husband in my Superintendent, but only till I sign my time sheet. LOLO
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