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Renewable Natural Gas
www.RenewableNaturalGas.com

Introduction to the Renewable Natural Gas Company - now being formed.

The Renewable Natural Gas, a new company now being formed, will solve a host of problems for our client companies located in the U.S.  Our clients has a number of organic waste-stream problems along with associated liabilities and expenses.  The Renewable Natural Gas company will resolve our client's organic waste-streams by upgrading the waste-streams into practically-free fuel in our Waste to Fuel (WTF) plants.  Our WTF facilities will generate practically free biomethane or synthesis gas.

Our Waste to Fuel facilities are comprised of the following assets;  

• One or more Anaerobic Digesters, and/or

• Biomass Gasification plant 

• EcoGeneration power plant

that will be located at our client companies properties.  

The fuel we produce from our client's waste-streams will be biomethane and/or synthesis gas which will be the fuel that runs our onsite EcoGeneration power plants.

As the Biomethane or Synthesis Gas we generate in our Waste to Fuel facilities will be practically free fuel - this represents a significant competitive advantage for our company.  Our nearly-free fuel that runs our EcoGeneration (cogeneration or trigeneration) power plants will have nearly zero emissions, and recognized as "clean power generation" plants.  And, as biomethane and synthesis gas is being recycled by our WTF facility, our EcoGeneration power plants will also be recognized for generating "carbon free energy," which is yet another competitive advantage that cannot be easily replicated by our competitors, including the client company's electric utility company. 

The Renewable Natural Gas company is presently seeking acceptable project funding/capital. 

We have continuous deal flow and new client inquires into our turnkey solutions.  A representative list of recent client inquiries include;  agricultural operations, cities, dairy farms, engineering companies, food processing companies and wastewater treatment plants.  One of our city/county inquiries is a leading Top 10 city/county in the U.S. with well over 100 tons/day of urban wood waste they will "give" us as well as provide a location for our company's assets to eliminate this waste-stream problem. This inquiry is now 2 years old, and may no longer be available.

A board member on our Renewable Energy Institute's board is a Ph.D. of Engineering as well as a P.E. that has led the R&D and inmprovements of anaerobic digesters. He has even obtained patents for his digester improvements, but these went to his employer at the time.

The Renewable Natural Gas company will succeed as it is founded on my 25 years in the natural gas business, including 13 years with 2 major utilities: nearly 9 years at TXU (7 years as an Environmental Specialist) and almost 5 years at CenterPoint Energy, where I assisted in development of several cogeneration and trigeneration power plants. 

In addition, the leading internet addresses for the Renewable Natural Gas company have been secured (now owned by a related investment group and family trust) and provides the Renewable Natural Gas company with "durable competitive advantage" as well as a marketing strategy no other company can compete with. These include;

www.AnaerobicDigester.com

www.BiogasToBiomethane.com

www.BiomassGasification.com

www.Biomethane.com

www.CarbonFreeEnergy.com

www.CHPsystems.com

www.CleanPowerGeneration.com

www.DecentralizedEnergy.com

www.EcoGeneration.com

www.PowerPurchaseAgreement.com

www.RenewableNaturalGas.com

www.SewageSludge.com

www.SynthesisGas.com

www.UrbanWoodWaste.com

www.WasteToFuel.com

www.WastewaterTreatmentSystem.com

One aspect of our company's business model is to not only reduce our client company's waste stream liabilties and expenses - but that we will share the savings with our client.  For example, if our client is now paying $1 million per year for reducing/eliminating their waste stream problem, we will receive 50% of the client's savings or $500,000/year, taking their waste, and using it as a feedstock for biomethane or synthesis gas production for our EcoGeneration power plants.  

In return, we will sell some, or all of the power as well as hot water and/or steam, back to our client at a discount to what they would have paid to their electric utility.

We solve our customers waste-stream problems and which is used for clean power generation in our decentralized energy plants, also known as EcoGeneration power plants, that the clients can use some or all of the power or we will have the option to sell the power back to the electric company via a power purchase agreement.

