First of all congratulations to the new administration. I truly love the things that I see happening.
Thank you guys for the work on the Endangered Species act last week.
The open forum ideas that President Obama talked about in his books are starting to happen - this email is proof of that - thanks from all of us.
I listened to the Audacity of Hope on a trip from Southern California to the Grand Canyon across to my home in GA, then down to FL and to my new place in Colorado last year. I saw a lot through my window. I ate BQ in Memphis, went to the bottom of the canyon, ate oysters in Gulf Shores, and cut hay in GA. It was pretty inspiring to listen to those ideas and also somewhat scary to let yourself believe that things might change at that time and worry that you will be disappointed. Guys you have to understand that we have become unaccustomed to believing that our politicians will keep their promises. We don't expect miracles and most people are smarter than the ruling class have given them credit for in the past, they understand that the legislative process is one of compromise, but we do require that you understand that you work for the people and you are moving in the direction of your vision - that I see happening.
I just started a new green energy company in CO called Inventechnologies. I am a mechanical engineer and I started this business on a total shoe string just because I wanted to help the planet. I am still having a hard time wading through the process of where if anywhere I can get even the smallest amount of funding to help me get started - there seems to be a lot of bureaucracy out there and very little real help for small start ups. I would love to talk to someone in the energy office there about that aspect of stimulus.
I have a few ideas as well. I like many other engineers owe student loans to the government and also possess technical skills to help with the energy crisis. Is there a way to work off some of our student debt through green energy work for you guys?
I have a suspicion that a lot of the ideas we are seeking as to the energy crisis have already been discovered and shelved as a research project in university somewhere. If we could look at the idea of looking into some of this untapped wealth of knowledge or how to get it to market it would really help.
The government needs to follow the constitution of the united states and quit eroding our only guiding light through this process. I am totally appalled that we were able to be stripped of our rights as we were in the last administration. WE have got to restore the people confidence in the constitution and the governments understanding that they WILL follow this document.
The Alberta Oil Sands project is now the largest industrial project in the world according to National Geographic . This process is working on an oil supply that will be gone in fifteen years. The process produces four times more CO2 than traditional drilling. This project has to be stopped and stopped very quickly if we are serious about the tree in the boreal and global warming. We have to work with Canada to shut this down.
One more point I want to make - my coffee is getting cold and you are probably getting tired of reading by now, is that we need to try to protect the arctic as much as we can. That is not an ecosystem that will be able to withstand change. Mapping the arctic floor for drilling is pretty scary. We need to work with other nations to form and alliance to preserve that area because I am afraid scientifically maybe it may keep the earth in balance more than we think.
Congratulations,
Dwayne Wood
