Leslie Pratch Free Energy Sources By Robert Buford

Society at large is looking hard for energy sources that have no undesired consequences, such as, for example, fossil fuels or nuclear energy. These alternative sources must be renewable and are considered to be “free” energy sources.

One such source is ‘Wind Power’. People have been using wind power for centuries now. From 5000 BC when people used wind in their sails to navigate the Nile River, and Persians had been using windmills for several hundred years by 900 AD for pumping water and grinding grain. Windmills had even been developed in China prior to 1 AD, but the earliest written history regarding wind power, comes from 1219. Cretans were using “literally hundreds of sail-rotor windmills [to] pump water for crops and livestock.”

The Dutch made many refinements to the windmill, primarily for pumping flood waters off their land. As early as 1390, they built a multi-story windmill tower, with one floor devoted to grinding grain, one for removing chaff, one for storing grain, and the bottom floor with living quarters for the windsmith and his family.

With the upcoming energy shortage that almost every expert is predicting, society as a whole should be making repartitions to become somewhat energy self-sufficient in the very near future. Not to mention the fact that energy costs are expected to increase by as much as 400% in the next few years. This should make wind power very attractive to anyone living in an area where you can count on a fairly consistent breeze.

We also have at our disposal solar energy, and some of us have hydroelectric power available to us. Recently, we have also been made aware that ‘magnetic power’ is a very real possibility for residential use.

The sun, a star, is actually a fusion reactor. It has been burning for over 40 millennium. It produces the amount of energy in one hour to keep the world supplied with all the energy it would need for 100 years. In fact, the solar radiation striking the earth during a three-day period is more energy than is stored in all fossil fuels on earth.

Agreed, the sun would not be the perfect source for everyone on our planet, but it would be an excellent producer for a great majority of the world’s population. Also to think about, if you were to check into building your solar system yourself, you could actually do it for an extremely low cost. The same goes for building a wind powered generator.

You can use the magnetic generator to generate power anywhere and everywhere. Its working is not dependent on the sun, wind, air or water. It will produce electricity efficiently. Once you have implemented it, you never have to worry about losing power again. A generator powered by magnets can produce the energy requirements of your entire home without using any fuel. Once started, it runs for your entire lifetime. Actually, quite a few lifetimes. Its incombustibility makes it safer than any other source. And all from a technology that’s relatively new. It is also possible to build it yourself for under $200 USD.

It’s scenic, rustic, and tranquil - it’s also clean, green, and renewable energy. It’s called hydro-electric power. Hydro energy is old, but not forgotten, and it’s a sustainable energy option! Agreed, it is not for everyone, not even for a large percentage of the population, but for anyone who has a viable stream on their property with the proper elevations and dynamics it is one option that would truly produce free and practically unlimited power.

Regardless of which process we use, or will it be easy or extremely difficult, sooner or later we will have to face some major changes to our current lifestyles. It is not that we lack the knowledge of how, we are simply resisting such changes, which might threaten the luxuries in our lifestyles that we have grown to enjoy. Ultimately, the question is not when, but how will industry and humanity handle the transition from burning damaging and limited petroleum products to more earth friendly alternatives.

Leslie Pratch
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Leslie Pratch Clean Renewable Energy By Jim Claassen

In the mid 1990s, the California legislature passed a bill deregulating energy pricing. Out of that occurrence came an opportunity for me to help create the California Electric Users Cooperative. Dairy Co-ops, Grape Growers, Sunkist Growers, Calavo Avocado, and several Cotton Co-ops were just a few of the “heavy hitters” who joined up. We weren’t concerned with alternative energy. We just wanted to contract with a large Generator of electricity and create savings on the power bills of our 700 members. We were able to contract with New West Energy, part of the Salt River Project in Arizona, negotiating a three year contract to became a “wireless” aggregator of electricity. The contract gave the C.E.U.C. a 3% discount on the electricity we bought and although that doesn’t sound like much, there were grower members with giant veggie coolers, irrigators and dairy processors who had mega electric bills every month and it all added up. We were able to return member refunds at 2% of their costs and the other 1% went to administrative costs.

At the end of two years, we had collectively saved our members close to two million dollars but the rug was pulled out from under us. Governor Davis took away our direct access and essentially put us out of business. He was afraid of brown-outs because he wanted to get re-elected the next year so he had gone out and purchased blocks of electricity from the Generators at above market prices and in order to pay for it no one was exempted. So, even though we were successful, our project was over. Some of our members proposed a change in our strategy to move toward alternative energy. There were some areas where wind generation was feasible along with solar and we also looked into bio-mass because of all the agricultural refuse. There wasn’t enough interest at the time so we had to dissolve the C.E.U.C.

My interest in clean power has continued and even though it’s not my day job, it is intriguing and I have remained involved. Every year since 1998 I have traveled to Washington D.C. for the annual legislative rally of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association of America, (N.R.E.C.A.). Our California delegation lobbies almost all of our 52 state legislators on energy and transportation issues before Congress. We urge our lawmakers to support legislation in the production of all sources of energy. Alternative energy is great but it will never serve all our needs. There should be a balance in the production from all sources to keep costs in check and help our economy grow strong again.

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By Susan Velez

Personal development is such a huge industry, in fact it is one of the fastest growing industries around. There are several employers that provide their employees with personal development at work. It has become a 60 billion a year industry, and is continuing to grow.

Employers have take the opportunity to provide it at work because it has been known to improve attendance at work, increase employee motivation, and increase work performance at work. It is a great way to live and begin to utilize, because it gives you back the power to your life. If you do not presently utilize it at work or at home, then most likely you do not feel as if you are in control of your life. From a business standpoint it is worth providing your employees with personal development at work, because it will empower them to accomplish all the work on a timely manner. Plus it will also make them feel better about themselves.

