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by Mike Spencer

Mike McNern has ran into many brick walls while trying to institute a simple program to stimulate the alternative energy industry in Colorado and the neighboring area. He would appreciate an opportunity to promote electrical generation with wind, solar, and hydrogen and stimulating the alternative energy economy with like-minded people. Mike McNern has encountered some obstacles to the green economy, some of which are as follows: -

1) Excel, a large multi-state power company tried to place a 2.6 cent / kWh capability surcharge on anyone installing solar energy whether you needed their power from the grid or not. This was defeated after much screaming and hollering. If the sun comes up in the morning, they send you a bill.

2) He spoke to representatives of two US Senators to get support for putting people back to work with the project outline in the following text called PAWE. One called it socialism to put people back to work and feed their children. The stimulus money spent to stimulate the moribund economy is being siphoned away by large corporations like the defense contractor Lockheed Martin, or is never spent at all.

I would like to share with you Mike McNern’s proposal called Practical Applications of Wind Energy and hope that this will fit with your vision for putting people back to work, stimulating the wind and solar industries, and creating a substantial reduction on America’s need to import foreign oil. I seek your help and advice on moving this project forward. Mike McNern is looking for a mentor familiar with grant applications and to hear what you have to say about putting people back to work doing necessary work stimulating the alternative energy economy.

Mike McNern has shot a documentary to accompany course materials and has completed a 5 minute demo video showing the successes and failures of wind pioneers and wind entrepreneurs throughout the state of Colorado. You can view this proposal as a video in the original article I posted on Pledging for Change (see resource box).

Much of the wind resource mapping done to date as w ell as production tax credits benefit only the large scale wind developer and utility companies. Many ranchers with significant wind resources are not able to sell their power to a market that wants renewable energy as a substitute for fossil fuels. Mike McNern has a solution that will benefit homeowners and ranchers, put people back to work, and train people to perform work that cannot be out-sourced to India and China.

A program for small to medium size wind turbines is needed to do the following:
Help create a public-private partnership by bring together interestested ranchers with representatives of the utility companies, government agencies, and equipment vendors, and lenders.

Assist ranchers and homeowners in gathering wind data specific to their land by providing off the shelf anemometer equipment that is easily integrated into their home computer equipment and whose data is readily accessed from the Internet.

Put local people back to work assembling wind towers, and erecting towers with the anemometers attached.

Gather needed wind data to encourage a market in renewable energy equipment such as wind turbines, photovoltaic cells, inverters, voltage controllers, and appropriate deep cell batteries.

Practical Applications of Wind Energy (PAWE) is a program to assist ranchers and home owners to help determine whether wind energy or a wind / solar combination is a viable alternative at their site.

PAWE consists of the following:

1) A seminar to teach ranchers, farmers, and homeowners how to determine their power consumption and whether they can expect to reach that power use through wind and solar electrical power generation. Explain how tax credits can offset some of that cost.

2) Gather data from the ranchers in the classroom to find the most suitable locations for the loaned anemometer, software, and tower. The equipment is off the shelf, grants are needed to make this affordable.

3) Install a low cost anemometer with an attached radio transmitter. Send the data from the anemometer to the rancher’s home computer. This data can be uploaded to the Internet allowing one to remotely determine the viability of the wind collection site. Determine whether signal repeaters are necessary once the optimum wind site has been located.

4) Assist homeowners and ranchers to make the best decisions regarding how to build a scalable wind / solar system. Provide assistance in classroom setting to determine how much power is required at their home, and determine the economic effectiveness for a wind and solar power system at that site. Bring in wind turbine and solar photo voltaic vendors to sing the praises of their equipment.

USA is is now and has always been bursting at the seams with innovators and idealists creating better solutions. Secondly, these innovators are analogous to mechanics building the first cars in their garages, film is the best medium to take their ideas out of woods where these folks tend to live and bring their ideas into the mainstream. Film can bridge the genius of these first mechanics and show people how wind / solar can be a more turnkey type of operation.

Upon request Mike McNern will send you the following:
1. Proposal for the creation of the Colorado Conservation Corps and the Practical Applications of Wind Energy Seminar.
2. Practical Applications of Wind Energy skill set
Phase 1 – staff and volunteer training required for the wind energy seminar, wind tower construction, and data collection and analysis.
Phase 2 – staff and volunteer training required for wind turbine installation and integration of wind turbines and solar photovoltaic modules.
3. Practical Applications of Wind Energy Seminar Outline

Mike McNern has spoken on several occasions to the regional representative of Sen. Bennet, Annie Oatman-Gardner, and has met with Senator Udall’s regional representative, Casey Howard. Although everyone loves the idea of a green energy project that is long on putting people to work , Mike McNern is still looking for constructive information on finding individuals who have grant money for putting people back to work.

