Politics is local and so I believe the place to start fixing our global problem is in our county! I feel a place to start is regulating the construction of all new subdivisions. Arizona has been the first to implement this thought process. Geo thermal heating and cooling can be implemented by all the new homes sharing a geo thermal network in the ground under a playground that is a part of the shared expense in the subdivision. All homes heat up from and cool down from the heat transfer fom the earths constant 55 degrees below the frost line. Our government solar research center says individual electric solar units on the roofs cost around $35k to install per home and with government breaks it will cost $17k. Over the life of the mortgage its $60 a month. In most cases the units produce more than the home owners can use.
The fox river has a dam in DePere. With little long term investment new high effieciency hydro electic generators should be used and added.
A law should be passed that all new municipal and school buses purchased must be Hydrogen powered. This would force hydrogen fuel stations to be available for personal vehicles as well. Honda Hydrogen cars are coming out in 2009. Shell oil has set this up in Iceland, Amsterdam, Washington,DC and most recently it set up 23 stations in California.
We need to make deals with Door county and other counties along the lake Michigan to install wave generators in the lake and the Green Bay. This technology is under construction in Oregon. Their governor has proposed to be #1 in the nation with wave generated electricity.
We need to Increase the wind powered generators in our county. This could be helped by extra efforts to expidite government approval procedures.
A thourough investigation and study of traffic patterns in our county to understand if public tram systems might be effective in our metro areas. Also a better network of bike and segway trails should be implemented throughout the metro areas.
Our cities need to adopt the William Clinton global warming intiative already adopted by 40 of the largest cities on the globe and supported by large corporations like GE. Energy savings realized will shrink our carbon footprint and make big dents in our oil and coal usage.
We need to examine the methane sources from dumps and human waste plants. New bacterias have been found to increase the gas productions by simple introduction into these areas.
We ned to expand the 2 nuclear plants and eliminate the coal burning electrical generation plant at the mouth of the Fox river.
As our population continues to grow at a rapid rate, it is imparative to start now. I am extremely dissatisfied at the ineffective political efforts I have observed in this area to make it all this happen. Politicians like the Californian gov. and recently our governor are waking up to the reality of the Green Tech economic boost that Europe has seen.
Please from the bottom of my heart and my daughters future, can we make this happen?
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Hi, I'm a parent, a christian,a husband, a soccer coach, a GBYC boating member and very active in local politics. I am supportive of all Democrats. I can't understand why anyone making less than $80K a year could vote Republican. I hold the choice of political party as an American priveledge bought for us by previous generations blood shed and sweat. Therefore I never hold a persons choice of faith, politics and thoughts against them. I do however get frustrated with inaction and lack of participation in the whole American process!
Member Since: 5/4/2008
