[Biodiesel In Utah] Fw: URGENT ACTION: 20 seconds for two calls
Goodman, James
goodmaj at aruplab.com
Fri Jun 22 13:23:08 EDT 2007
I can't find any mention of funding for R&D for alternate energy and
fuels. What's the status of that?
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[mailto:list-bounces at utahbiodiesel.org] On Behalf Of Andre Shoumatoff
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 11:09 AM
To: Biodiesel in Utah
Subject: Re: [Biodiesel In Utah] Fw: URGENT ACTION: 20 seconds for two
calls
To let everyone know, the energy bill was passed by Senate yesterday.
But fell 3 votes short of some substantial goals/funding for renewables.
The $32 billion in tax cuts they currently give to the oil industries
that was going to be moved to renewables was shot down, as was a bill
requiring 15% of electricity generation to come from solar or wind or
other renewables instead of coal.
The bill that has been approved does increase fuel effiency to 35 mpg
CAFE standards (which is a good gain) but through 2020 so 13 years away
meaning still a very modest increase. They did put in the bill to
approximately quadruple alternative fuels use, but offered no financing
or direction or method of achieving it..
It goes to the house now for approval. Their bill is much more radical
(good) but the President is threatening to veto it currently and it will
need to be watered down a little...
There is an excellent article here in the Times about it:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/22/us/22energy.html
Andre
----- Original Message -----
From: eastmanassociates at comcast.net
To: Biodiesel in Utah <mailto:list at utahbiodiesel.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Biodiesel In Utah] Fw: URGENT ACTION: 20 seconds
for two calls
I second Andre's motion! If this country is ever to have a
solid renewable-energy program, we need some kind of structure from
Congress. As I understand it, the Renewable Portfolio Standard would
set both direction and quantitative goals for contributions of renewable
energy sources to our overall national energy supplies.
Let me add one more thing you might send to your elected
representatives. Perhaps the simplest thing that Congress could do to
encourage investment in alternative fuels would be to set a floor price
on crude oil. Basically, the last time there was a big push in
alternative fuels, OPEC noticed and dropped the price of crude (which
they can do at will), making the alternative-fuels projects uneconomic.
When the alternative energy products had gone bankrupt, the price of
crude went up again. That same process could happen again, and would be
a disaster for the US - though great for OPEC. If investors knew that
the price of crude oil would effectively not go below, say $50/bbl for
the next 20 years, money would flood into alternative projects. If OPEC
lowered the price of crude below $50, the difference would be collected
by the US Treasury and go to reduce our national debt - not a bad idea,
either. How much would it cost to set up a floor price? ZERO! We
need to do it, ASAP.
--
Alan D. Eastman, PhD
Eastman Associates LLC
801-278-9560
-------------- Original message --------------
From: "Andre Shoumatoff" <andre at utahbiodiesel.org>
Hi everyone --- I wanted to urge members of this email
list to act on the following...
Thanks!
Andre
This messages was forwarded from:
Cherise Udell
Founder, Utah Moms for Clean Air
utahmomsforcleanair.org
nomadicmuse at yahoo.com
______________________________________
Tomorrow, the U.S. Senate will vote to create the
first-ever national "Renewable Portfolio Standard."
This measure would set nationwide benchmarks for
increasing electricity generation from clean,
renewable resources like wind, solar, and geothermal
in every state. For Utah, this could mean wind energy
instead of pollution from coal-fired power, and solar
power instead of nuclear waste.
But for this to happen, we need Utah's Senators Orrin
Hatch and Bob Bennett to get behind the clean energy
push. If you think more of our country's electricity
should be generated from clean, renewable resources,
please call Sen. Hatch and Sen. Bennett and ask them
to support the creation of a national Renewable
Portfolio Standard.
You can leave a message for Sen. Bennett at
801/524-5933 and Sen. Hatch at 801/524-4380. I just
called this morning and it took me literally 10
seconds to dial the number and give my opinion.
