Kickapoo Nation Sets Sights On Energy Independence

This is exciting. Just think if now all the other tribes including the different church groups decided to do something similar. We could end up with something that actually works and excludes all the Washington crowd from the decision making process.

Now if the rest of us just stopped wasting energy with excessive AC, heat, unused lights etc. we could see further serious drops in the price of imported oil.

This is a great idea that has the potential of setting the standard for other groups in the US, be they tribes, organizations, or others.

As an intermediary specializing in getting large alternative energy projects funded, I would be happy to offer assistance to any tribe interested in pursuing a plan of energy independence.

Contact me at mlswaner@fmtcblue.com

09/12/08


Verna Simon
Kickapoo Tribe Public Relations
verna.simon@ktik-nsn.gov
Phone:  (785) 486-2110        

Michael Swaner
mlswaner@fmtcblue.com

The Clark Group LLC.
503 Second Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20002.
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Re: Kickapoo Nation Sets Sights On Energy Independence; http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=53533

Dear Folks,

One way to save energy costs is to grow your own. Please read, PROSPECTS FOR THE BIODIESEL INDUSTRY, at: http://algaloildiesel.wetpaint.com/page/PROSPECTS+FOR+THE+BIODIESEL+INDUSTRY . Also, you may be interested in producing syngas and biochar (terra preta; read the current National Geographic) and ask me how the tribe could convert biomass into fuel and a most excellent soil amendment for crops. You can send me an email: jimmiller5417@yahoo.com

Jim Miller

This is very exciting for all of us who have been frustrated with government behaviors regarding human-scale renewables. So many of us will be thinking, hoping, dreaming, and praying to see demonstration projects that can go to scale sooner rather than later.

I am also heartened about the recent buzz over ground-source heat pumps and heat from streets (Google Heat from the Street for an Economist article on street heat).

Young people in Oregon have been willing to devote much volunteer time to projects that try new strategies for old problems. Adding a water-conservation component might dovetail with the energy angle. Engaging schools and colleges could be helpful. We have much activity among students here. Instructors and practitioners do presentations for community fairs and meetings and on local radio to promote change on the residential- and small-business levels.

I have come to count on Renewable Energy World for news like this. It counteracts that other news.

Mary Saunders