GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA PROPOSAL (9/19/05): DRAFT 9/20/05 coded by Microsoft
SPONSOR: Green Issues Working Group
PRESENTERS/CONTACTS: Kahmran Alavi calm_ron@yahoo.com; Don Eichelberger done@greens.org
SUBJECT: Energy alternatives workshop
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The world now uses the equivalent of 15 terawatts of energy. It is predicted to use, by the year 2050, another 15 terawatts, even with energy efficiency programs. To provide all of this energy with nuclear power would require bringing one 1000 MW nuke on line every day starting today. A terawatt is a trillion kwh.
There is new technology that will make all coal and nuclear powered utilities obsolete. GPCA can help reveal the motive for the State of California special election.
PROPOSAL: The GPCA will hold an Energy Alternatives workshop at the plenary.
Don’t sign a contract with any utility company until you have considered the alternatives.
We will briefly discuss the main alternatives, including producing your own alternative energy.
home size systems with windpower generators
watch
out about the "sell excess electric to the grid" claim. it's not
true. At the end of the year, your unused credit goes to ZERO.
The Million Solar Roofs bill, SB 1Solar Panels, Wind Turbines, Biomass, Hydro, Geothermal and Tidal.
Conservation though increased efficiency and voluntary simplicityBicycles are even better. Investing in a place to ride without fear of life and limb and a place to lock up at every destination Electric Vehicles are part of the solution. Cultural changes that include living and working in the same community and edible organic urban landscaping
throw a propeller into the water & generate powerplastic hose for RV septic system down from a stream, reducing it to a 1/4 inch pipe with a bic fountain pen tip brazed in, to hit a 12 volt car gen. Covered by a stainless steel salad bowl with a hole in the center with peaned spoons outside of that.
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at the rate of 1-30z/10 gallons of gas increases dispersion and vaporization,
leading to more complete combustion.
Technology could be applied or
developed to produce cars that run without a drive - using seakerhead or bar
code technology
University of
California, Davis engineering professor Andy Frank built a plug-in hybrid from
the ground up in 1972 and has since built seven others, one of which gets up to
250 mpg. Frank has spent $150,000 to $250,000 in research costs on each car,
but believes automakers could mass-produce them by adding just $6,000 to each
vehicle's price tag.
The Stirling dish technology converts thermal energy to electricity by using a mirror array to focus the sun’s rays on the receiver end of a Stirling engine. Each panel tracks azimuth and elevation to keep the sun’s rays focused at greatest intensity possible. The internal side of the receiver then heats hydrogen gas which expands. The pressure created by the expanding gas drives a piston, crankshaft, and drive-shaft assembly much like those found in internal combustion engines but without igniting the gas. The drive shaft turns a small electricity generator. The entire energy-conversion process takes place within a canister the size of an oil barrel. The process requires no water and the engine is emission-free.Comparison to Other Solar TechnologiesTests conducted by SCE and the Sandia National Laboratories have shown that the Stirling dish technology is almost twice as efficient as other solar technologies. These include parabolic troughs which use the sun’s heat to create steam that drives turbines similar to those found in conventional power plants, and photovoltaic cells which convert sunlight directly into electricity by means of semiconducting materials like those found in computer chips.SCE procured more than 13,000 gigawatt-hours* of renewable energy in 2004, more than any U.S. utility and enough to power almost two million homes for an entire year. In 2004, more than 18% of the power SCE delivered to the 13 million Californians it serves came from renewable energy sources. SCE’s current renewable portfolio can deliver 2,588 MW of electricity, including * 1,021 MW from wind * 892 MW from geothermal * 354 MW from solar * 226 MW from biomass * 95 MW from small hydro.DEFINITIONS: SES is teamed with Kockums Submarine Systems, NASA-Glenn Laboratories, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and The Boeing Company.
The support system for each 37-foot-diameter Stirling-solar unit is very similar to the chassis REFERENCES: http://www.EnvironmentCalifornia.org (<http://www.google.com/custom?domains=FreeEnergyNews.com%3B+PESWiki.com%3B+PureEnergySystems.com&q=NYSE%3AEIX&sa=Search&sitesearch=&client=pub-2392339683519091&forid=1&channelg47901183&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&cof=GALT%3A%23008000%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23336699%3BVLC%3A663399%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3AFFFFFF%3BLBGC%3AFFCE31%3BALC%3A0000FF%3BLC%3A0000FF%3BT%3A000000%3BGFNT%3A0000FF%3BGIMP%3A0000FF%3BLH%3A50%3BLW%3A396%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Ffreeenergynews.com%2Fworking%2Fborders%2Ffe_banner_396wx50h.jpg%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Ffreeenergynews.com%3BFORID%3A1%3B&hl=en>NYSE:EIX)
Stirling Engine Systems http://stirlingenergy.com/ 602-957-1818Bruce Osborn, CEO or Robert Liden, Executive VP, General Managerhttp://www.sandia.gov/LabNews/LN10-29-04/key10-29-04_stories.html#stirling * <http://stirlingenergy.com/news/Inc_Article.pdf>July 2005 in Inc. <http://www.fortune.com/fortune/breakout/fulllist/0,23867,companies,00.html>May <http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/article/0,20967,1018934,00.html>Feb http://isolenr.free.fr/page_fr/accueil_fr.html>http://isolenr.free.fr/page_fr/accueil_fr.html <http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid/08/12/0047242&tid#2&tid7>World's <http://slashdot.org/~J05H>J05H (5625); <http://www.thewatt.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&side0&mode=nested&order=0&thold=0>Germany (<http://slashdot.org/~grqb>grqb (410789); * <http://www.freeenergynews.com/Directory/Solar/index.html>Solar <http://www.freeenergynews.com/Directory/StirlingEngine/index.html>
* <http://pesn.com/>PESN (Pure Energy Systems News) - feature stories<http://www.freeenergynews.com/OSEN/Today_in_Free_Energy/index.html>Today * http://pesn.com/ThisWeekinFreeEnergy/
COMMITTEE DECISION:
This proposal was first posted at the GIWG listserv on 9/20/05
It was sponsored by the GIWG online after the October 17th deadline motivated the members to demand it.
TIME LINE: Total Floor time request – 30 seconds to announce
Total workshop time – 1 to 2 hours
A.) Presentation (30 minutes)
B.) Discussion and Decision (90 minutes)
RESOURCES: (any time,
equipment or other accommodations needed.
Example 1. Placing this proposal immediately before or after a similar
amendment planned for the plenary will allow Greens interested only in that
issue to attend both without making two trips.
Example 2, Need a large screen and overhead projector, or warning of
none so that handouts can be prepared.
Example 3. This proposal should generate some media attention to GPCA,
if any journalist would like to attend.)