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A Word about Nuclear

April 1, 2009

Here is an article from the Nuclear Information and Resource Service written by

Michael Mariotte

THE DIRTY DOZEN

ONLY YOU CAN STOP THEM

April 1, 2009

Below is a list of 12 Senators: the Dirty Dozen.

These 12 Senators are the ones who are leading the charge to force new nuclear reactors on the American public, regardless of the costs, regardless of the dangers, regardless of the lethal radioactive waste these reactors would create, regardless of the plentiful safer, cleaner, cheaper energy sources available.

They are the ones who are this week pushing amendments to President Obama's FY 2010 budget, trying to pave the way for more taxpayer subsidies for new nuclear reactors later this year.

They are the ones who tried to get $50 billion in taxpayer loan guarantees for new reactors in February--but they were defeated then.

And they can be defeated now--with your help.

Pick up the phone and call your Senators, and tell them to vote against any and all amendments (and there are a number of them) to the budget bill that would provide subsidies for nuclear power. Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121.

And if your Senator is listed below, you might want to call him (this list is all men) and give him a piece of your mind:  tell him to try representing his constituents for once instead of the nuclear power industry!

If you haven't yet sent an e-mail to your Senators, please do so here.

If you have sent your e-mail, forward this Alert to five of your friends and ask them to contact their Senators as well.

Votes on these amendments are likely to begin tonight (appropriately, April Fool's Day, in honor of the fools pushing nuclear technology), and continue throughout the day Thursday and perhaps Friday.

We know we've been asking a lot of you already this year. That's because the nuclear industry is getting desperate, and they're doing everything they can to get more of your money, since they can't raise any of their own. We thank you for all your activism and action, and we hope you'll keep it up now and throughout the year.

And we also thank you for your contributions to support this campaign to stop taxpayer subsidies for new nuclear reactors. We're only able to do this with your help: if you haven't made a small donation yet, please do so now. Your support is very gratefully appreciated.

Thanks for all you do,

Michael Mariotte

Executive Director

Nuclear Information and Resource Service

nirsnet@nirs.org

www.nirs.org

THE DIRTY DOZEN

Sen Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Sen Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT]
Sen Brownback, Sam [R-KS]
Sen Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Sen Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Sen Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Sen Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Sen Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Sen Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Sen Vitter, David [R-LA]
Sen Voinovich, George V. [R-OH]

Sen McCain, John, [R-AZ]

Join the Pickens Plan Virtual March

March 30, 2009

T. Boone Pickens is sponsoring a "Virtual March" on Washington DC on April 1-3. 

What is a “Virtual March”?


We are going to utilize the size and unique capabilities of the New Energy Army to have an enormous impact on the White House and Congress.  The Army will focus its energy during those three days on e-mails, calls, faxes and visits to Member of Congress.  For this effort we will also be partnering with dozens of other organizations that support American energy independence.

Between now and the Virtual March we will be engaging in a series of activities to get ready for the event including:

  • Contacting Members of Congress through email and phone calls to encourage support for key aspects of the Pickens Plan.
  • Submitting letters to the editor and op-eds to newspapers around the country.
  • Holding district meetings and house parties to discuss ways to have an impact.
  • Recruiting new supporters to join the Virtual March in every Congressional District.
  • Participating in webcast events.


We will be communicating with Virtual March participants via PickensPlan.com, email, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and LinkedIn to build support and enthusiasm for the event.  Make sure you are connected to us on any of these platforms where you have a profile!

 

Visit www.pickensplan.com/virtualmarch for more information.

The Big Green Solar Bus

March 17, 2009

With our commitment to the education of Alternative Energy in this country, we are formulating a plan to go to the schools to help educate our children about energy in this country, its past, present and future. One of the key components of this program will be "The Big Green Solar Bus" and it will be exactly that. We will be purchasing a old school bus as pictured and converting to a class room on wheels and painting it green of course. The bus will run on B-100 (100% bio-diesel).

This is the actual bus we want to purchase. For information on projected costs please contact us.

We will take this old bus and turn it into a mobile alternative energy learning center with a working solar system, a working wind turbine system, a working bio-diesel micro-biorefinery and loads of educational information about Alternative Energy and our existing energy systems.

 

 

As soon as funding is available we will embark on this project. As important as Alternative Energy is to us now, it is much more important to the kids.  This mess we have created, we created but it is their future unless we take action. It is our responsibility to start to fix the problems now and teach them not to make the same mistakes we  have and to be better stewards of the environment. That is the purpose behind the Big Green Solar Bus.

We would like to have a fleet of these all over the country.

The "Solar Fair" in Los Angeles

March 16, 2009

In late July or early August we will be having a large fundraiser in order to raise funding for our "Big Green School Bus" and some of the other projects we are planning such as the PSA series and others. The event will be a Solar Fair with several bands, vendors, solar companies, and sponsors. There will be an area for the kids with face painting, possibly a petting zoo and other fun things, some centered around solar energy. 