With your help, Mike Mcnern can train people to produce their own energy, and to put people back to work. When people enjoy the dignity of a job that needs to be done, you feed their souls and their children.

Consider this Chinese proverb: ” When the wind changes direction, there are those who build walls and those who build windmills.”

Mike’s Original Article with Video & Links to Documents
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Imagine how you would feel?

Just listening to Al Gore and DR David Zuzuki on talk radio CBC.
And hearing these selfishly motivated speakers (we believe) to advance only their agenda’s.
And those of CBC as supporting their agenda being in the same group.

Imagine the conclusion David said is, “The main problem of the world crisis is the burning of fossil fuels contributing to climate change!”
Some meager truth to that. But is not the real problem!

Here’s the dilemma or actual root of the problem, Those (Al Gore David Zuzuki, Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and the media such as CBC and CTV and those in the US of A) with the biggest pockets talk only of their agenda and how to solve the crisis while they line their pockets! But where does that leave those who cry out for help saying may be here in lies a solution?

Trying for a long time to get even the slightest help from anyone who will listen.
You have tried many times even to contact Al Gore, Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, David Zuzuki and media stations and many others.

You can call it what ever you like stubbornness or plain stupidity of those mentioned above or including ones self. (note we included our self)

We know we are not perfect, But how would you now feel hearing all these wealthy persons speaking, “we got to do something about the pollution”!” and the climate change that is taking over our earth producing global warming!” When it seems they have a one track mind to line their pockets. When we are taught it’s better to give.

Then there is your self a man with a big heart who realises this, spends 1000’s of hours doing up paid research supported only by ones self, in a most profound field that has confounded all the intellect’s world wide. Obviously the intellect’s tell everyone this is not possible.

But just because they say “NOT” possible, does “NOT” mean what they say is true!

Now consider, having been given a fairly good education in the fields related to this subject they say Not possible. Which is (Mathematics and electronics) by a very good teacher who’s books are now used in several universities and institutes. And being able to comprehend their teachings of most learned in these field’s of physics.

That leaves us with the question WHY? Why ignore some one who tries?
Has anyone thought that just because one person financially without funds and does this mean he or she will not be the one to provide the final answer?

How would you feel possibly finding an over looked law in physics, that one wants to explore, and can’t because of lacking funds? No one listens. Then one thinks to them self, why should we give these selfishly motivated persons the knowledge one has found? Why shouldn’t we be allowed this opportunity first without contractual agreements? Especially when one knows and can possibly see many uses for this energy. (Replacing all fossil fuels to nuclear. medicine and including the possibility of space travel)

Then may be one has not got the best website to attract the attention of the simple in mind.
Does this mean they should be ignored many times?
Just because they can’t spell or communicate properly, does this also mean they should not get help?

Or is the simple answer that those who look upon the nature of what we said are the ones with the actual P brain? May be we are calling the kettle black before we have found anything.
May be we are the hypocrite with a “P” brain and not those who have been contacted and or read our web site!

How would you feel? Not having asked for money but to have asked a different reason, because we feel they won’t part with even pocket change, But to have asked for just some simple recognition to help raise a few pennies from those who like to help. All we wanted in the past was to ask for a web link as below or the mentioning of this simple research, By one who cares and is trying to do his part. By one who has never asked for a ton of money. Just enough to get by and buy the odd piece of material when needed. Rather then to consider should I buy this for my experiment or will I need this for my tires getting bald or is it food on the table this time?

It’s possibly to much to ask but,
Thank you for hearing me,
David Chura,
(the only) Research investigator field of CMA energy.
cma.energy @ gmail.com
www Climate Change Magnetic Energy com

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It’s much, much later than you think…

This film starts out a bit slow. The volume was not good for me on three different computers, but the content is something that you’ll want to hear. It is a green “call to arms” but it is positive, alarming, but empowering. Watch it. Share it. Wake Up, Freak Out – then Get a Grip

Tipping point ahead.This really isn’t about polar bears any more. At this very moment, the fate of civilization itself hangs in the balance.

Wake Up, Freak Out – then Get a Grip from Leo Murray on Vimeo.

