http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/38261/

Dear All
We also need to expose the smoke screen on Climate Change by the Howard
government agenda on Nuclear Power after his conversation with George W
Bush.
We need only clean energy from nature not the toxic coal and nuclear option.

Benny Zable

[Greens-Media]
Tuesday, 27 June 2006

Prime Minister John Howard wants to shut out the Australian public
from
his nuclear review, making a lie of his call for a 'full-blooded
debate', Australian Greens energy spokesperson Senator Christine Milne
said today.

"Reports today that the hand-picked review panel will not hold public
hearings and probably won't call for public submissions show just
what
a
sham the process is," Senator Milne said in Alice Springs.

"Prime Minister Howard said he wanted a 'full-blooded debate' about
whether Australia should go down the nuclear track but he doesn't want
to hear what Australians have to say on the matter," Senator Milne
said.

"Instead, the panel will ask selected individuals to make submissions,
and even these may not be released to the public until after the
review
panel reports to the Prime Minister.

"This latest revelation about how the review panel will operate
further
demonstrates how deeply flawed the review is. Rather than fostering
full
debate across the community, it is designed to bolster the Prime
Minister's plan to develop uranium enrichment and turn Australia into
a
global nuclear waste dump.

"The lack of public consultation is consistent with the federal
government's style. While in Alice Springs I visited the Indigenous
community near one of three sites short-listed for a national nuclear
waste dump, who have not been consulted.

"We should be debating Australia's future energy mix in the context of
needing to make deep cuts to greenhouse gas emissions, not how to turn
Australia into a nuclear nation.

"The nuclear option shows the government's lack of vision after a
decade
in office. A much smarter alternative for Australia is to embrace
energy
efficiency and renewable energy, developing new industries with the
potential to create thousands of jobs and generate export income."

Contact: Katrina Willis 03 6234 4566 or 0437 587 562

Katrina Willis
Adviser
Senator Christine Milne
Phone 03 6234 4566
Fax 03 6234 2144
Mobile 0437 587 562
www.christinemilne.org.au

The current issue of my newsletter ‘bobbing around’ contains lots of good
things for writers, snippets of interest about counselling, a very moving story,
and items about politics and conservation that will make you think, but are good
for you all the same.

    Please go to http://mudsmith.net/bobbing5-9.html and see for yourself.
    All the best,
    Bob
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Dear all
I have put the idea of an outreach presence of climate change groups at
cinamas during the showing of "An Inconvenient Truth" to the United
International Pictures publicity agent Brooke Wilkins in Sydney.
What she and I discussed is a cross the board climate change and energy
information representation at the cinemas during the showing.

I propose that the Anvil Hill Alliance work towards
a launch in Newcastle and Sydney.

She also suggested a national climate change action presence during the
showing.
Her email# is  <brookewilkins@...>

I offer to work with you all on ideas and connections.

The Edge Cinema in Katoomba is interested in an event to launch the film
there.

The manager is Zara

Email# <zara@...>

Lets network together to formulate an action plan for United International
Pictures to this proposal as soon as possible.


Yours Benny Zable

----- Original Message -----
From: "jo abbess" <jo.abbess@...>
To: <energy.report@...>
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 8:50 AM
Subject: Climate Change : 4th November 2006 : Carbon Cap



Dear Climate Changers,

As you all know, mining, pumping and burning fossil fuels, such as Coal,
Petroleum and Natural Gas, releases Greenhouse Gases into the
atmosphere, such as Carbon Dioxide and Methane, which cause Global
Warming.

We've got to put a stop to it, even if it means we have to slow down
economic growth and industrial development.

Placing definite upper limits on Greenhouse Gas emissions by legal,
international treaty is the only way we can get to grips with this
enormous problem.

We have to put a cap on it.

The Carbon Cap.

Would that look rather like a Yorkshireman's flat cap ? Or like a black
beret ? A woolly ski hat with ear flaps ? What would it look like,
really ?

