Posts Tagged ‘activism’
Solar Power 101 – how does sunlight turn into electricity
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Short and concise explanation of solar photovoltaic systems. How do they work? Do I need batteries?
Produced by the on-line local action network, Endependence.info.
Show us how you are saving energy. We’ll copy your great ideas.
Energy independence, we can’t do it alone, but we can do it together.
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How to Rap w/ Biz Markie: Earth Day Remix
http://www.RepowerAmerica.org/Remix
For 40th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22, we’re releasing a new version of a rap classic on YouTube — and we want you to be in it!
Watch our brief instructional video for our Earth Day remix and then record your own version for a chance to be in the final video.
Remember, you dont need a perfect singing voice to help out — you can also just lip-sync or dance in your video. Help build support for clean energy and climate legislation and have fun doing it!
Submit your YouTube link at http://www.RepowerAmerica.org/Remix
Duration : 0:4:16
President Obama Opens Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling w New Bio Fuel Fighter jet at Andrews AFB
Biofuel F-18 fighter jet – called the Green Hornet – will be flown for the first time on Earth Day. President Obama Opens Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling w New Bio Fuel Fighter jet at Andrews Air Force Base AFB Energy Security and Independence Defense Department has invested $2.7 billion this year alone to improve energy efficiency.
President Obama announces plans to open new offshore areas for oil and gas development in ways that protect the environment and as part of a larger strategy to ensure energy security and independence.
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Time has run out! Help save the planet!
Be informed on the current state of technology and how you can help to save our planet. Don’t let greed and the pursuit of profit be our downfall. See what Obama and other politicians have to say about the current state of the environment. Vote NOW at http://oil.allourvoices.org
Studies today are showing that there are many other renewable sources of energy such as solar, wind, tidal/wave, and geothermal. Researchers claim that these clean sources of energy are held back only because of the market domination and profit greed of the current energy companies.
On the other side of the spectrum, people are claiming that the climate changes we are facing have little to do with our consumption of fossil fuels, and is merely a cyclical event that our planet is going through.
What do YOU think? What’s your opinion?
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How the Green Energy Movement Benefits America
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/08/15/T_Boone_Pickens_-_The_Pickens_Plan
Billionaire investor, philanthropist and energy reform activst T. Boone Pickens discusses ways America could benefit from the current “green energy” movement, both economically and spiritually.
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T. Boone Pickens is currently the chairman and CEO of BP Capital, which operates energy focused commodity and equity funds. He is also the largest shareholder in clean energy, the largest provider of vehicular natural gas in North America with a broad customer base in the refuse, transit, shuttle, taxi, police, and interstate trucking, airport and municipal fleet markets – The Aspen Institute
Mr. Boone Pickens is the founder of BP Capital. Pickens is active in the management of both the BP Capital Equity Fund and the BP Capital Commodity Fund. Specifically, Pickens is principally responsible for the formulation of the energy futures investment strategy of the BP Capital Commodity Fund and the BP Capital Equity Fund. Pickens frequently utilizes his wealth of experience in the oil and gas industry in the evaluation of potential equity investments and energy sector themes. He also participates in the marketing of the BP Capital Equity Fund to certain groups of potential investors. Pickens was the founder of Mesa Petroleum in its various forms beginning in 1956. Pickens’ career at Mesa spanned four decades. Under his leadership, Mesa grew to become one of the largest and most well-known independent exploration and production companies in the U.S.
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