If you’re able to use a computer and can read this newsletter, you’ll have no doubt heard about global warming.

You’ve probably heard different stories about what could be causing global warming and what it’ll do to us, ranging from the effect that CFC gases have on the ozone layer to global warming being nothing more than a natural occurrence as our planet continues to emerge from the last “Little Ice Age”. But just how much do you know about either of these subjects? And how are they affecting you?

The Effect of CFC Gases

First of all, in order to understand how CFC gases might be affecting the ozone layer, it’s important to understand what the ozone layer actually is.

Ozone is a form of oxygen, one of three forms that can be found in our Earths atmosphere. Without ozone, our planet would be a very different place because it shields us all against harmful radiation from the Sun (ultraviolet (UV) radiation), life—or at least, life as we know it—wouldn’t exist.

If the ozone layer breaks down, UV rays will be able to reach the Earth’s surface, with the result being a dramatic increase in the number of cases of skin cancer and eye cataracts.

The affect on the food chain could also be disastrous. Because UV rays kill plankton in the sea, the fish and whales that live off of plankton would eventually starve and disappear. This would then affect the next link in the chain – those creatures that live off of fish – and so it would continue throughout the chain.

It’s just as well we’re not dependent on meat for survival – a few carrots, a handful of potatoes and a cabbage a day should suffice.

Anyway, let’s move on to look at how CFC gases affect the ozone layer. Those who did chemistry at school will know what this is all about.

Any compound that contains chlorine will lead to the decrease in natural ozone levels by removing one oxygen atom from the ozone molecule, thus converting it into oxygen.

As you can imagine, there’s no natural occurrence of such compounds in the upper atmosphere, but vast amounts have built up over time due to our increased use of man-made chlorine based compounds, of which CFCs (Chlorofluorocarbons) are the most common.

When we first starting using CFCs back in the 1930s—primarily to cool fridges—we thought they were safe. When you don’t know better, you can’t be blamed for making a mistake, can you?

We know now that CFCs rise from the surface of the Earth and into the stratosphere where they’re bombarded by UV light. We know that this releases the chlorine atoms that react with the ozone molecules and we know that before long, ozone becomes oxygen and we’re left with less protection.

While most countries have banned the usage of CFCs in aerosols, these gases are still found in refrigerators and in some types of foam packaging.

How much this will affect our generation is uncertain – it depends entirely on how quickly the ozone layer is depleted – but what is certain is that it will have an effect on future generations.

The choices we make today will affect the future of the planet. It’s up to us to make the right ones. What’s great is that we have the knowledge to make the choices that will give our descendants the chance of a good life too.

Is global warming all about the ozone layer though?

There is a theory that doesn’t involve the ozone layer at all, and that’s that our planet is becoming warmer because oceanic tides are driving climate change.

Evidently, the coldest water found at the deepest points of the ocean is generally transported to the surface by tides that cause the water to mix, thus lowering the temperatures in the air. But thanks to changes in the way the tides work, less cold water is mixing with the warmer upper layers of water, with the result being warmer periods on Earth.

According to scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography- part of the University of California, the way the ocean deals with cold water is controlled by the alignment of the sun, moon and earth. Right now we’re experiencing less and less cold water being forced to the surface, so the planet is heading for its warmest peak.

When will this happen? Well, the last “Little Ice Age” was during the 15th century, when the Vikings perished on Greenland after having enjoyed a temperate climate there during the 14th century. This was about 1,800 years after the previous “Little Ice Age” of 1300 AD. With known hot periods also being spaced at about 1,800 years apart, it’s pretty safe to assume that the next hot peak would have been around the 30th century- but due to the depletion of the ozone layer, this will have changed, but by how much? Your guess is as good as anyones.

How hot will it be? Unfortunately it appears that the answer to that is also anyones guess. What is for sure, however, is that it will be too hot to sustain life as we know it long before the Earth’s temperature reaches its peak.

If the answer really is a matter of the inevitable, the least we should do is get out there and enjoy the good weather while we have it. Just make sure you remember to wear your sunscreen.

Mervyn Rees is the author of, “The Secrets of Biodiesel“. An active young 72 year old with a lifetime of experience to share, being a Fellow of the Institute Motoring Industry, built his own Dragonfly Roadsters before retiring as a Motor Vehicle Manufacturer. Having tried retiring twice and given up, he has now created an additional website http://www.mervtech.com to share his many interests with other likeminded people.

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