Do you support Pickens Plan?

Like the massive wind farm idea, don't like Mr. Pickens.

I would prefer a more decentralized wind farm plan, without the expensive grid tie in stuff... and I would prefer that it be a government run (or regulated) utility.

debt.. "BE FREE OF CHINA" NEXT

it is the only way we will ever be FREE of corporatism and foreign domination. then we can rebuild our manufacture base and export our corporate free system to every other nation.. then we might survive global warming if we cad do it in 20 years.. or our species is doomed

Pickens is a sociopathic ROBBER BARRON, FUCK'EM.. HE HAS ENOUGH MONEY

alternative energy as his excuse now.

He's NOT about wind power, he's about WATER RESOURCES for the West. He's just using wind power to get the infrastructure he needs to transport his WATER to Dallas.

http://southwestfarmpress.com/mag/farming_either_drained_boone/

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_25/b4089040017753.htm

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-pickens_18bus.ART.State.Edition1.46fc444.html

yeah, we should use the best solution for the individual situation, but no, there is no silver bullet in NatGas.
It is wrong headed to act like it will allow business as usual.
That would only guarantee another thirty years or so of sweeping the problem under the rug, with a worse crash at the end.

A great second whammy to leave the kids with.

you don't have to like pickens to support a good idea. Here's what the measure proposes:

WHAT IT WOULD DO
• Authorizes $5 billion in bonds, about $2.9 billion of which would go toward rebates of $2,000 to $50,000 for buyers of alternatively fueled or highly fuel-efficient (at least 45 miles per gallon, highway) vehicles, such as the hybrid Toyota Prius. The largest subsidies would go toward purchase of commercial vehicles and buses powered exclusively by "clean alternative fuels" effectively, natural gas.

• Authorizes $2.1 billion for research, development and training for companies, local governments and colleges for renewable and alternative energy projects.

• Requires the money to be spent within 10 years, with no more than 1 percent for administering the program.
pickens, the companies, the employees in the car/truck leasing industry win because the bonds support their jobs and sales.

The bond buyers get profits. The sales and leasing companies get profits and provide jobs. The automakers sell cars. The businesses who drive the vehicles produce less pollution. The State of California makes progress meeting the EPA clean air goals. Air pollution gets attacked.

Did you know that a person born and raised in Los Angeles and similar smoggy regions has a life expectancy* 2-3 years less--and i've seen claims of 7 years less-- than a person who breathes clean air their whole life? Vote like your kids' lives depend on it.

*http://www.coalitionforcleanair.org/air-pollution-10facts.html

The Sierra Club, UCAN, TURN, and Pete Stahl all say vote NO on 7 and 10.
http://www.sierraclubcalifornia.org/elections.html
http://www.ucan.org/energy/energy_efficiency_alternatives/proposition_7_and_proposition_10%3A_the_sun_free_but_renewable_power_isnt
http://www.turn.org/article.php?id=774
http://www.peterates.com/props-1108.shtml


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From the "No on Prop 10" website,
a long list of organization opposed to prop 10:
http://www.noonproposition10.org/?page_id=7

Environmental Organizations
California League of Conservation Voters (CLCV)
The Sierra Club
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
Natural Resources Defense Council
Environment California
Plug In America
The Alliance for Responsible Energy Policy (AREP)
Earth Day Los Angeles
Consumer Rights Organizations
Consumer Federation of California
Consumer Watchdog
The Utilities Reform Network (TURN)
Utility Consumers’ Action Network (UCAN)
CARS - Consumers for Automobile Reliability and Safety
Good Government/Religious
League of Women Voters of California
California Council of Churches/California Church IMPACT
Lutheran Office of Public Policy - California
Friends Committee on Legislation

Business/Taxpayers
California Chamber of Commerce
California Taxpayers Association (Cal-Tax)
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association
California Tax Reform Association
Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG)
Valley Industry and Commerce Association (VICA)
California Farm Bureau Federation
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Rancho Cordova Chamber of Commerce
Reason Foundation
California Manufacturers and Technology Association (CMTA)
Dana Point Chamber of Commerce

Labor Unions
California Nurses Association
California Labor Federation
California Federation of Teachers
SEIU State Council
California School Employees Association
California Teamsters Public Affairs Council
SEIU Northern Region
California Conference Board of the Amalgamated Transit Union
United Food and Commercial Workers Western States Council
Communications Workers of America District 9

Social Justice
Latino Issues Forum

Newspapers
Los Angeles Times
Sacramento Bee
The Orange County Register
San Jose Mercury News
San Francisco Chronicle
San Diego Union Tribune
Fresno Bee
Contra Costa Times
Eureka Reporter
San Francisco Bay Guardian
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
The Press Enterprise
Napa Valley Register
Press Telegram
Modesto Bee
Merced Sun Star
Desert Dispatch
Torrance Daily Breeze
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Santa Monica Mirror
Tracy Press
Porterville Record

Cities/Counties
California State Association of Counties
Marin County Board of Supervisors
Sonoma County Board of Supervisors

Political Clubs/Parties
The Courage Campaign
San Mateo County Democratic Central Committee
Democratic Party of San Fernando Valley
Alice B. Toklas Democratic Club
The Foothill Community Democrats
Coastside Democrats
Stonewall Democratic Club
Stonewal Young Democrats
California Republican Party
Bakersfield Republican Assembly
California LIbertarian Party
Long Beach Greens

(Partial List)