We believe the ideal formation for the Renewable Natural Gas company is a PPM/Reg D 503.

One of the goals for the Renewable Natural Gas company is to be one of the leading renewable natural gas companies in the next 10 years.  One competitor is expecting their biomethane revenues to go from $100 million this year to $300 million in the next 4 years. They do not have the business model or premier marketing strategy our company has, and we expect to surpass their revenues within 5 years.

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The Renewable Energy Institute is the Publisher for the Leading Sites 
for Renewable Energy, including;

Anaerobic Digester
www.AnaerobicDigester.com

Anaerobic Digesters
www.AnaerobicDigesters.com

Anaerobic Lagoon
www.AnaerobicLagoon.com

Anaerobic Lagoons
www.AnaerobicLagoons.com

Animal Feeding Operation
www.AnimalFeedingOperation.com

Animal Feeding Operations
www.AnimalFeedingOperations.com

Biogas Association
www.BiogasAssociation.com

Biogas CHP
www.BiogasCHP.com

Biogas Conditioning
www.BiogasConditioning.com

Biogas Conference
www.BiogasConference.com

Biogas Development
www.BiogasDevelopment.com

Biogas Feasibility
www.BiogasFeasibility.com

Biogas Investments
www.BiogasInvestments.com

Biogas Magazine
www.BiogasMagazine.com

Biogas Plant
www.BiogasPlant.com

Biogas Power Plant
www.BiogasPowerPlant.com

Biogas Processing
www.BiogasProcessing.com

Biogas Recovery
www.BiogasRecovery.com

Biogas to Biomethane
www.BiogasToBiomethane.com

Biogas to Energy
www.BiogasToEnergy.com

Biogas to Power
www.BiogasToPower.com

Biomass Gasification
www.BiomassGasification.com

Biomethane
www.Biomethane.com

Carbon Emissions
www.CarbonEmissions.com

CHP Systems
www.CHPsystems.com

Cogeneration
www.Cogeneration.net

Community Digester
www.CommunityDigester.com

Complete Mix Digester
www.CompleteMixDigester.com

Complete Mix Digesters
www.CompleteMixDigesters.com

Compressed Biomethane - CBM
www.CompressedBiomethane.com

Compressed Natural Gas - CNG
www.CompressedNaturalGas.net

Desulfurization
www.Desulfurization.com

Emissions Abatement
www.EmissionsAbatement.com

Emissions Engineering
www.EmissionsEngineering.com

Engineering Feasibility
www.EngineeringFeasibility.com

Fats Oils and Grease
www.FatsOilsAndGrease.com

Gas Compression
www.GasCompression.net

Gas Compressors
www.GasCompressors.net

Gas Conditioning
www.GasConditioning.net

Gas Sweetening
www.GasSweetening.com

Greenhouse Gas Emissions
www.GreenhouseGasEmissions.com

H2S Removal
www.H2Sremoval.com

Landfill Biogas
www.LandfillBiogas.com

Landfill Gas to Energy
www.LandfillGasToEnergy.com

Landfill Methane
www.LandfillMethane.com

Mesophilic Digester
www.MesophilicDigester.com

Mesophilic Digesters
www.MesophilicDigesters.com

Methane Digester
www.MethaneDigester.com

Methane Digesters
www.MethaneDigesters.com

Natural Gas Treatment
www.NaturalGasTreatment.com

Pipeline Quality Gas
www.PipelineQualityGas.com

Plug Flow Digester
www.PlugFlowDigester.com

Plug Flow Digesters
www.PlugFlowDigesters.com

Protecting Public Health
www.ProtectingPublicHealth.com

Publicly Owned Treatment Works - POTW
www.PubliclyOwnedTreatmentWorks.com

Renewable Natural Gas
www.RenewableNaturalGas.com

Sewage Sludge
www.SewageSludge.com

Synthesis Gas
www.SynthesisGas.com

Thermophilic Digester
www.ThermophilicDigester.com

Thermophilic Digesters
www.ThermophilicDigesters.com

Trigeneration
www.Trigeneration.com

Waste to Energy
www.WasteToEnergy.net

Waste to Fuel
www.WasteToFuel.com

Wastewater Treatment Plants
www.WastewaterTreatmentPlants.net

Wastewater Treatment System
www.WastewaterTreatmentSystem.com

Water and Wastewater Treatment
www.WaterAndWastewaterTreatment.com

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What is Renewable Natural Gas?

