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Texans For Green Energy August 26, 2008 11:35 AM

How do we even give people the power to CHOOSE green energy, generated by wind?

Monopolies do not let go of their unlimited power to control where you buy their energy from willingly, and most states are controlled by oil, nuclear and coal supplied monopoly utility companies.

Part of the answer to this whole problem is to make all states energy deregulated as Texas and New York are. Give people a choice of switching to green energy through their energy provider. Deregulation leads to choices, incentives and lower prices, as these two states show, and the website illustrates specifically, with real world prices you can check on from many providers.

In regulated states, there is no choice and utilities have a monopoly hold on everything. They will not change, or if they do, it will take another fifty years. They have a strangle hold on everyone and will not let them go..it feels kind of like being in Egypt back in the Old Testament days. Consumers are powerless and helpless for the most part, and are dictated to by oil companies and utilities who buy their carbon fuels.

By contrast, if customers have a choice, as they do for long distance service, then they can switch FAST. Consumers can easily switch to a green energy company that supplies all of their power from wind for example.

Consumer demand will drive the green market as well as investors who will supply it to the demand, rather than utilities freezing everyone out of choice and forcing everyone into extinction due to burning carbon based fuels and 10,000 years of buildup of toxic radioactive fuels.

The only thing left is education, which means that green energy providers hire sales people who will educate first, and then sell green energy to consumers who are truly AWARE and making an INFORMED choice.

We cannot wait another thirty years for the government or anyone else to save us. We have the power NOW to change things, today.

Especially for those living in Texas or New York it is possible to switch to green energy today, without building anything and without buying expensive panels, towers, etc., using links below.

Eric S. Green Sustainability Consultant
http://www.aaagreenenergy.com (Green wind energy sign up)
http://www.electricityratescompared.info (Compare rates for free)
http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/ambit (Discussion group)
http://www.energyconsultantcareer.info (Career Information)

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 May 12, 2006 8:43 AM

http://alpha.borrowme.com/

BorrowMe is an idea whose time has come. It is a movement.

It is a place where people from local communities and trusted circles will borrow almost anything from one another — and will lend the things that collect in boxes and on shelves in basements and in garages in virtually every city and town.

BorrowMe is The Product Lending Library for the World™.

Please check out new website. Just starting up, great concept. you can find me as staley36 on there.

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help houston animals April 29, 2006 11:48 AM

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/996129091?ltl=1146336344
Qualified Compassionate Bureau Chief for the Houston City Pound
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 April 08, 2006 7:15 AM

As the debates over federal immigration laws and the student walkouts continue around Central Texas and nationwide, school administrators and civic leaders are facing a conundrum: After years of telling young people they can change the world, what do you do when they try to prove you right? Last week, hundreds of Austin-area middle and high school students walked out of classes and protested at the state Capitol or in their town squares.

Students are being told they will be unexcused absences for missing to protest. some may even end up with truancy charges. For those who happened to catch the protest on the news around our area, it was pretty impressive. The high school kids showed a lot of knowledge regarding the proposed laws. I personally was very proud of our children and think the school boards should declare those days as field trips for civics.
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 April 06, 2006 7:25 AM

April 4, 2006        Volunteers Needed for Runoff
    
Our work this week will be critical to a strong win for Barbara Ann Radnofsky and the Texas Democratic Party on April 11th. Early voting started yesterday and runs through the 7th.

Low turnout in the runoff means that every vote will be worth 200 or 300 votes.

You can help by calling Democratic voters in our targeted counties. We need to ask them for their vote and provide information about their nearest polling place.

If you can help, please e-mail Shellee at volunteers@ radnofsky.com and let her know how many phone calls you can make on Barbara’s behalf.

Host a house party April 11th
Invite your favorite Radnofsky supporters over to watch Barbara Ann celebrate success with her Houston supporters via a live webcast at www.radnofsky.com. Barbara will use this opportunity to thank volunteers and respond to e-mail from supporters at house parties across the state.

If you would like to host a house party and help raise the funds Barbara will need to challenge Kay Bailey Hutchison in November, please e-mail Chris at chris.bates@radnofsky.com.

http://www.radnofsky.com/
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 April 06, 2006 7:11 AM

Alert:
Mercury finds its way through Georgetown sewage plant Plant operators suspect customer improperly disposed of chemicalhttp://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/03/30mercury.html

In Texas, at least 19 percent of rivers and 29 percent of lakes are unsafe for swimming and fishing, according to Luke Metzger, who runs Environment Texas, an arm of Texas Public Interest Research Group


Action:
Save Barton Springs http://www.environmenttexas.org/preserving-texas/save-barton-springs


Other Actions Ask Secretary Norton to Protect Neches Wildlife Refuge Ask Secretary Norton to Protect Neches Wildlife Refuge
Protect Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge Protect Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Sign our Business Letter for Barton Springs Sign our Business Letter for Barton Springs
Ask the governor to fund our state parks Ask the governor to fund our state parks
Ask Sen. Hutchison to Protect Neches River Forests Ask Sen. Hutchison to Protect Neches River Forests
Attend Public Meeting to Protect Caddo Lake Attend Public Meeting to Protect Caddo Lake


http://www.environmenttexas.org/news



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 April 01, 2006 6:27 PM

For state related actions and links check under thread state links.

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Actions,Links,Alerts April 01, 2006 6:12 PM

click to donate sites are great, but so many out there. i found a site that list a good many of them in one place including care2's. i created a click to donate folder so as not to forget each morning to click each site. some are in languages i do not know, but click (clique) and variations of donate aren't too hard to figure out, plus if i see a danke or gracis afterwards i know i clicked right spot.
all else fells i can use
http://babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn
to translate single words or full text.

so i ask all to check out:
http://thenonprofits.com/
i noticed some links no longer work but almost all do.

there are three main topic headings:
Hunger & PovertyHealth, Education, Misc.Environment & Animalsand are international organizations

scroll all the way through page to also find other donations and petitions.

helping others is always a great way to help make a better world.
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