If anyone out there knows an organic cloth and ethical garment maker,
willing to design and bring to market a Carbon Cap, we could use this
for Climate Change fundraising and publicity for the events happening in
Autumn and Winter this year

It doesn't have to be a brand, it doesn't need to have a logo, it
doesn't even need to be a uniform style or colour. It might even be made
of secondhand material, come to think of it...

Get your creative juices working on this one, people.

And get back to me !

jo.


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From: "jo abbess" <jo.abbess@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 9:33 AM
Subject: Climate Change : Please Contribute Original Music



Dear Creatives,

Do you want to write some music about Climate Change ? Do you want to
perform some Climate Change music ?

In the Autumn (Fall) and Winter of 2006, there are a number of
initiatives that I am (partly) aware of that all feature music performed
in relation to Climate Change :-

1.   "Climate Change : Live In The Park"
This is an infant proposal in the UK to have an outdoor pop/rock
day-long festival in one of London's public parks. No details as yet,
and no doubt no planning as yet.

2.   "Climate Change : Unplugged"
This is another infant proposal to recruit as many bands, at as many
venues as possible, across the United Kingdom, all on the same evening,
to hold unplugged acoustic musical events in order to publicise the
international Climate Marches on Saturday 4th November 2006.

3.   "Climate Change Symphony"
This is an older yet still unformed proposal to ask people to write a
piece of classical or modern orchestral or chamber style music based
around a Climate Change theme, and collect them together for a
performance. It would be possible to ask people to submit their pieces
in a digital format and then they could be compiled into a CD for
distribution. People would of course retain their copyright. It would be
very good to receive music from people in countries where Climate Change
is already affecting the quality of life.

4.   "Classical Climate Change"
This is a secret proposal that I know virtually nothing about and I am
waiting to hear more about it, but would seem to involve a classical
music performance, somewhere in the UK.

If anyone wants to contribute to any of these proposals, please let me
know.

It would be really exciting to have any of these take shape !

Keep strumming/bowing/tapping/plucking,

jo.
+44 77 17 22 13 96
jo.abbess@...
http://www.workface.org


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Yes I am interested and concerned

The  wake up call is for moderation and getting behind energy from nature
lobby rather than the con for more risky destructive technologies.
It about who runs power,  versus shared lifestyles of down to earth power
that is safe
I recommend you check this web site which gives you a better idea of what
this debate is really about.

<http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/ClimateChangeAction/>


ONE MILLION EUROPEANS DEMAND: PHASE OUT NUCLEAR POWER!

Sign the petition against nuclear power in Europe!
<http://www.million-against-nuclear.net>

Europe's energy policy is at the crossroads: Triggered by fears over supply
security or climate change, the nuclear energy industry hopes for a
comeback. But nuclear energy remains the most dangerous form of energy, the
problem of waste treatment and storage remains unsolved, leaving a dirty and
dangerous legacy behind for thousands of years. And nuclear power is
financially insane and no solution for the global warming crisis. Instead,
we need massive investments into energy efficiency and renewable energies.

Sign the European Petition against Nuclear Energy:
<http://www.million-against-nuclear.net>

Here enclosed is an article I wrote oulining my spin on lifestyle changes..

CURRENCY STANDARDS REWARDING WORTH

Monetary rewards, have primary been built on the exploitation of Natural
Resources, that is our Natural Capital.
The currency standard for worth of work is measured against the value gold
and the US dollar.
These currency standards compound problems effecting life on Earth.
It ultimately rewards greed and power that sacrifices the well being of our
environment.
There is a need for a standard/s that primary encourages people to live
lightly on the Earth, rewarding those in true conciousness who are nurturing
the well being of the living Earth.
A measure that makes all humans accountable for negatively impacting on life
on Earth, especially mining and weapon producing industries that pollute the
environment.
As long as our measure of worth is driven by profit motives, life on Earth
is doomed.
The Lake Cowal gold mine, which a lot of us on the North Coast are
protesting is a symptom of this destructive culture.[1]
The Hon. Ron Paul of Texas in his speech before the U.S. House of
Representatives February 15, 2006 pointed out the end of the Dollar
Hegemony.
This speech clearly points out the criminal deception of government
standards that have dominated the worlds market place. He raises the issue
of what constitute real value.  [2]
Leading Economist John Galbraith, who died Saturday April 29th has spent a
lifetime seeking a fare solution to a system driven by profit. [3]
In 2003, an International Parliamentary network, launched an initiative,
“Save the Earth Summit”, to highlight 10 priorities that would help the
Johannesburg Conference  produce concrete results for sustainable
development, including the installation of a Tobin type tax. [4] Tobin Tax
[5]

