[owen] Juneaus and the Pickens Plan

[Daniel P. Owen]

Athena,

I heard a piece on public radio concerning Juneau's electric consumption
after they experienced a huge outage.  Here is a link with some info:
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/060108/opi_285173311.shtml   It appears
that consumption habits can change when we are forced.  No government
intervention, just change based on market forces.

Uncle Lawrence,

You seem to dislike Pickens because he sells propane.  So what!!  Seems to
me that his propane comes from North America as opposed to the Middle East
which seems like a good thing to me.  Keep in mind the corner stone of his
plan is building wind generation along with a shift to propane powered
vehicles.  Al Gore thinks we need $5.00 or higher a gallon gas to effect
change.  Perhaps he is correct that we need to hurt financially in order to
cut back on foreign oil.  Pickens plan seems to have a similar outcome with
less financial pain.  No doubt it takes a greater mind than mine to figure
it all out but I submit that cutting our dependence on foreign oil is a good
thing.

Luv you all Dan O........




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Athena & Arne Kildegaard" <the_ahs at hometownsolutions.net>
To: <owen at owenconnections.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: [owen] Ok, so it's tiresome, but I HEART


> Hi Dan,
> I was the one who forwarded the Friedman piece...and
> should have said that!
> I'm with you that the candidates should be getting on
> board Pickens' plan and I'm just heartbroken that Obama
> has spoken in favor of off-shore drilling. And I agree,
> too, that we all as individuals can do more. It does seem
> like some folks are responding to higher gas prices by
> choosing to walk/bike/scoot, whatever, but we're in the
> minority, at least judging by the number of cars and
> trucks I saw lined up at the red light in our little town,
> most of them with only one person in the vehicle.
> In Denmark and Holland (the two biggest bicycling
> countries) there's an amazing infrastructure to support
> bicyclists: bike paths (that is to say, paths uniquely for
> bicyclists, not "lanes" like we have in Morris where cars
> can park), lots of bike racks (we saw a five-story bike
> rack in Amsterdam!), ramps going over big streets, etc.
> The money for this sort of thing has to come from
> somewhere, so why not tax gas and use the money to make it
> safe and easy for bicyclists? Or tax gas and use the money
> for r&d?
> Maybe I'm idealistic but I think government=us, so I don't
> have an issue with government using tax dollars to help us
> all do the right thing. I'd love safe bike paths here in
> Morris! And I'm willing to be taxed for it, if that's what
> it takes.
> xo Athena
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