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Aloha, Are you interestested in learning how the Mariah Windspire can work for you? We are now installing Windspires in Northern California and Eastern Colorado. We can produce wind powered electricity for your home or business. Please contact me here or at: mrbillmaui@yahoo.com 402 884-22179(O) or 831 402 2037(C)
Windspire will be featured on a special episode of ABC's "20/20" on June 19th at 10/9C. The episode highlights the impact the new Windspire manufacturing facility is having in Michigan by putting ex-autoworkers back to
Hi Laplante III, I have been pushing for the sell of US Treasury "Energy Independence Savings Bonds". Savings bonds are normally purchased in $25 increments. This gives a way for just about any American to tighten their belts just a bit by skipping a meal at McDonalds or Pizza Hut and buying a RE savings bond to support a renewable energy project and save money at the same time for themselves. I need help pushing this project, I've faxed and emailed many in Congress/Senate already.If you agree with this plan please consider passing to other people in your district as it will be a great tool to get funding for PickensPlan projects. This is a way to help and give tools to all of us for getting more RE projects started. My email is ke6cvh@yahoo.com. Here is a copy of a fax sent to Nancy Pelosi yesterday:
27FEB09
Honorable Speaker of the House Congresswoman Pelosi,
I am an Electronic Technician Chief in the US Navy with 27 years service stationed overseas. I’m outlying an idea to assist and work with current plans for achieving energy independence. I urge you, as speaker of the house and the driving force to form the select committee on energy independence and global warming, consider for discussion and introduction into the house US Treasury Savings Bonds for Energy Independance.
In WWII America sold war bonds supporting the war effort. When young, my mother told me her primary school raised enough money through bonds to build a tank to support troops. I am impressed with the patriotism and purpose of our greatest generation that accomplished so much.
Selling energy bonds for RE (Renewable Energy) development would lower foreign oil imports and assist with the complex problem of funding. Bonds sold as “Energy S” could support new solar trough plants, “Energy W” to support wind farms, Energy “H” to support hydroelectric plants, Energy “T” to support RE transportation such as electric bullet train routes powered by RE, Energy "C" COOPS for small communities only needing a small quantity of turbines, and Energy “I” for needed infrastructure high voltage power lines to the RE site. Bonds will have the project name and include an artist’s perspective of the project and an American flag. President Obama had great success with the internet during his campaign. In a similar manner, using the internet, energy bonds could have a website listing current projects and an “electronic checkout” could purchase a bond $25 or higher. Simpler methods of payment such as “PAYPAL” and credit cards would be available and after an electronic purchase is complete a color print out of the bond is available with a follow up of the bond in the mail. The website would limit quantity of projects for each category until funding is complete. After a project becomes funded, a new project will be available. A tab on the site will show history and status of previous projects. Purchasers may take great pride in “collecting” and displaying bonds of various RE projects and participating at different levels of financial support. Solar trough plants in the multi-hundred MW size capacity with molten salt energy storage in California, Arizona, and West Texas can provide a major portion of electric needs. North Dakota has potential to support 1/3 of our nations electric needs in it’s class 4 wind zone areas. There are plenty of suitable proposed wind turbine farms now around the nation to significantly increase our RE if funded. Mid sized hydro-electric has not been used in America to it’s full potential. Following the example of our neighbor, Canada, it would provide a significant increase in percentage of electric production. Developing all three we could provide the majority of our electric and heating needs through renewable energy in a "New New Deal" fashion allowing natural gas for transportation as T. Boone Pickens is working for. Bullet train routes have proven a viable alternative to commercial domestic air service and when powered by electricity provided by RE suppliers America would be in the forefront of world technology. Example, I heard of discussion for a commuter train from Denver to Colorado Springs. Such a route built as a renewable energy project with charter requirement legally requiring to only purchase electricity from available renewable energy sources would be a model example. There are many train routes, city bus systems, and government vehicles that can be converted to run from alternative energy sources and fuels. Jobs created would bolster the economy, lower trade deficit, and strengthen national security. I would take great pride in print outs of bonds with graphics of each project I supported and many other Americans would also. The energy bonds could have tax breaks. BLM lands may be a viable place to start for some projects.
