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Minnesota Sustainability Alliance
http://www.relocalize.net/groups/minnesota
Following is from their website Forum:
Minnesota lies at the confluence of two great ecoregions. The Great Lakes ecoregion, with 40 million people, contains nearly one-fifth of the world's fresh water. It has its own inland waterway through the St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes to the Port of Duluth. The North American Prairie ecoregion, with 33 million people, represents the most productive agricultural region the world has ever seen. It has its own inland waterway, the Mississippi River, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Port of St. Paul. If you had to pick a place to live during times of energy scarcity, this would be it. Minnesota is a net-metering state: by law, any electricity produced by utility customers has to be purchased by the utility at the retail rate. Minnesota already produces more ethanol than it can use. Say what you want about ethanol's energy efficiency. It takes more energy to produce electricity, too. Then there are the local organizations: - Clean Energy Resource Teams are working on regional strategies for renewable energy; - Institute for Local Self-Reliance is working on the New Rules Project (relocalization) and the Carbohydrate Economy; - Minnesotans for an Energy Efficient Economy (me3) is acknowledged nationally for its advocacy on renewables; - RENew Northfield is a group of citizens who decided to make their community energy independent. They didn't stop with wind power - they have their own bio-diesel buyers' club. And the list goes on.
http://www.relocalize.net/groups/minnesota
Following is from their website Forum:
Minnesota lies at the confluence of two great ecoregions. The Great Lakes ecoregion, with 40 million people, contains nearly one-fifth of the world's fresh water. It has its own inland waterway through the St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes to the Port of Duluth. The North American Prairie ecoregion, with 33 million people, represents the most productive agricultural region the world has ever seen. It has its own inland waterway, the Mississippi River, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Port of St. Paul. If you had to pick a place to live during times of energy scarcity, this would be it. Minnesota is a net-metering state: by law, any electricity produced by utility customers has to be purchased by the utility at the retail rate. Minnesota already produces more ethanol than it can use. Say what you want about ethanol's energy efficiency. It takes more energy to produce electricity, too. Then there are the local organizations: - Clean Energy Resource Teams are working on regional strategies for renewable energy; - Institute for Local Self-Reliance is working on the New Rules Project (relocalization) and the Carbohydrate Economy; - Minnesotans for an Energy Efficient Economy (me3) is acknowledged nationally for its advocacy on renewables; - RENew Northfield is a group of citizens who decided to make their community energy independent. They didn't stop with wind power - they have their own bio-diesel buyers' club. And the list goes on.
