From:
Jana Chicoine
Date:
2007 Jul 01 20:15 UTC
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Maybe a real discussion about clean energy in the valley will take place on
this forum, or maybe people invested in harmful technologies will manage to
shut this forum down. In any case, we certainly need to have this discussion,
we need to possess the reins of public policy to protect our families from
those who would harm them -- and we need to have the freedom to be blunt about
manipulated public processes, bad projects, and disingenuous PR men.
There is a national movement for energy justice with some absolutely amazing
people and great organizations all tied together pushing for our government to
do the right thing. Please check out Energy Justice, starting by clicking the
link below to this simple Clean Energy Fact Sheet which states:
"A combination of conservation, efficiency, wind and solar can meet 100% of our
energy needs. Its technically and economically possible to do this and it can
probably be done within 20 years."
http://www.energyjustice.net/solutions/factsheet.html
Together we can do this in Massachusetts and throughout the country and the
world. It has recently been calculated that to ward off catastrophic global
warming we would have to cut our carbon emissions worldwide by 90% in the next
ten years. This may seem impossible -- and it certainly is grievous beyond
description that we did not do this thiry years ago when we knew we could and
should have -- but it can be done if the political will is garnered and
focused. That is, if the people are unwilling to be snookered into more foolish
choices. The Big Boys have driven us to the brink of disaster and will have no
problem driving us right over the edge. Right now, Biomass and Nuclear are
fighting like vultures over the carcass of our earthly home, squawking that
they are next in line for our support and are truly, really "clean" and not
filthy as they blatantly appear to every thinking person.
You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.
"A combination of conservation, efficiency, wind and solar can meet 100% of our
energy needs. Its technically and economically possible to do this and it can
probably be done within 20 years."
"A combination of conservation, efficiency, wind and solar can meet 100% of our
energy needs. Its technically and economically possible to do this and it can
probably be done within 20 years."
"A combination of conservation, efficiency, wind and solar can meet 100% of our
energy needs. Its technically and economically possible to do this and it can
probably be done within 20 years."
"A combination of conservation, efficiency, wind and solar can meet 100% of our
energy needs. Its technically and economically possible to do this and it can
probably be done within 20 years."
"A combination of conservation, efficiency, wind and solar can meet 100% of our
energy needs. Its technically and economically possible to do this and it can
probably be done within 20 years."
Sincerely, for clean energy for everyone -- jana