I contacted the US treasury department and was told that the marketing department for savings bonds closed several years ago. I was told there would be problems because savings bonds are at the federal level while the projects will be at the state and local level. I disagree and believe that these can easily be figured out in the way of grants to the state and local level using money from the bonds for those specific projects. I was told to check out auctions on the www.treasurydirect.gov website and found them to not apply to citizens wanting to buy savings bonds to support a cause such as energy independance. I was told by the treasury department to look into CREB (Clean Renewable Energy Bonds). I found CREB to be large scale funding that a citizen would not be able to participate in as a US Treasury Energy Independance Bond would provide. If given the tools to participate directly, the power of the citizens of the United States to help achieve energy independance could not be denied. Americans mean well and the Energy Independance Savings bond program will give citizens the power at their level to make it happen. If marketed through a web page, commercials, and to federal employees the word would get out and participation would spread like wildfire.
Mr. Paul Gipe, a resident of Bakersfield CA, an author of several books about wind energy, and recipient of multiple awards as a pioneer in the industry since the 1970's has put a letter I wrote to Senator Dorgan on this subject as well as an older letter I wrote on wind COOP in JAN07. These websites are:
Ron, I'm a stationary engineer for Macy's and that is what I do most of the time-save energy. But we need more saving ideas. If you went to CoolingEarth.org, I hope you read CA can be carbon neutral. I believe we need a big investment in research primarily superconductors.
Thanks-Lawrence
EnergyProduction: Hi Roy. My wife is still not quite sure I should be getting involved with the Plan at a level beyond basic due to time constraints. She said to me this morning "They want to do the windmills right? How can that really help?" My answer was an analogy to a rope. No single component of the Plan will replace imported oil but if all are developed (wind, nuclear, geothermal, bio, domestic oil) it becomes like a strong rope of many strands and it will replace imported oil.
Hi Roy,
Your profile is very exciting for our C24 group. I have been the group leader for about 2 weeks. It appears you are going to have a great deal to offer in experience, organization and enthusiasm. I welcome any ideas or suggestions you have to increase the PickenPlan membership. There are a number of other members in the group that also have something of a backgroud in the various alternative energy technologies. I am sure you will enjoy talking shop together. I would love to sit in on your mutual chat room discussions (if I knew how). :)
Best Regards and welcome.
Sam Hunnicutt
looking forward to seeing the site..I am a travel nurse in the state of washington from alabama...I work both in seattle at harborview and at a small hospital in Sedro Wooley ( work ICU and ER)
Are you interested in taking on a leadership role within the Pickens Plan? We are about to launch a new program and I am looking for a Pickens Plan member to lead the 23rd Congressional District which I think is your district. Please let me know if you are interested and I will get you the details.
Thanks for taking the time to send President Elect Obama a congratulatory greeting card. Did you find the card manager easy to use? Feel free to send a Thanksgiving greeting card to a friend or family member. I've funded each account with enough postage for two cards. Go ahead send another one! Return to Send Congress Mail and enter your user name and password and try it again? Once inside click (Card Catalog) then click (Holidays) then (Thanksgiving) from the left navigation. Choose your greeting card by clicking (Order Greeting Card) just below the word "Create" under each card you see. Enter your message in the edit box (Scroll Down), enter your friends mailing address and then click preview on the bottom of the page. If you approve of the card just click send. The card will be printed and put into the mail the very next day.
Hi PP member,
Please checkout this website, as this is a Sun, Heat and Wind energy system in one, please give us your feedback as we try to improve it.
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Thanks for commenting back! The only part I have a problem with is the nuclear solution. Even if it is just part of the puzzle it is a dirty energy source. We dont have a good way to dispose of radioactive waste. I just imagine what it is gonna be like when we don't need nuclear plants at all. People are going to want to get rid of the old plants so fast! I know I would. I feel like it is worth working harder with clean technologies rather than build more nuclear.
First and foremost I would like to thank each and every one of you for supporting a plan that will change America's Economy, the “PickensPlan”. As Hispanics sometimes we are not involved with what's happening in our country’s economy for several reasons, one can be fear of not understanding correctly our National Language “English”, another can be lack of promotional Hispanic literature. But for those of us that are fluent in both the English and Spanish languages it is our duty to help those in need. Why not stand up and help our fellow Hispanics, so that in return they can support our goals.
My question to you is “What are You Going to Do?”
Please join me in the “Hispanics for Alternative Energy” group.
Sincerely,
Abdiel Mercado
Creator: Hispanics for Alternative Energy
Hi Roy,
You look like you have a happy family. Thanks for the feedback. We are small builders with big ambitions. We are licensed and certified and looking for an investor or 2 for our project in the "sunshine state." I have 30 years experience and my son is a licensed and certified green builder. Thanks for the information, and if you might be interested in our project let's talk.