Renewable Natural Gas is methane or CH4, from renewable energy sources. Renewable Natural Gas is typically referred to as "Biomethane."

Biomethane can be used in the exact same method or manner as "natural gas" from fossil fuel sources.

What is Biomethane?

Biomethane is the "renewable natural gas" made from organic sources - which starts out as "biogas" but then is cleaned up in a process called "Biogas to Biomethane" which removes the impurities in biogas such as carbon dioxide, siloxanes and hydrogen sulfides (H2S).

Biomethane is soon to be re-classified from the category of "Low Carbon Fuels" to "Super Low Carbon Fuel" due to it being the greenest of all biofuels!

"Cleaned-up" and ready for use in an onsite cogeneration or trigeneration power plant, the Biomethane could also be sold to a pipeline company and completely replace the "natural gas" that is typically transported to markets via the vast underground pipeline system.

Biomethane will some day replace the "methane" that is sold by natural gas utility companies.

Biomethane has an unlimited supply, whereas the methane sold by gas companies has a limited supply. Biomethane is renewable, whereas the methane sold by your gas utility company is not renewable. Biomethane and biogas recovery, use and production generates "Greentags" or a "Renewable Energy Credit" for the owners and is GOOD for our environment.

As previously mentioned, Biomethane is "naturally" produced from organic materials as they decay. Sources of Biomethane include; landfills, POTW's/Wastewaster Treatment Systems, and every tree or agricultural product that is no longer living. Biomethane is also generated from animal operations where manure can be collected and the Biomethane is generated from anaerobic digesters where the manure decomposes.

Biomethane, after installation of the Biomethane equipment is essentially free, as opposed to buying natural gas, presently costing around $10.00/mmbtu.

Methanogenesis is the production of CH4 and CO2 by biological processes that are carried out by methanogens.

Unlike the price of natural gas, which has been very unstable, and wildly fluctuating from $5.50 to as much as $17.00/mmbtu this past year, Biomethane prices will tend to be more stable over the years. As more and more Biomethane is produced, and produced in reliable and sustainable methods that can fuel our energy needs now and for.

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Why Switch to Compressed Natural Gas?

• 90% cleaner emissions than the average gasoline or diesel-fueled vehicle. Yes, diesel truck engines can be replaced with "clean combustion" natural gas engines!

• Tailpipe emissions from Natural Gas Vehicles often cleaner than the ambient air!

• 25% less Greenhouse Gas Emissions compare to Gasoline, even more compared with diesel!

• 50% less Nitrogen Oxides compared to Gasoline - even more when compared to diesel!

• Compressed Natural Gas vehicles Cost FAR LESS than Gasoline or Diesel-fueled vehicles! Natural Gas Vehicles save about 40% over the Cost of Gasoline-fueled vehicles and as much as 50% over the Cost of Diesel-fueled vehicles!

Biomethane
www.Biomethane.com

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When It Comes to Energy Independence,
Biomethane, Not Coal, is America's "Ace in the Hole"
and One of the Greenest of All Biofuels

It's Time to Start Building Our Country's Biomethane Infrastructure &
Producing Biomethane, the Cleanest/Greenest Biofuel!

By: Monty Goodell, MBA
Biomethane Technologies
www.Biomethane.com

Biomethane, NOT Coal, is America's True "Ace in the Hole" when it comes to our energy future, economics, the environment, sustainability and America's “Energy Independence.” And biomethane is also receiving recognition as one of the greenest of all biofuels.

For years now, the coal industry has been touting "coal is America's 'Ace in the Hole'" when they discuss the abundance of our coal reserves here in the U.S. and the role they hope coal will play in America's energy future.