Climate Change/Global Warming is a sure indicator that the Earth cannot take
these assaults any more as graphically illustrated in 'An Inconvenient
Truth' a recent book and movie by Al Gore. [6]
To our shame, Dr David Susuki exposed Australia, a leader per capita in
Greenhouse emissions; ahead of Luxembourg, Canada and the USA in  the
Industrialized world.
James Lovelock's Gaia theory, brought to light that the earth is a living
being. From his latest book 'the revenge of gaia' he says:
'Gaia, the living Earth is old and not as strong as she was 2 billion  years
ago. She struggles to keep the earth cool enough for her myriad  forms of
life against the ineluctable increase of the sun's heat. But to add to her
difficulties, one of those forms of life, humans, disputatious tribal
animals with dreams of conquest even of other planets, has tried to rule the
Earth for their own benefit alone.' [7]

Slowing down the rate of this trend indeed requires major restructuring on
the way humans live. Paolo Soleri architect, philosopher which I had the
privilege to meet, work and play, at Arcosanti arcology permaculture
village/mini city, calls out to "Miniaturize or die". Hyper-consumerism is
killing us, while every minute the world’s population increases by several
thousand hundred acres of land,forever defiled by human greed. [8]
A political party with policies seeking solutions to our deteriorating
environment are Australian Greens.
Its policies are focused on reforms for social and ecological justice [9]
The Earth Charter is a declaration of fundamental principles for building a
just, sustainable, and peaceful global society in the 21st century. It seeks
to inspire in all peoples a new sense of global interdependence and shared
responsibility for the well-being of the human family and the larger living
world. It is an expression of hope and a call to help create a global
partnership at a critical juncture in history.[10]
A Global Solution Strategy one pager known as the Earth Repair Charter which
a number of us worked on with Franklin Scarf is a detailed strategy outline
for reclaiming the health and well being of this planet.[11] This in great
part has been inspired by Richard St.Barbe Baker who spent a lifetime
planting forests, described the forests as the skin of the  Earth. [12]
LETS, (a Local Economic Trading System) provides a means by which people can
continue trading, can continue working, without having to wait for the
social lubricant of money.[13]
WOOFing (Willing Worker On Organic Farms) is a voluntary gardening for
lodging system.[14]
Meditation retreats and pilgrimages helps open up a greater awareness for
connectedness with nature within and around us. Some leading teachers in
this field are Christopher Titmus and Subhana Barzaghi [15]
John Seed and Joanna Macy had developed a ritual THE COUNCIL OF ALL BEINGS
that helps us, by representing other life forms, challenge human centered
thinking. [16]
The Wittenberg Center in Woodstock, New York, similar have exercised Native
American tranformative rituals that instills a spiritual connectedness with
nature.[17]
Within Aboriginal culture, lies the basis of spiritual connectedness,
stewardship and care for the earth. We must continue to demand permanent
protection of our living capital consisting of all areas of sacred and
significant values, places of archeological significance: the remaining
natural heritage of unique ecosystems, including old growth native forests,
grasslands, wetlands, water, and high conservation value areas.This movement
leads us to recognizing both nationally and internationally Aboriginal
Sovereignty and Aboriginal Sovereign governance, over this ancient land and
lands traditional owners that have been dispossessed worldwide as an
integral part for healing the earth. One of the active groups outreaching is
ANTaR an aboriginal support group in Victoria who played a major role in the
recent protests at the Stolenwealth Games.[18]
Reg Dodd, Aboriginal elder and leader of the Arabanna community in Marree
SA, once told me that the Earth will sort us humans out if we continue
abusing her.
These words I painted on the mural at the Arabanna Centre: From an
International Indian Treaty council report NGO (Non Government
Organization) conference on Indigenous peoples and land, 15th-18th
September 1981 stating...
"If the transnational and colonialist governments continue to defy the
natural order of things in their quest for material wealth,  mother Earth
will retaliate, the whole environment will retaliate and  the abusers will
be eliminated Things come back full circle, back to  where they started".
A national aboriginal stop uranium mining declaration that the Arabanna
signed onto can be found on; [19]
Aboriginal people have lived in harmony with each other and the land before
the Age of Empires and Nation states. The key to this relationship is care
for one another (the tribe) and well being in a wholistic sense care for the
natural environment.
History has shown that this fortress domineering mentality (greed) leads to
perpetual wars as we are experiencing now.  The slogan THINK  GLOBALLY, ACT
LOCALLY; from Rene Dubos, advisor to the United Nations Conference on the
Human Environment in 1972, has helped inspire the movement of global action
for local healing. [20] We are all part of this web of life and responsible
for its health.
As Chief Seattle in his wisdom stated;  HUMANKIND HAS NOT WOVEN THE WEB OF
LIFE.
WE ARE BUT ONE THREAD WITHIN IT.  WHATEVER WE DO TO THE WEB, WE DO TO
OURSELVES.  ALL THINGS ARE BOUND TOGETHER.  ALL THINGS CONNECT. [21]
Hopi Prophecy states:
"When the earth is dying, there shall arise a new tribe of all colours and
all creeds. This tribe shall be called the Warriors of the Rainbow, and it
will put its faith in actions not words". [22]
The Rainbow Region, North Coast NSW, has moved a long way in addressing
these issues.
Thank you.