We will have a Solar Over Cook Off with prizes for the top three entries. We will be showing several films throughout the day and there will be a silent auction that evening. we are inviting three fledgling electric car manufacturers here in Southern California to showcase their electric cars, Phoenix Motor Cars, Aptera and Miles Electric vehicles.

It should prove to be a good time for all attending. We are currently seeking sponsors and looking for the best location for this event. We will keep you informed as this project progresses. If you want to help come on! We, like always can use all the help we can get!

Rechargeable Electric Lawnmowers

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, lawn mowers are responsible for 5% of air pollution, use 800 million gallons of gas a year, and one gas powered lawn mower produces the same emissions as 43 cars traveling 12,000 miles each. 17 million gallons of gasoline is spilled each year while refueling lawn and garden equipment.

Neuton Power Equipment of Vergennes Virginia is now offering two models of electric battery operated lawnmowers and a electric battery operated garden cart. These rechargeable machines help put an end to all of the above as far as the machine its self is concerned and if you link it to a solar charging system it becomes (post manufacturer) a 100% emission free machine, and is much quieter then its conventional predecessor.

Neuton has teamed up with the South Coast Air Quality Management District in Southern California to offer a Lawn Mower Exchange Program allowing people to sign up to exchange their working gas powered lawn mower for a new Neuton mower for $100.00 for the 14 inch or $160.00 for the 19 inch model, a tremendous savings. One would be hard pressed to find a good gas lawnmower for $100.00 much less one of these environmentally harmless electric ones. If you live in Orange, Los Angeles or San Bernardino, (except high desert) counties you can and should take advantage of this program if you have the means. Here is the website: http://www.aqmd.gov/tao/lawnmower.html

For more information on Neuton Power Equipment please go to: http://www.neutonpower.com Its well worth the visit.

The ACGE Needs your help

We need to raise $750.00 to complete our 501(c)3 filing with the IRS. Everything is ready to go, just need the fee. Any donation made since November 1st 2008 are retroactive once the 501(c)3 is approved. We paid a company to prepare the paperwork and we have a 100% guarantee that we will get an approval.

We are also working to create a series of anti "Clean Coal" PSA's to counter balance the pure propaganda that is being thrust on the American People by the Coal Industry specifically The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity. Our ads will speak only the truth. We will start this campaign online and as funding becomes available we will move to TV and print advertising. Here is a rough draft along the lines of the finished product. Please keep in mind that this is not the final product.

 

We are in the process of working out a budget for this campaign and should have that ready within a week.

We are also seeking volunteers for fundraising events and people to help with promotions and we are also seeking writers for the website and weekly newsletters.

We know just how difficult things are right now but if there is anything you can do either financially or in any other way please let us know. info@agreenamerica.org

We need your help.

We are surrounded

Everywhere you look these days, if you look, you will see answers to so many of our problems. We have solutions to all of our energy problems, we have solutions to our economic problems (see solutions to our energy problems). We have breakthroughs in the health and medical fields that are nothing short of miraculous. We have solutions to solve food shortage problems around the world. I would like to talk a little about that, humans need alternative energy too.

As the earths population rises, and it is rising, the question of feeding all those people has been pondered for a very long time. The answer has been to use more and more land for farms however that involves putting our forests at risk, water issues and continually using pesticides and fertilizers that are harmful to not only the environment but to people and animals as well. Then there is the problem of farm land continually being snatched up for urban expansion, and it is a problem.

We strip the forests, grow food for a while then build houses on the land. People would argue that there is plenty of land and will continue to make that argument until there isn't any left. It should painfully obvious to everyone at this point that the so called doom sayers are generally right and they say that yes, we will run out of land and food. There is also the question of conservation.

Introducing the high rise farm.

You build a tall building, 20 or 30 stories near or in large urban areas, in the cities. You use advanced hydroponics and grow vegetables and fruit and raise chickens and other farm animals. You utilize wind and solar energy generation, water recycling  and geo thermal systems for climate control. Methane from the animals can used as fuel and all the plant waist can be used to make bio fuel as well. These high rise farms can be almost completely stand alone without the need for any outside energy sources with the exception of less then 5% of the water that a conventional farm uses and much of that is recycled and can also be collected through rain water collection systems. Advanced hydroponics yield 15 times more crop per acre then a conventional farm and there is no need for heavy equipment, pesticides, fertilizers, runoff or long range OTR shipping since the building is in or near urban centers. Based on the carbon footprint of a conventional farm, these buildings have none in comparison. 

That frees up all that farm land to return to its natural way or it can be used to grow lets say switch grass for bio fuel. At least it solves the problem of food vs. energy or biodegradable materials grown.

Think of what these farms could do in places like Africa. Each 30 story building is projected to have the capacity to feed 50,000 people and feed them well. They can be built and operate virtually anywhere where there is sun and wind and access to a very small amount of water. With water desalination technology where it is today water is not an issue in this case.

Once again problem solved, just a matter of will to make it happen. There are several countries preparing to build full scale prototypes. I am looking into whether or not this country is preparing to do the same, if not we need to. We will be working on that. Want to help?

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