But coal is far from being the “Ace in the Hole” the coal lobby would have everyone believe. That’s due to the proverbial “black eye” not to mention the “black lungs” and other problems that are inherent with “dirty coal.”

While there may be a place for coal in America's energy future, coal must become "clean" for America to value it as a possible energy resource. Plans or building 18 new Coal fired power plants were cancelled in Texas last year due to the fact that coal isn't clean, and utilities aren't interested in investing the extra costs for building power plants that use "Clean Coal Technology" or "Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle" power plants that also now need to include "Carbon Capture and Sequestration" technologies to remove the carbon dioxide emissions from the stacks. Plans for many other coal fired power plants are being cancelled. And even now, owners of coal fired power plants (pulverized coal) are switching from coal, to biomass, and biomass gasification technologies, as the writing is on the wall.

Unless our society relishes the thoughts of moving back to the caves, and using candles, and foregoing our modern-day comforts, we need to move forward with renewable energy technologies such as biomethane, as the alternative is power shortages and blackouts.

We believe biomethane represents the best and greenest of all biofuels. There are no supply problems with biomethane, and we have a virtually unlimited supply for using biomethane wherever natural gas is presently used as a fuel.

It should be pointed out that biomethane is chemically no different than natural gas from the "fossil fuel" form of natural gas or CH4.

However, one important distinction between biomethane and the fossil-fuel variety of natural gas, is that the production and use of biomethane is “carbon neutral” in that the greenhouse gas emissions from biomethane use do not add any new net greenhouse gas emissions.

Biomethane starts out as “biogas” but must be cleaned and purified before it can be used as a renewable fuel. The process of cleaning and purifying the biogas is called “biogas to biomethane.” The impurities that are found in biogas include hydrogen sulfides, siloxanes, and carbon dioxide. When the impurities are removed from biogas, it is then referred to as biomethane and available for use as a clean fuel, just as the fossil-fuel form of natural gas is used.

Biomethane reserves and supplies, unlike fossil-fuel natural gas, are virtually unlimited. Biomethane is produced from many sources including anaerobic digesters, wastewater treatment systems, landfills and most agricultural and forestry operations. Last year, the first Biomethane NGV refueling station was opened in Eugendorf, Austria. Like a gas station provides gasoline for cars, the the NGV Biomethane station in Eugendorf provides biomethane for NGVs (Natural Gas Vehicles). Presently, the station provides a blend of biomethane and natural gas. Eventually, they hope to provide 100% biomethane for natural gas vehicles. Companies and researchers in Germany and Austria have determined that “Cellulosic Biomethane” is the greenest of all biofuels, and the least expensive biofuel to produce. Germany and Austria are now planting vast amounts of a form of Kentucky Bluegrass which will be harvested for use in producing “Cellulosic Biomethane,” through anaerobic digesters and fermentation.

Researchers from around the world, starting in Austria, are finding that grasses such as Kentucky Bluegrass are easily converted into biomethane as well as organic fertilizer. Cellulosic Biomethane production doesn’t require the fermentation of sugars or starches - as the first generation of liquid biofuels – requiring grains and oilseeds from food crops. As the Austrian Cellulosic Biomethane project shows, biomethane can be produced from a cellulosic biomass feedstock like grass. Yield estimates from the Austrian Cellulosic Biomethane research indicate that one natural gas vehicle can travel 10,000 to 15,000 miles on just one acre of Kentucky Bluegrass that was processed into biomethane.

At a Jan. 8, 2009 public workshop held by the California Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition, they documented the superior benefits and potential of biomethane as a clean, renewable energy resource. The California Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition stated that Biomethane should be classified as a "Super Ultra Low Carbon fuel." Super Ultra Low Carbon fuel is defined as providing at least an 82 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions - based on the California Air Resource Board’s analysis of biomethane from landfill gas.

Biomethane has a carbon dioxide emissions intensity of only 11 as compared with:

67.9 for natural gas
95.8 for diesel
96.7 for gasoline

Biomethane can displace and substitute the equivalent of 29% percent of all petroleum diesel transportation fuel used - almost immediately.