Yours Benny Zable for healing oneself, one another, the Earth

[1] <http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/gold/lakep.html>
[2] <http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2006/cr021506.htm>
[3] <http://manage.greens.org.au/>
[4] <http://tobintaxcall.free.fr>
[5] <http://cowles.econ.yale.edu/faculty/tobin.htm>
[6] <http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/004139.html>
[7] <http://www.ecolo.org/lovelock/>
[8] <http://www.geocities.com/arcology_IT/chapter4.htm>
[9] <http://greens.org.au/>
[10] <http://www.earthcharter.org/innerpg.cfm?id_menu=19>
[11] <http://www.earthrepair.net>
[12] <http://www.manofthetrees.org/index.htm>
[13] <http://www.pcug.org.au/~normc/lets/welcome.htm>
[14] <http://www.wwoof.com.au/overseas.html>
[15] <http://www.translucents.org/titmus.htm>
[16] <http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/deep-eco/coab.htm>
[17] <http://www.wittenbergcenter.org/>
[18] <http://www.antarvictoria.org.au/BlackGST.html>
[19] <http://www.anawa.org.au/action/declaration.html>
[20] <http://www.medicalecology.org/dubos.htm>
[21] <http://www.mountainman.com.au/thchief2.html>
[22] <http://www.manataka.org/page235.html#HOPI%20PROPHESY>