Peace and Love,
Tom Lyons
Roy,
TRANSPORTATION is the master key to basic survival, and the cornerstone of the economy. We all know that transportation presently depends on oil production, and oil production is peaking. We must focus first on transportation – it is the highest priority. The PickensPlan to transition vehicles to natural gas is a great start toward 100% energy independence, but is a stop-gap measure till we can transition to all electric transportation. Electric energy is strained without adding transportation demands; so we must implement drastic efficiency improvement.
Evacuated Tube Transport (ETT) is a patented technology where travel occurs without air friction or rolling resistance (like “Space Travel on Earth”); ETT can accomplish 50 times more transportation per kWh (or carbon credit) than electric cars or trains. ETT is silent, low cost, safe, faster than jets, and is electric so it can make maximum use of wind or PV power. I invite you to visit my page to learn more about ETT
We are originally from Miami Florida but five years ago we moved to Floyd Virginia. It’s a very, very small rural town nestled on a plateau a top the Appalachian Mountains. We run a network marketing business from the house. There’s not that many good paying jobs here only writers, artist and the like or people that can afford to stay home like us. 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. Glad to meet you!
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Aloha, Are you interestested in learning how the Mariah Windspire can work for you? We are now installing Windspires in Northern California and Eastern Colorado. We can produce wind powered electricity for your home or business. Please contact me here or at: mrbillmaui@yahoo.com 402 884-22179(O) or 831 402 2037(C)
Windspire will be featured on a special episode of ABC's "20/20" on June 19th at 10/9C. The episode highlights the impact the new Windspire manufacturing facility is having in Michigan by putting ex-autoworkers back to
27FEB09
Honorable Speaker of the House Congresswoman Pelosi,
I am an Electronic Technician Chief in the US Navy with 27 years service stationed overseas. I’m outlying an idea to assist and work with current plans for achieving energy independence. I urge you, as speaker of the house and the driving force to form the select committee on energy independence and global warming, consider for discussion and introduction into the house US Treasury Savings Bonds for Energy Independance.
In WWII America sold war bonds supporting the war effort. When young, my mother told me her primary school raised enough money through bonds to build a tank to support troops. I am impressed with the patriotism and purpose of our greatest generation that accomplished so much.
Selling energy bonds for RE (Renewable Energy) development would lower foreign oil imports and assist with the complex problem of funding. Bonds sold as “Energy S” could support new solar trough plants, “Energy W” to support wind farms, Energy “H” to support hydroelectric plants, Energy “T” to support RE transportation such as electric bullet train routes powered by RE, Energy "C" COOPS for small communities only needing a small quantity of turbines, and Energy “I” for needed infrastructure high voltage power lines to the RE site. Bonds will have the project name and include an artist’s perspective of the project and an American flag. President Obama had great success with the internet during his campaign. In a similar manner, using the internet, energy bonds could have a website listing current projects and an “electronic checkout” could purchase a bond $25 or higher. Simpler methods of payment such as “PAYPAL” and credit cards would be available and after an electronic purchase is complete a color print out of the bond is available with a follow up of the bond in the mail. The website would limit quantity of projects for each category until funding is complete. After a project becomes funded, a new project will be available. A tab on the site will show history and status of previous projects. Purchasers may take great pride in “collecting” and displaying bonds of various RE projects and participating at different levels of financial support. Solar trough plants in the multi-hundred MW size capacity with molten salt energy storage in California, Arizona, and West Texas can provide a major portion of electric needs. North Dakota has potential to support 1/3 of our nations electric needs in it’s class 4 wind zone areas. There are plenty of suitable proposed wind turbine farms now around the nation to significantly increase our RE if funded. Mid sized hydro-electric has not been used in America to it’s full potential. Following the example of our neighbor, Canada, it would provide a significant increase in percentage of electric production. Developing all three we could provide the majority of our electric and heating needs through renewable energy in a "New New Deal" fashion allowing natural gas for transportation as T. Boone Pickens is working for. Bullet train routes have proven a viable alternative to commercial domestic air service and when powered by electricity provided by RE suppliers America would be in the forefront of world technology. Example, I heard of discussion for a commuter train from Denver to Colorado Springs. Such a route built as a renewable energy project with charter requirement legally requiring to only purchase electricity from available renewable energy sources would be a model example. There are many train routes, city bus systems, and government vehicles that can be converted to run from alternative energy sources and fuels. Jobs created would bolster the economy, lower trade deficit, and strengthen national security. I would take great pride in print outs of bonds with graphics of each project I supported and many other Americans would also. The energy bonds could have tax breaks. BLM lands may be a viable place to start for some projects.