According to the California Energy Commission and the Biomass Collaborative, landfills, wastewater treatment, and dairy waste sources - which are "developable today" and can start producing Biomethane almost immediately, with low investment/high returns, could yield 121 billion cubic feet of Biomethane. At $8.00/mmbtu, that's a $1 billion market opportunity in California alone. The 121 billion cubic feet of Biomethane equals about 860 million gallons of petroleum diesel. California alone uses about 3 billion gallons of diesel annually for transportation. Emerging biomass gasification and Biomethanation technologies could more than double Biomethane supplies.

Biomethane - like natural gas from "fossil fuels" - can be compressed or liquefied. And using "Compressed Biomethane" is a significantly better choice as a transportation fuel than traditional "natural gas."

Biomethane is the "natural, natural gas" and is far better for the environment and the economy than natural gas. Biomethane, when "vented" to the environment, is 21 times more hazardous to the climate than carbon dioxide emissions which are the only emissions (and water vaport) from compressed natural gas vehicles' engines when used as a fuel.

Again, we are reminded that Biomethane is the same chemical compound as natural gas: CH4, and completely replaces and substitutes for natural gas. Engines, turbines, boilers and every other natural gas appliance can use Biomethane without any adjustments or modifications - just like natural gas.

Biomethane supplies, as opposed to natural gas supplies from the fossil fuel industry, are available in an unlimited supply.

Moving forward with a “Biomethane Infrastructure” is the direction our country needs to be moving as one of our fuel choices as we become energy-independent. Every MCF of Biomethane that we use displaces about 8 gallons of gasoline and creates jobs that will never be outsourced or downsized.

(Some of the above information from the California Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition.)

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Biomethane
www.Biomethane.com
Biomethane is the "Renewable Natural Gas"

The Unlimited Potential for Biomethane and Renewable Natural Gas

• Sweden is now leading Europe and the rest of the world in the pursuit of cellulosic biomethane.

• According to recent studies by researchers, professors and universities in Sweden, cellulosic biomethane is significantly more economic and less energy intensive to produce today than any biofuel (i.e. E100 Ethanol, B100 Biodiesel, Dimethyl Ether, etc.).
  

• If the U.S. were to similarly emphasize the production of cellulosic biomethane as Sweden is now doing, the U.S. could significantly increase the supply of Biomethane - a renewable, clean fuel with an unlimited supply.

• Biomethane can be produced from landfill gas, sewage and animal and crop waste. Besides supplementing our existing natural gas supplies, Biomethane would provide huge greenhouse gas emissions reductions.
  

• Based on an analysis conducted for the Department of Energy in the 1990's, it appears that at least 1¼ quadrillion BTUs of methane could reasonably be produced using exiting landfill gas to energy sites, wastewater treatment systems and animal waste sources (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations) alone.

• If the Biomethane produces in the U.S. were used for natural gas vehicles, it would displace approximately 10 billion gallons of gasoline, per year! This is 10 times the amount (1 billion gallons of gasoline) per year projected for natural gas (the fossil fuel) in the Annual DOE outlook.

Regarding Greenhouse Gas Emissions and
Biomethane/Renewable Natural Gas vs. Gasoline

• Gasoline produces about 110% more Greenhouse Gas Emissions than Biomethane which would have otherwise been flared or vented to the atmosphere.

• In the U.S., it is now feasible to capture and use about 1.25 quadrillion Btu's of Biomethane from landfills, animal waste and POTWs (wastewater treatment systems) alone. This is equivalent to about 6% of all of the natural gas presently used in the U.S.

• If this Biomethane were used as a transportation fuel in natural gas vehicles, the Biomethane would displace 10 billion gallons of gasoline per year!
  

Other Benefits and Incentives of Biomethane:
The Federal Biogas/Biomethane Tax Credit:

Equal to 2.0 cents per KWH (approximately $5.66 per MMBtu) for electricity produced on-site from Biomethane.