>From: "Graham Young" <graham.young@...>
>To: <bennyzable@...>
>Subject: On Line Opinion/ABC research on the environment
>Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 17:51:49 +1000
>
>Dear Benny Zable,
>
>
>
>What are the important environmental issues, and what can we do about them?
>Journalists, pressure groups and politicians are keen to tell us what to
>worry about, but as usual, we want to know what you think so we have posted
>a questionnaire
><http://whatthepeoplewant.net/questionnaire-020-the-environment.asp>  about
>the environment on the "What the people want" website
><http://whatthepeoplewant.net/> .
>
>
>
>If you know anyone else who could be interested in participating, please
>forward this email on to them.
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>As usual, we will analyse the responses on the Morning Program on ABC
>Radio,
>Brisbane tomorrow at around 10:00 a.m. If you want to be included in that
>sample you will need to respond by 5:00 p.m. today. We will keep taking
>responses after that which will form part of the final report uploaded to
>the "What the people want" site, so if you can't find the time before 5:00
>p.m. you can still register your views..
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>
>We have also recently posted reports on two of our earlier questionnaires.
>If you are interested in education, then you can download that report by
>clicking here
><http://whatthepeoplewant.net/files/report_education_total_15_05_06.pdf> .
>If you're from Queensland, then you could also be interested in reading our
>report on the now aborted merger between the coalition parties - click here
><http://whatthepeoplewant.net/files/Coalition_merger_report_12_06_06.pdf> .
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>We've also done a report
><http://whatthepeoplewant.net/files/budget_2006_report_13_06_06.pdf>  on
>the
>Budget, as well as who you would prefer to lead the Labor and Liberal
>parties. Julia Gillard and Malcolm Turnbull do extremely well.
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>I'm currently working on the nuclear
><http://whatthepeoplewant.net/questionnaire-019-nuclear-age.asp>  energy
>survey and plan to have something available later this week. We will also
>be
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You know Anne
This scheme is good but there are newer and better technolegies in the
pipeline as you know.
Why not put all of them out to the prime minister who is obviouly totally in
denial of these safer new technologies that are comming on the market.

>From: "Anne Goddard" <winter___@...>
>Reply-To: ClimateChangeAction@...
>To: "Group 1" <ClimateChangeAction@...>
>Subject: [ClimateChangeAction] Brilliant!!! Fw from Peter Bright: Water
>power
>Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:47:34 +1000
>
>totally brilliant!
>cc Prime Minister Howard
>Bob Brown
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Peter Bright
>To: Anne Goddard
>Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 5:00 PM
>Subject: Water power
>
>
>http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3710325a10,00.html

This is the latest sent to me today.
Benny Zable

John Kerry: Three New Bold Ideas for Energy Independence and Global Climate
Change
     t r u t h o u t | Statement

     Monday 26 June 2006

     Today, in a speech at Faneuil Hall in Boston, Massachusetts, John Kerry
introduced a bold new plan to achieve energy independence and combat global
climate change. Kerry's plan challenges America to accept three big ideas to
win energy independence and meet the ten year challenge of combating global
climate change.

     A fact sheet on the Kerry Energy Plan is below.

     Below are Kerry's remarks as prepared for delivery:

     Our Energy Challenge
     Senator John Kerry
     Monday 26 June 2006
     Faneuil Hall
     Boston, Massachusetts

     Here in Faneuil Hall, America's first great gathering ground of free
speech and dissent, we came together two months ago and nearly two and a
half centuries after the voices of patriots were first heard within these
walls.

     We came together to affirm that the patriotism of 2006, no less than the
patriotism of 1776, demands that we speak truth to power - that for love of
country, we must end a war in Iraq that kills too many of our sons and
daughters, betraying both our national interests and our ideals.

     Last week, in the Senate, we stood against appeals to politics and pride
and demanded a date to bring our troops home. We did that because that's the
way you get Iraqis to stand up for Iraq and fight a more effective war on
terror.

     We defied the White House tactics of fear and smear. Presidents and
Republican politicians may be concerned about losing votes or losing face or
losing legacies. We told the truth because we are more concerned about young
Americans and Iraqi civilians losing their lives. And I guarantee you, our
success would bring less loss of life, less expenditure of dollars, and it
would make America safer.

     I say "we" because even though our resolution only won 13 votes this
time, I know every minute of the debate you were there with us - there with
Russ Feingold, there with Ted Kennedy and there with us as we voted our
beliefs and yours - that a policy based on deception and filled with
blunders is no excuse for its own perpetuation.

     But while we lost that roll call, I guarantee we will win the judgment
of history because Washington is wrong and Americans are right, and we must
set a new course in Iraq.