When people become involved with personal development or self help they realize that life is great and they become empowered become they can create a life filled with passion and can have be or do anything they desire. The great news is you do not have to wait until your employer provides you with the opportunity to access this at work, you can begin today. There are several opportunities available around us to become involved with this powerful way of living.

People have used personal development at work and as a way to make a living from it. You are probably wondering how can I make a living from it? Well there are several personal development companies that you can become an independent distributor and begin making a successful living from. You can honestly make a successful living from becoming an entrepreneur and being an independent distributor. Most of them provide training from other successful entrepreneurs in the same business who are already making a six or seven figure.

However if you decide not to become an entrepreneur then you can invest in the personal development course itself, which will help you immensely. The program I have invested in is a 90 day program and it is a home study course with interactive exercises you can work on your own. The exercises are meant to help you work through any obstacles that are holding you back and will help you change your mindset and beliefs so that you can begin achieving success in any area in your life.

Some employers do not provide personal development at work, if you are in a situation like this and not being exposed to the powerful living of this and do not understand how important the law of attraction is, my suggestion to you is to get your hands on a personal development program that can assist you to develop new life changing habits. As you do this and begin to change your life you will better understand how powerful and how much potential you truly possess.

By Jorge Blanco

Time management requires a structured mind. This will allow you to plan and organize things properly. It also requires that you have the willpower to go through with the schedules you have set for yourself. As part of your arsenal of personal development tools, it will require that you have:

1. A set goal. This could be anything from getting rich to achieving inner peace, to specific or immediate goals such as finishing a task for the day.
2. An action plan. This is the breakdown of the main goal into easily achievable projects.
3. A timetable. This will help you to schedule each step of the project, as well as to prioritize each project in the main goal you have set for yourself.

Materials needed for effective time management are clocks and watches, alarm clocks, an appointment book or organizer, a calendar, pen and paper, and recently there has arisen the option of a computer with time management software installed.

This method for structure and organization is essential for a personal development plan, wherein the other personal development tools that are used aside from time management are

* planning
* goal setting
* affirmation/auto-suggestion
* visualization
* and measuring progress

A personal development plan is a means of self transformation, where there exists much material about methods, techniques, workshops, books, and programs devoted to the idea. This phrase is present in the fields of psychology, education, philosophy, and it is also a common phrase in the workplace. As it is, a personal development plan is not necessarily limited to these disciplines. The tools and methods are adaptable and can be applied to anything you can think of at all. These can be learned through reading self help books, by attending lectures and workshops, by listening to speakers who have mastered the techniques, and then by practicing what you have learned in your daily life.

Methods for time management are especially useful for procrastinators, to help in maximizing their own time to achieve set goals. But taken as a whole, the personal development plan can be of help in goals such as developing innate talents, developing personal potential, improving ones self-knowledge and sense of identity, realizing one’s life dreams, achieving one’s aspirations, bettering one’s quality of life, and such other goals. It is said to also influence the thoughts and actions of others in one’s surroundings. This is through the power of positive thinking. Methods that are purported to achieve this are distinct from the methods of time management, planning, and measuring of progress; all of which is mostly done in the physical world. There are also personal development tools that are to be used in the realm of thought and imagination.

By Aldene Fredenburg

With the crisis in oil and natural gas prices, the continued violence in the Middle East, and the environmental concerns brought front and center by hurricanes Katrina and Rita, alternative fuels have managed to become a topic of conversation in the mainstream media.

Unfortunately, not all proposals make sense environmentally. The energy crisis has given the nuclear industry a major boost, despite problems with nuclear waste and vulnerability to terrorist threats, and Republicans in Congress are pushing even harder for drilling on the ecologically fragile Alaskan slopes. Meanwhile the oil companies, in an attempt to keep a stranglehold on the production of energy, are the ones getting billions of dollars in support for developing new technologies, including hydrogen fuel cell and ethanol development.

Let’s face it: If Standard Oil or Exxon could figure out a way to put a meter on the sun, we’d have solar energy in abundance tomorrow. Meanwhile, we really need to challenge this notion of having multinational, multi-billion-dollar companies the ones responsible for doling out our energy needs. Bringing energy production back to our shores from the Middle East, Venezuela, and other political hotspots is only the beginning of a solution.

We need every region in this country, and every community in each region, to make energy production a priority. In the Midwest, that can mean a combination of wind, solar, and ethanol or biodiesel production. Farmers particularly vulnerable to a rise in fuel to run their farm equipment could have their own small ethanol or biodiesel plants on-site, growing the raw material and then producing the fuel they need to operate their tractors, combines, and other machines. The Southeast could adopt solar technology on a house-by-house basis; just retrofitting every mobile home in the Sun Belt with solar air-conditioning capability could save billions in fuel demands every year. In the Northeast, a combination of solar energy and wind power in the summer and wind and biodiesel use in the winter, with family farms growing much of the raw material for the biodiesel, could cut the region’s dependency on heating oil, propane, and natural gas during the coldest months of the year. And all over the country, using sustainable farming and foresting methods to product corn and wood pellet products would provide still another efficient, low-emissions fuel.

Even hydrogen technology makes more sense produced on a local basis as part of a comprehensive energy plan. Hydrogen is produced by splitting water molecules into its component hydrogen and oxygen atoms; the hydrogen is then burned, producing more water. Using up massive amounts of water in centralized plants would put a tremendous demand on a locality’s water supply, and then would affect the environment in ways not now known as the fuel is burned and the water redistributed around the country. Locally, hydrogen could be produced using solar energy on a building by building basis, and then could be stored and used to fuel cars or for household energy use. The water produced by burning the hydrogen could also conceivably be collected and reused, limiting the demand on the water supply.