All other uses of biogas and Biomethane in vehicles and producing electricity off-site) do not presently qualify for the Federal Biogas/Biomethane Tax Credit.

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What is "Pipeline Quality" or "Pipeline Quality Gas"?

The "raw" biogas that is produced from Anaerobic Digesters and Landfill Gas To Energy projects cannot be sold to natural gas pipelines or used in internal combustion engines due to the high number of contaminants, impurities and other chemicals in the biogas.

Raw biogas, in order to become "Biomethane" or Pipeline Quality Gas, must for from "Biogas to Biomethane" wherein the impurities and contaminants of the biogas are removed. This process of biogas purification to biomethane is also called "Gas Sweetening." The impurities and contaminants of biogas that need to be removed to then have Biomethane or Pipeline Quality Gas include; carbon dioxide (CO2), water, hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and Siloxane. Some of the Biogas to Biomethane technologies include; iron sponge, water scrubbing, membrane separation, pressure swing adsorption (PSA), and mixing with higher quality gases.

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How we make and distribute electricity is changing! 

The electric power generation, transmission and distribution system (the electric "grid") is changing and evolving from the electric grid of the 19th and 20th centuries, which was inefficient, highly-polluting, very expensive and “dumb.”  

The "old" way of generating and distributing energy resembles this slide:

Climate Change, Global Warming or Global Cooling?

The past 10 years indicates the opposite of "global warming" has occurred - that the "Earths Fever" has and that global cooling has taken place. 

Weather, on a daily basis, or even an annual basis, is not climate, and climate is not weather. 

"Climate change" is always taking place, from one day to the next, and one week to the next, as well as one year to the next. The planet's climate is an ever-evolving, changing and dynamic process.  

Again, researchers and scientists need to refrain from being political, and stay out of politics, and politicians need to stay out of the way of the scientists and researchers, and let them do their work.  Politicians, government leaders and bureaucrats scientists need true and accurate data and climate research from scientists that do not have a political agenda.

In the meantime, as there may still be 30 years of research before there are conclusive answers concerning anthropogenic climate change, can we "risk" 30 years of our children and grand children's future, should there is a link between climate change and greenhouse gas emissions?  Should we not err on the side of caution?

Hubbert's Peak Oil Predictions Now Proving True?

Marion King Hubbert was a geologist and scientist who worked at Shell Oil company's research lab in Houston, Texas.  Hubbert made several important contributions to geology, geophysics and petroleum geology.  Hubbert is most recognized for the "Hubbert Curve" and " Hubbert Peak Theory" which is now referred to as " Peak Oil. 

Hubbert's life work determined that the world has a finite amount of petroleum that can be produced.  (Similarly, there is a finite amount of coal.) Many scientists and engineers believe we have reached Hubbert's "peak oil" limit.  Hubbert's espouses that when 50% of domestic crude oil production has been reached, that there will be such significant upward demand on prices of the limited supplies of oil production, that the U.S. economy will experience severe economic, social, and political turmoil.

Hubbert's Peak Oil predictions have proven to be true and this is validated as the U.S. in the early 1970's produced about 60% of its' oil demand and imported 40%.  That equation has flipped since then, because our domestic oil production has been on the decline since 1970, so now, due to our declining domestic oil production, we have to import 60% of our oil supplies, to meet our country's oil/energy demands.

The Next Oil Shock Could be the "mother" of All Oil Shocks

How severe our economic calamity and next "oil shock" will depend upon a number of factors, including when this occurs, as well as the following:

1.  the dependence of the individual country upon its own crude oil production to meet its energy needs and to subsidize consumer imports; 

2.  the rate of relative decline in crude oil production; 

3.  the degree of difficulty encountered in replacing missing energy inputs; 

4.  the degree to which our country had prepared in advance for this inevitable geological and economic calamity.

Examples of past "oil shocks" and the economic and political calamities that followed:

United States: Our peak crude oil production of domestic oil occurred in 1970; the first "oil shock" and oil crisis followed in 1973 with the Arab/OPEC Oil Embargo.