     Yet our challenge is not just to end this war, it is to prevent the next
one. The arrogance of ideology and the willful ignorance of the intelligence
led us into a war of choice in Iraq. Now we must act so that at some future
date America will never have to fight for its economic security because we
are permanently held hostage to foreign oil.

     We must make the hard choices - about alternative energy and clean coal,
conservation and fuel efficiency - that will free our future from the
dominance of big oil and yesterday's fossil fuels, a dominance that in the
era of global warming threatens the future itself.

     So I come here again to Faneuil Hall, which is also the cradle of
American independence, to set out a strategy for energy independence. To
propose specific steps for an energy revolution as far-reaching as the
industrial revolution. And to oppose the procrastination, the Washington
evasion and the Cheney-run secret task forces by and for big oil.

     How insulting and ridiculous it is to be told that the solution to our
problems is to drill in and destroy the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that
would yield a few months of oil when we are already importing 60 percent of
our oil and climbing? God only gave us 3% of the world's oil reserves. There
is simply no way to drill our way out of our problem. We have to invent our
way out.

     To do that, we also have to invent our way out of the politics of greed
and empty posturing that has worsened our dependence and denied the
undeniable and potentially disastrous effects of global warming.

     Not long ago, in the face of record gas prices, a volatile Middle East,
and hostile rhetoric from a fundamentalist regime in Iran, a President of
the United States asked "Why have we not been able to get together as a
nation to resolve our serious energy problem?"

     His name was Jimmy Carter - and that steamy summer of 1979 seems as
familiar today as the question he raised then. Almost twenty seven years
later we face another summer of record gas prices, raging violence across a
volatile Middle East, renewed rhetoric of hate from a fundamentalist regime
in Tehran. Our national neglect has made the quarter of a century since then
what Winston Churchill called "years the locust has eaten." Today we endure
another summer of record gas prices; we witness the violence raging across a
volatile Middle East; and we hear the rhetoric of hate from a hostile
government in Tehran.

     George W. Bush now says that "America is addicted to oil." His preferred
policy has been to feed the addiction; his attitude on greenhouse gases is
to let them increase; his energy alternatives are token; again and again his
approach to crisis is to denigrate the environment. Mr. President, the
people know the truth: America is not addicted to oil because it wants to
be. Washington is addicted to oil because that's the way powerful interests
want it to be.

     And it has been this way ever since President Nixon announced a national
goal that by 1980, "the United States will not be dependent on any other
country for the energy we need." President Ford extended the deadline:
energy independence by 1985. Come 1985 President Reagan was promising to
"ensure that our people and our economy are never again held hostage by the
whim of any country or cartel."

     The bottom line - whenever we face an energy crisis, talk of energy
independence becomes the common currency of the American political dialogue.
We have Apollo projects and Manhattan Projects for alternative fuels;
summits and conferences and energy expos. And then, as the price of oil
falls or supplies increase or a war is put behind us, the sense of urgency
evaporates.

     Too often our leaders in both parties have done what's easy, turned
their backs on hard realities and great possibilities. Renewables,
efficiency breakthroughs, clean technologies have been marginalized in the
face of self-interested forces.

     In these lost years, we could have created millions of new jobs, opened
up vast new markets, improved the health of our citizens, slowed global
warming, saved the taxpayers money, earned the respect of the world, and
significantly strengthened our long term security. Instead America's energy
strategy has been rhetorical, not real.

     For evidence, look no further than the fake energy bill Congress enacted
over bipartisan objections - a monstrosity with no guiding national goal, no
tough decisions, no change in priorities - just a logrolling,
back-scratching collection of subsidies for any industry with the clout to
get a seat at the table and a share of the pork. A few good ideas, a lot of
bad ideas and ugly ideas - Washington smiled equally upon all of them.

