I'm on board are you?
T. Boone Gets Ready For His Million-Megawatt March
By Chris Vogel in Cover Story, Environment, Political AnimalsTuesday, Mar. 31 2009 @ 2:16PM
General T. Boone Pickens is invading Washington, D.C. tomorrow. Well, virtually.
Members of his New Energy Army, numbering somewhere between 1.5 and 3 million strong, are planning to bombard Congress with emails and phone calls urging lawmakers to pass legislation favorable to Pickens' plan to use less foreign oil and more wind power and natural gas. The three day campaign on Capitol Hill will last through Friday and Pickens' troops are getting keyed up.
"It's going to be a lot of fun to see what happens over the next few days," says Jordan Birden, the Pickens' army representative at Texas A&M who grew up just north of Houston.
Birden tells Hair Balls he's been contacting hundreds of people over social networking websites for the past few weeks urging them to take action this week. As for his part, Birden says not only will he email Texas senators Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn, but he will also call their offices in Washington, D.C.
"I was sitting there thinking about this the other day," he says, "and if these senate offices all of a sudden get 50,000 or more phone calls in one day, they're not going to know what to do with themselves."
Which is exactly the point. Pickens and numerous corporate sponsors for the event, including American Electric Power, the American Wind Energy Association and Chesapeake Energy, all have a stake in making sure lawmakers give a helping hand to wind energy and natural gas. Pickens himself will reportedly be in Washington lobbying as well.
The event has been in the works for about a month. Birden says the anticipation is killing him.
"There's been so much build-up," he says. "An tomorrow, once the bombs drop, it's going to be kinda fun to sit there and watch."
Get her done!
Buck
By Chris Vogel in Cover Story, Environment, Political AnimalsTuesday, Mar. 31 2009 @ 2:16PM
General T. Boone Pickens is invading Washington, D.C. tomorrow. Well, virtually.
Members of his New Energy Army, numbering somewhere between 1.5 and 3 million strong, are planning to bombard Congress with emails and phone calls urging lawmakers to pass legislation favorable to Pickens' plan to use less foreign oil and more wind power and natural gas. The three day campaign on Capitol Hill will last through Friday and Pickens' troops are getting keyed up.
"It's going to be a lot of fun to see what happens over the next few days," says Jordan Birden, the Pickens' army representative at Texas A&M who grew up just north of Houston.
Birden tells Hair Balls he's been contacting hundreds of people over social networking websites for the past few weeks urging them to take action this week. As for his part, Birden says not only will he email Texas senators Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn, but he will also call their offices in Washington, D.C.
"I was sitting there thinking about this the other day," he says, "and if these senate offices all of a sudden get 50,000 or more phone calls in one day, they're not going to know what to do with themselves."
Which is exactly the point. Pickens and numerous corporate sponsors for the event, including American Electric Power, the American Wind Energy Association and Chesapeake Energy, all have a stake in making sure lawmakers give a helping hand to wind energy and natural gas. Pickens himself will reportedly be in Washington lobbying as well.
The event has been in the works for about a month. Birden says the anticipation is killing him.
"There's been so much build-up," he says. "An tomorrow, once the bombs drop, it's going to be kinda fun to sit there and watch."
Get her done!
Buck
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Permalink Reply by Dorcheated A1 on -
Good morning Jim,
I have never made it to lock #2, but I have had the pleasure of fishing at 3 and 4.
You are correct about the logs on the river, plenty of them floating around. Idaho is a perfect example of state that uses a lot of generation, even the state of Oklahoma generates a lot, but for some reason it's seems the south is not on board as much as northern states.
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Permalink Reply by Snake Stewart on
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Mr. Robert,
Unfortunately you inadvertently undermind my reasoning for defending your position in the first place. It wasnt so you could throw stink bombs at the other side.
I have attempted to escape the scathing barrages and rhetorical bitterness that sometimes comes along with it, by not posting on the site like I used to. I seemed to create a bad vibe wherever I went, at times. Guess I made myself a target. I got tired of friends telling me I shouldnt be so emotional, or take things so serious and personal. "Quit being a horses butt, Snake!"
It made good sense, only problem with that is I just couldnt follow good sound advice, in that regard.
I hope tomorrow finds you in better spirits, like it usually does Mr. Robert. Name calling doesnt serve much purpose after we get old enough to get off of the playground. I am fairly fluent after all. Guess I am speaking from experience. Usually just causes hurt feelings and seems to take us down a notch or two in regards to what is acceptable as our normal behavior. Not to mention the problems that follow long after the hurt feelings should have been gone.
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Permalink Reply by Two Dogs, Pirate on -
Snake, I ain't never called you a horses butt that I can remember and I am in the biz.
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Now that I recall Two Dogs, that may have been my mom that called me a horses butt! (LOL)
Most peeps that know us , say that I picked that up from her side of the family. I am not going to say one way or the other tho. HA!HA!HA!
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Permalink Reply by Two Dogs, Pirate on
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I have drank too much Old Forester tonight as wel, so we lift a glass to the other side.
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With whey protein shake in hand...........To the other side Two Dogs! To the other side my friend.
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I kinda thought that may have been an issue Mr. Robert. We kinda got introduced under those terms didnt we ? (LOL) I hold no ill will toward you Mr. Robert. I only ask that you do the best you can. Thats all anyone could ever really ask, isnt it.
Tomorrow is indeed another day. I am sure that clearer heads will prevail in this matter. Have a good one.
P.S. Easy on those liberals, they do own all houses of government right now.
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Permalink Reply by sesport on
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http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/pdf/trend_4.pdf
from pg. 2
Natural gas in tight sand formations is the largest
source of unconventional production, accounting for
30 percent of total U.S. production in 2030, but production
from shale formations is the fastest growing
source. With an assumed 267 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered
technically recoverable resources, production
of natural gas from shale formations increases
from 1.2 trillion cubic feet in 2007 to 4.2 trillion cubic
feet, or 18 percent of total U.S. production, in 2030.
The expected growth in natural gas production from
shale formations is far from certain, however, and
continued exploration is needed to provide additional
information on the resource potential.
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Permalink Reply by sesport on
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Thank you Robert for digging up that information. I, for one, will take it and consider it along with my stockpile of information from other, various sources. And form my own opinion, which I may or may not post. But if I do choose to post my opinion after carefully considering more than one source, I think I can see we can respectfully debate it. Although, I will disclaim, as usual, that I am in no way an expert on such matters, just a citizen with an informed opinion.
Thank you for those links, you've certainly been busy, I'm sure your "bibliography" is growing.
Best - sesport :0)
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