Iran: Their peak crude oil production occurred in 1974; They had their islamic revolution 1979 that overturned government and replaced it with radical islam.

Soviet Union: Their peak crude oil production was in 1989; what happened next? 
Their country disintegrated and the collapse of the Soviet Union followed in 1991. 

Indonesia: Their peak crude oil production was in 1991; their financial and government crisis followed in 1997.

Iraq: Iraq's crude oil production was in 1989; they then invaded Kuwait (for their oil) in 1991.

Using Mr. Hubbert's predictions, that beginning around 2000  we would see peak (global) oil production, then, if the country's not weaning themselves off of their oil addiction, and had not begun making the switch to renewable energy, that the negative economic and political calamities would soon follow, including ever-increasing prices of energy that is from fossil fuels. 

Now is the time to begin weaning ourselves off of fossil fuels and making the transition to and increasing the use of renewable energy. If you don't believe in climate change, or global warming, GREAT! Join us in the switch to renewable energy and a fossil-free economy!

America's "Clear and Present Danger"

America Has INCREASED its' Dependence on Foreign 
Sources of Energy by 50% Since 1973.

America is even more "addicted" to foreign oil today, than we were in 1973 - 1974 when OPEC, Saudi Arabia and other suppliers from the Middle-East  stopped selling us their fossil fuels, and created a significant blow to our economy.

This Means that 65% of America's Energy Supplies are Now Imported from Suppliers from Foreign Countries.  

Simply put, about 65% of the gasoline in your car's gas tank, comes from a foreign country.

EVERY day, the U.S. must IMPORT over 13 million bbls of oil from foreign countries and foreign suppliers to meet demand. 

At $80/barrel of oil, this also means that $1,040,000,000.00 American Dollars leave our country, EVERY DAY, to foreign countries/suppliers of our fossil fuels, to pay for the energy we need. 

That's $1 Billion EVERY day leaving our economy, and going to support a foreign country's economy. 

Talk about our foreign trade deficit..... nearly $400 Billion each year, leaves our country to pay for our oil addiction and the energy we need.  To be exact, that's $379,600,000,000.00 American Dollars.

America needs to quickly transition to Energy Independence. 

Renewable Energy is the Only Way America Can Achieve Energy Independence. 

Millions of new and sustainable American jobs would be created here at home, if we would end our addiction to foreign fossil fuels, and quickly transition to an economy based on renewable energy and renewable fuels, produced here in the U.S.A. 

The good news is that today, America already has all of the Renewable Energy Resources and Renewable Energy Technologies needed to make American Energy Independence a reality. 

According to Monty Goodell, Founder and Chairman of the Renewable Energy Institute, "our increased dependence and reliance on foreign energy supplies represents a Clear and Present Danger to our national security, our economy, and the lives and livelihood of every American. Energy - including the energy we use from imported fossil fuels, is the very "lifeblood" of the American economy as it is for every industrialized country.  An economy dies without it's lifeblood of energy. This Clear and Present Danger we face is far more serious than the problems related to greenhouse gas emissions.  And while greenhouse gas emissions are very serious issue, in the long-term, pales in comparison to America's vital national security interests and America's economic stability in the short term.  For this reason alone, America needs to transition away from its addiction to foreign energy supplies. And America's abundant renewable energy resources such as the energy we receive from the sun, and renewable energy technologies such as concentrated solar power (CSP) plants - can supply 100% of America's power requirements with a concentrating solar power plant measuring 75 miles by 75 miles, located in the Southwest U.S.  By generating America's power from concentrating solar power plants, America resolves its' short-term Clear and Present Danger as it relates to importing its energy from foreign countries, and the long-term problems relating to greenhouse gas emissions."

Continuing, Mr. Goodell states that "too many Americans have forgotten what happened to us in 1973, when the Arabs and OPEC brought the United States economy to a screeching halt during the OPEC Oil Embargo.  This happened because they (mainly the country of Saudi Arabia) disagreed with our foreign policy and is the reason why they "turned off the tap" of our need for their oil supplies. When Saudi Arabia and OPEC stopped the vital flow of oil to our country in 1973, they caused an "oil shock" that severely and negatively impacted our economy. 