     I don't know how to say it more plainly: Washington's energy policy is
as real as their claims of Mission Accomplished in Iraq. But it is also the
latest chapter in the long story in both parties politics at its worst -
ducking the difficult choices, giving into the big contributors,
substituting words for deeds, postponing the reckoning until the day after
tomorrow. If you offend no one, you change nothing. The world is changing
and now the reckoning is real.

     Last Thursday, Brian Williams opened the nightly news with a stark
statement: "Top climate scientists are saying with a high level of
confidence that the earth is the hottest it has been in 400 years." NBC's
science correspondent reported that global warming may lead to "rising sea
levels, heavy rains in some areas, drought in others, and an increase in
severe weather, including hurricanes." Was there room to argue? Well, as the
NBC story concluded "you can [always] make a debate if you can find one
scientist who says the earth is flat and have him debate it against
everybody else."

     Well, Washington is full of "flat-earth" politicians. No matter how the
evidence has mounted over two decades - the melting of the arctic ice cap,
rising sea levels, extreme weather - the flat earth caucus can't even see
what is on the horizon. In the Congress they've even trotted out the author
of Jurassic Park as an expert witness to argue that climate change is
fiction. This is Stone Age science.

     Here's the bottom line: within the next decade, if we don't deal with
global warming, our children and grandchildren will have to deal with global
catastrophe. It is time to stop debating fiction writers, oil executives and
flat-earth politicians, and actually take on the other mortal threat to
America after terrorism, which, because of our oil dependence, is a decisive
front in the war on terrorism.

     We can't respond to climate change, and we can't wage and win a real war
on terror if we don't at last take bold, real steps towards energy
independence. For too long, we have allowed fundamental problems in the
Middle East to fester by signaling corrupt Arab regimes that we don't care
what they do so long as they keep the oil flowing.

     So, energy independence is more than an important economic priority; it
is an indispensable element of our national security. Our reliance on oil
not only props up decaying and dictatorial regimes, but those that tolerate
and sustain terrorist groups. Any long-term strategy for winning the war on
terror must be matched with a determined effort to reduce our dependence on
petroleum. It demands an international response, linked to the rapid
emergence of new energy technologies, in order to ensure that emerging
economies don't become the new enablers of Middle East autocrats. Make no
mistake, our long term mission in the war on terror depends on long term
energy independence. We must end the empire of oil.

     For some, it may be hard to conceive of a world where fossil fuels, and
especially petroleum, are not the dominant sources of fuel.

     In fact, we've been here before. One hundred and fifty years ago in
Massachusetts, in New Bedford and Nantucket, no one could conceive of a
future that didn't depend on whale oil. But until recently, America's
history has been to drive technology, transform marketplaces, and invent a
future never imagined before. In America, making the impossible possible has
been a credo and a way of life. In the 1930s only 10 percent of rural
America had electricity. Utilities refused to wire rural counties because
homes were too far apart. To bring electricity to all Americans, Congress
provided more than $5 billion to finance rural electrification. By the
1950s, there was hardly a corner of America that was still dark. Across our
history we've successfully moved from wood to coal, coal to oil, oil to a
mix of oil, gas, coal, nuclear and hydroelectric. Now it's time to move to
solar, wind, biomass, fuel cells, clean coal, and other wonders of American
ingenuity, and I believe Washington must lead the marketplace in the right
direction.

     Today there is as compelling a national interest to address the security
and environmental threats of fossil fuels as there is to defeat radical,
extreme Islamists and global terror. Our soldiers shouldn't be the only ones
to sacrifice in this war. We must all be soldiers, and we must all welcome
some sacrifice in that service.

     As individuals, the change can be as simple as replacing traditional
light bulbs with efficient fluorescents. In our communities we should
require that new buildings include lights that turn off when people leave
the room. We should follow the lead of Tokyo and their energy efficient
escalators that shut off when they aren't being used. There are literally
thousands of things to be done, too few of which we are being asked to do.

