Editorial

(Vol 3 no 8)

Welcome or Welcome Back!

This summer has produced extreme heat in the entire country that has placed not only a heavy burden on the power grid but also on our pockets and the country’s economy. King Fahd of Saudi Arabia has died and the oil price has gone over $60 a barrel. The Energy Plan has past on house and is now in the Senate, please make you Senators push for more funds for renewable R&D along with financial support to develop sites along with tax incentives. What person wouldn’t want a small solar farm business that would generate income into retirement and help the country by improving the economy, the environment, creating jobs and enriching the rural areas. Not to mention eliminating the need to protect oil producing countries, creating an exportable product and making every country energy independent. Everyday we put an energy farm onto the grid would mean less need for oil and thus push the price lower.

As always please feel free to send this to others who might like it, without spamming them! We are open to all comments/suggestions/ideas/input/products.

If you have a product that should be high lighted for the new Product of The Month please send it to editor@energyfarms.org

With this months newsletter we start a new section that will highlight a specific product. For the initial product we have chosen a Vertical Windmill Model and maker.

PRODUCT OF THE MONTH

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A 100-ft. model generates 5000 kw/hour in 12-mph wind.

www.windausenergy.com

Short Notes:

The Energy Plan still being debated in the Congress. Send your comment(s) via http://action.foe.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1031

China looking to buy oil companies so that they can insure their continued growth in the next decade. India is next!

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More on Education - Making Energy

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It is important for everyone to do something for us to become energy independent. The longest journey starts with the first step, take a step.

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The Energy Plan is still in Congress

Get on the bandwagon for renewable energy!

Support the Petition for Renewable Energy

http://www.nirs.org/petition/index.php?r=sb

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Energy sparks science success

School promotes energy education

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Sunshine to Dollars

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The Power of the Sun

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Nationwide Solar Funding

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Oil has now hit over $60 a barrel!!!

· Europe and North America are soaking up every drop they can get – an eye-popping 44.6 million barrels per day.

· China’s 1.3 billion people – nearly one-fifth of the planet’s population – busily trading their bicycles for cars, are consuming more oil in a day than they used to in a month. In fact, China’s demand for oil is increasing at the rate of 15.4% per year.

· India’s future oil consumption is expected to grow rapidly to 2.8 million barrels per day by 2010. Presently, oil accounts for about 30 percent of India’s total energy consumption.

· Latin America, Africa, the former Soviet Union, and other regions are bellying up to the bar as never before – adding 11.11million-barrels-per-day demand pressures on oil prices.

This explosion in demand for oil is NOT going to abate anytime soon.

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My home state of North Carolina is rich in natural resources of wind and sun. The vast shoreline and mountains in the west could generate more that enough electric to support the state’s needs. Most states do have something going for them in the renewable resources arena and those that develop them will

Getting closer

Wind Farm family building wind farm for $100k for supporting 8 homes,

We can use more research funds, incentives, large scale manufacturing, economy of scale and long term funding support from the SBA

What the world needs is more attention spent on developing a supply of clean electric from renewable sources. Resources that are available throughout most of the world. Rather then heaping praises on actors and those in sports we should be honoring those that make life better for everyone. Those who can make the quality of life better for all. What we need are home designs and government incentives that create homes that not only supply their own electric needs but can also place excess electric out onto the power grid.

What if:

It costs Homes $10,000 to install systems for supplying their own electrical needs and

A owner could generate electric for 10 homes for $100,000 and if

A person could generate electric for 100 homes for $500,000

The average home electric bill was $100

The person producing electric for 10 homes would make $1,000 per month

The person producing electric for 100 homes would make $10,000 per month

Millions of people would elect to get an SBA loan or other business loan to create a small business to generate electric from solar, wind, water or other

form of clean renewable electric. The idea would act as a motivator for corporations to do more research and development in the energy sector. The country would have exportable technology that would help the entire world.

It would help the United States economy by having less oil imports. It would also assist in cleaning the environment, creating jobs, better heath and a solid financial future for families, an income throughout retirement and a legacy that they could leave their families.

Interesting Links:

Three-state 'Frontier Line' could double wind power

We need you to push manufacturers and dealers to send in their product information so we can present it here!

We are also seeking a non-profit as our sponsor so that we can seek foundation and public funding together.

We hope you enjoy this issue and welcome your comments and suggestions.

Future Section(s)

Energy Patents – Latest Energy Ideas

Independence – Ideas for independent living

Safety – How to stay safe around electric

AGAIN:

The difference with our group is that we are promoting and encouraging energy independence using clean renewable sources and promoting jobs and incentives for the creation of Energy Farms. We will also cover becoming independent and how best to run it as a small business thus it is not just to support your personal energy needs but for an income-producing career.

• We will be asking people to write letters to their representatives to push for this goal by supporting legislation that promote Renewable Energy.
• We are asking the government to attack the issue of energy independence the same way we pushed the Apollo Program which landed a man on the moon and we will ask people to get behind the issue with the same enthusiasm that fans show for sporting events and for Hollywood and TV movies.
• We will encourage colleges to create a curriculum to show people a new career alternative, that of generating electric and selling it to the utilities.
• We will push for a standard acceptable contract for independent power producers and the utilities so that the additional legal costs can be avoided.
• We will also seek reasonable environmental controls. We are the stewards of our planet and we need to maintain it so that future generations can enjoy it in safety.
• Backing would come from a Small Business Administration (SBA) loan guarantee with up to $500,000. The idea is to create a small business opportunity for individuals and families as a home based business.
• Being energy independent should avoid future wars over oil and lost lives while benefiting the standard of living for people worldwide.
• Check our Mission Statement
• We urge the Federal Government to create a incentive program for our disabled veterans and other vets for their service to the country
• We also support Home Schooling, Distant Learning and Lifelong learning via the Internet to reduced taxes and improve education

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Design Challenge

We are promoting companies to send in their best designs for a small Energy Farm in the $200,000 to $500,000 range. If we can put together a site that generates a good income and a sustainable career for people we can replicate it across the country and create jobs for thousands of people. As part of the effort we will cover various products, home design and independent living ideas. Feel free to send your ideas to mailto:editor@energyfarms.org

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I also included the contents from previous issues and a link to it on the web

This newsletter promotes energy independence, independent living and environmental stewardship.

Some near terms growth plans.

• We are picking up advisors and future contributors for articles, we have several people who have been interested all their lives but didn’t know how to get involved. We will have their bios in future Newsletters.
• We are now also looking for people/groups to send in state reports.
• We are now publishing every other week so we are looking for sponsors to help us publish on this schedule and to become a non-profit organization promoting mid-scale energy generation and energy independence.
• Some subscribers to the Newsletter are from other countries, involved with the environment and would like to help their countrymen become independent and build their own family energy farm.
• We are looking to team up with an energy non-profit to seek funding from funding sources to the benefit of our goal. If your group would like to consider sponsoring our group please contact us at editor@energyfarms.org

Note: Stop the telemarketing calls and spend more time on the web doing RE work, go to www.donotcall.gov the online registry site and stop those marketing calls during supper!

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