Mr. Goodell's question for us to ponder is, "do these countries who sell us 60% of our daily energy requirements, like us and our foreign policy, or might they leverage our addiction to their fossil fuels, and turn off the tap to make us adjust or revise our foreign policy??  Like any addict, America's foreign policy may be held hostage to its addiction, and in this case, our addiction to foreign oil, may over-ride our national interests."

Have American's forgotten the gas shortages and long lines at 
their gas stations to get gas during the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973? 

"Apparently so."  Mr. Goodell states that "in 1973, America was 'addicted' and 'over the barrel' of foreign oil to the amount of 40%.  Forty percent of our energy 'needs' in 1973 came from countries - many of which didn't like us then, and I'm afraid, many of them still don't.  The difference between 1973 and today - is that today we receive 50% MORE foreign oil now than we did in 1973.  And now we know about the problems relating to greenhouse gas emissions that we didn't know then.  America needs to change course, and change course now, in terms of its' energy supplies and how we keep America's economy strong, without the threat of being held hostage to a middle-east tyrant or regime, that could once again, turn on us, and turn off our supply of foreign oil." 

Remember ????

"Sadly, most Americans have forgotten the long lines of people waiting in their cars - lined up and waiting for gasoline at their nearby gas station, with lines that were many blocks long.  And, after waiting 4-5 hours, many even waiting overnight in many places, to finally take their turn to fill up their car with gasoline, only to find that the gas station had run out of gas."  That was 1973 when we imported 40% of our daily energy requirements in the form of crude oil from overseas, and from foreign countries - and many of these from countries that don't like us.

Today, over 35 years later, America has yet to learn the lesson.  We cannot continue our reliance on energy from foreign countries that supply us with 60% of the crude oil that our refineries use as a feedstock for producing gasoline and diesel fuel for our cars and trucks comes from overseas. 

America is "over the barrel" and it's not our barrel, but the barrels of oil that we are addicted by and owned by other countries.  Why have we not learned the lessons we needed to learn in 1973 when we were cut-off from the vital energy supplies we need? 

Countries like China, are growing rapidly, and have an insatiable need for crude oil. China, with their booming economy, is increasingly growing in its clout and control over international supplies of crude oil - whether they do this through their ability to buy as much oil as they need on a daily basis, or whether they simply but American drilling rigs, technology, and explore and produce oil and gas from their own fields. China, is buying large amounts of oil for their country, and causing upward pricing on declining supplies. What happens if Russia, with all of their oil and natural gas, along with China and Venezuela, with or without the help of OPEC, decided to NOT sell oil to us????

To be sure, greenhouse gas emissions are a problem, and to some, greenhouse gas emissions are also a Clear and Present Danger, but not to the extent that it presents an imminent Clear and Present Danger. 

America's reliance for 60% of our energy "needs" coming from foreign suppliers is un-acceptable.

The "driver" to get America to begin reducing and eliminating fossil fuel use should be our nation's national security and the welfare and safety of its citizens. And this can all begin with developing and investing in our own renewable energy resources and renewable energy technologies, let's start by putting solar on every rooftop that has a clear and unobstructed view of the Southern sky. See www.RooftopPV.com  or  www.DistributedPV.com  for more information.  Let's create incentives begin with adopting a national "Feed In Tariff" as Germany did in 1990. 

America, we simply do NOT have the luxury of time on our hands.  We need to end our dependence and reliance on foreign fossil fuels, especially from countries that don't like us! We need to rapidly begin expanding renewable energy resources and renewable energy technologies from our vast and abundant renewable energy resources, such as; solar, solar energy systems, solar cogeneration, solar trigeneration, "solar on every roof," waste to energy, waste to fuel, biomass gasification, B100 Biodiesel, Biomethane, Synthesis Gas, geothermal, E100 Ethanol (from sugar cane and NOT from corn), and wind, where it makes economic sense."

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