I contacted the US treasury department and was told that the marketing department for savings bonds closed several years ago. I was told there would be problems because savings bonds are at the federal level while the projects will be at the state and local level. I disagree and believe that these can easily be figured out in the way of grants to the state and local level using money from the bonds for those specific projects. I was told to check out auctions on the www.treasurydirect.gov website and found them to not apply to citizens wanting to buy savings bonds to support a cause such as energy independance. I was told by the treasury department to look into CREB (Clean Renewable Energy Bonds). I found CREB to be large scale funding that a citizen would not be able to participate in as a US Treasury Energy Independance Bond would provide. If given the tools to participate directly, the power of the citizens of the United States to help achieve energy independance could not be denied. Americans mean well and the Energy Independance Savings bond program will give citizens the power at their level to make it happen. If marketed through a web page, commercials, and to federal employees the word would get out and participation would spread like wildfire.
Mr. Paul Gipe, a resident of Bakersfield CA, an author of several books about wind energy, and recipient of multiple awards as a pioneer in the industry since the 1970's has put a letter I wrote to Senator Dorgan on this subject as well as an older letter I wrote on wind COOP in JAN07. These websites are:
http://www.wind-works.org/coopwind/RenewableEnergyBondsforEnergyIndependence.html
and
http://www.wind-works.org/articles/AmericanEnergyIndependencethroughCooperativeInvestmentinWindEnergy.html
Sincerely and very respectfully,
ETC(SW/AW) Mike Kendall USN
Mailing address: PSC 476, Box 879, FPO AP, 96322 USA
Telephone (803) 265-4756, Email: ke6cvh@yahoo.com
Thanks-Lawrence
Regards
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Your profile is very exciting for our C24 group. I have been the group leader for about 2 weeks. It appears you are going to have a great deal to offer in experience, organization and enthusiasm. I welcome any ideas or suggestions you have to increase the PickenPlan membership. There are a number of other members in the group that also have something of a backgroud in the various alternative energy technologies. I am sure you will enjoy talking shop together. I would love to sit in on your mutual chat room discussions (if I knew how). :)
Best Regards and welcome.
Sam Hunnicutt
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Are you interested in taking on a leadership role within the Pickens Plan? We are about to launch a new program and I am looking for a Pickens Plan member to lead the 23rd Congressional District which I think is your district. Please let me know if you are interested and I will get you the details.
Thank you,
Mary Anne
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Please checkout this website, as this is a Sun, Heat and Wind energy system in one, please give us your feedback as we try to improve it.
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Looking forward to hear from you
Alex
If you want to buy the unit though me for the same price $299.00 plus shipping I can have one sent to you, I have an account with them.
Let me know
Thanks for all you do
Mike
Go to www.power save energy corp.com
First and foremost I would like to thank each and every one of you for supporting a plan that will change America's Economy, the “PickensPlan”. As Hispanics sometimes we are not involved with what's happening in our country’s economy for several reasons, one can be fear of not understanding correctly our National Language “English”, another can be lack of promotional Hispanic literature. But for those of us that are fluent in both the English and Spanish languages it is our duty to help those in need. Why not stand up and help our fellow Hispanics, so that in return they can support our goals.
My question to you is “What are You Going to Do?”
Please join me in the “Hispanics for Alternative Energy” group.
Sincerely,
Abdiel Mercado
Creator: Hispanics for Alternative Energy
You look like you have a happy family. Thanks for the feedback. We are small builders with big ambitions. We are licensed and certified and looking for an investor or 2 for our project in the "sunshine state." I have 30 years experience and my son is a licensed and certified green builder. Thanks for the information, and if you might be interested in our project let's talk.
Peace and Love,
Tom Lyons
Thanks for the invite, and your comments. If you have any questions about ETT there is a Q&A discussion on the ETT group
TRANSPORTATION is the master key to basic survival, and the cornerstone of the economy. We all know that transportation presently depends on oil production, and oil production is peaking. We must focus first on transportation – it is the highest priority. The PickensPlan to transition vehicles to natural gas is a great start toward 100% energy independence, but is a stop-gap measure till we can transition to all electric transportation. Electric energy is strained without adding transportation demands; so we must implement drastic efficiency improvement.
Evacuated Tube Transport (ETT) is a patented technology where travel occurs without air friction or rolling resistance (like “Space Travel on Earth”); ETT can accomplish 50 times more transportation per kWh (or carbon credit) than electric cars or trains. ETT is silent, low cost, safe, faster than jets, and is electric so it can make maximum use of wind or PV power. I invite you to visit my page to learn more about ETT
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