We need to let our Senators know that Utahns want
clean energy and we want it now. Because this vote
will happen tomorrow, please call and leave your
message immediately. You CAN make a difference! Please
call now.
Sen. Bob Bennett
(202) 224-5444--Washington D.C.
(801) 524-5933--Salt Lake
email:
http://bennett.senate.gov/contact/emailmain.html
Sen. Orrin Hatch
(202) 224-5251--Washington D.C.
(801) 524-4380--Salt Lake
email:
http://hatch.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Offices.Contact
Here's a sample message you can leave:
"My name is ____ and I live in ____. I'm calling to
urge Sen. Bennett/Hatch to support the creation of a
national Renewable Portfolio Standard. I think it is
absolutely urgent for our nation's security that we
diversify our energy sources. Thank you,
This messages was forwarded from:
Cherise Udell
Founder, Utah Moms for Clean Air
utahmomsforcleanair.org
nomadicmuse at yahoo.com
be the change you wish to see in the world - gandhi
----- Original Message -----
From: Renee Zollinger <mailto:renee at envperform.com>
To: Andre Shoumatoff <mailto:andre at utahbiodiesel.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 3:51 PM
Subject: Fwd: URGENT ACTION: 20 seconds for two calls
Just in case you didn't get this already...
Regards,
Renee Zollinger
Environmental Performance Group
2020 South 1300 East, Suite C
Salt Lake City, UT 84105
(801) 485-5551 office
(801) 750-4390 cell
renee at envperform.com
http://www.envperform.com <http://www.envperform.com/>
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From: Post Carbon SL <pcslc at postcarbon-slc.org>
Date: June 20, 2007 3:01:56 PM MDT
To: Jean Arnold <jeanarnold at comcast.net>
Subject: URGENT ACTION: 20 seconds for two calls
This messages was forwarded from:
Cherise Udell
Founder, Utah Moms for Clean Air
utahmomsforcleanair.org
nomadicmuse at yahoo.com
______________________________________
Tomorrow, the U.S. Senate will vote to create
the
first-ever national "Renewable Portfolio
Standard."
This measure would set nationwide benchmarks for
increasing electricity generation from clean,
renewable resources like wind, solar, and
geothermal
in every state. For Utah, this could mean wind
energy
instead of pollution from coal-fired power, and
solar
power instead of nuclear waste.
But for this to happen, we need Utah's Senators
Orrin
Hatch and Bob Bennett to get behind the clean
energy
push. If you think more of our country's
electricity
should be generated from clean, renewable
resources,
please call Sen. Hatch and Sen. Bennett and ask
them
to support the creation of a national Renewable
Portfolio Standard.
You can leave a message for Sen. Bennett at
801/524-5933 and Sen. Hatch at 801/524-4380. I
just
called this morning and it took me literally 10
seconds to dial the number and give my opinion.
We need to let our Senators know that Utahns
want
clean energy and we want it now. Because this
vote
will happen tomorrow, please call and leave your
message immediately. You CAN make a difference!
Please
call now.
Sen. Bob Bennett
(202) 224-5444--Washington D.C.
(801) 524-5933--Salt Lake
email:
http://bennett.senate.gov/contact/emailmain.html
Sen. Orrin Hatch
(202) 224-5251--Washington D.C.
(801) 524-4380--Salt Lake
email:
http://hatch.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Offices.Contact
Here's a sample message you can leave:
"My name is ____ and I live in ____. I'm calling
to
urge Sen. Bennett/Hatch to support the creation
of a
national Renewable Portfolio Standard. I think
it is
absolutely urgent for our nation's security that
we
diversify our energy sources. Thank you,
This messages was forwarded from:
Cherise Udell
Founder, Utah Moms for Clean Air
utahmomsforcleanair.org
nomadicmuse at yahoo.com
be the change you wish to see in the world -
gandhi
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