     Each of us can do something. And together all of us can insist on
leaders who secure our energy independence, not ones who barter it away. We
wouldn't elect a candidate who said terrorism wasn't a threat. We wouldn't
tolerate a candidate for national office who didn't say he was committed to
capturing or killing Osama Bin Laden. But for too long we've tolerated those
who treat the threat of energy insecurity and the truth of global climate
change as an inconvenient myth. Well, from now on, every American who walks
into a polling place can and should vote to kick out anyone who stands in
the way of energy independence.

     But it is also time to put Washington to the test. Time to tell powerful
interests that the old era has ended and so have their easy arrangements.
Then instead of empty slogans and long laundry lists of bite-sized ideas
that tinker at the edges of outdated policy, we can embark on revolutions
that will put our energy future in our own hands and put global climate
change at the top of the national agenda where it belongs.

     Today I want to focus on the three big steps that are imperative to
addressing global warming and transitioning to dependence on homegrown
sources of energy. First, I believe we need to establish an oil goal and
implement an aggressive set of policies to reach it. Second, I believe we
must immediately expand the availability, production, and distribution of
renewable fuels to run our cars. And third, we need to get serious about
climate change and take measures to freeze and reverse our greenhouse gas
emissions.

     To start: We must establish mandates for reducing US oil consumption by
2.5 million barrels of oil per day by 2015 - an amount equivalent to the oil
we currently import from the Persian Gulf.

     Yes, I said mandate - and I said it because we have lost too much time
for voluntary measures to be put to the test. And we can't just set a
mandate - we have to provide incentives to businesses and industry to make
the mandate achievable.

     We must significantly ramp up our production of Flex Fuel Vehicles. They
run on alternative fuels, like E85, a blend of 85 percent ethyl alcohol - a
home-grown, domestic, completely renewable source of fuel that burns cleaner
than gasoline.

     Other countries already know something we don't. Actually they've been
doing something we won't - something influential interests don't want us to
do. Thirty years ago when Brazil faced an energy crisis they got serious
about alternative fuels. Relying on new stocks of homegrown fuels in
addition to its own oil production, this year Brazil will achieve energy
independence. If Brazil can do it, why can't we? If a developing country can
go from 90 percent dependence on foreign oil to zero percent dependence in
three decades, then we - the most powerful, creative, industrial country on
Earth - we can change the destructive course we're on.

     Today, in this country, only six million vehicles - just 10 percent of
all those on the road - can be fueled by E85, and less than one percent of
the service stations have even a single E85 pump. To change that we must
require - not just recommend - that an increasing percentage of new cars can
run on E85 and that by 2020 all new cars will have the capacity to run on
E85. 20/20: that's not just a vision, that's a real program to jumpstart
energy independence.

     But building these cars doesn't get you very far if there is nowhere for
Americans to them fill up. What a Washington solution it would be if we
built flex fuel cars but you couldn't buy the fuel - talk about a bridge to
nowhere. We need to immediately expand our investment in E85 infrastructure.
Mandate that 10 percent of all major oil company filling stations offer at
least one ethanol pump by 2010. And to deploy this technology quickly,
provide financial incentives to both independent and retail chains to
install the new pumps. Just think - we can put ethanol pumps in every single
gas station in America for what we spend in Iraq in just one week. I don't
think there's a Member of Congress who will want to tell their constituents
they didn't think breaking our dependence on oil was worth as much as one
week in Iraq. When the energy spending bill comes before the Senate, I will
offer an amendment to get over 1800 E85 pumps across the country in the next
year alone, and with your help we'll make the Congress vote yes or no -
choose the status quo or choose America's energy future.

     To ensure we have enough ethanol to meet our demands, we must also
invest in the kind of ethanol produced from plant wastes and energy crops
like switchgrass. And we must set a goal of having 30 percent of our fuels
come from biofuels by 2020. Believe me, if we're spending 2 billion in Iraq
in one week, we can commit $2 billion in funding for cellulosic biofuels
over the next ten years!

     Energy efficiency can be a powerful weapon in the arsenal of our
democracy and is as indispensable as armor and munitions. We have to combat
the threat to soldiers that comes not just from gun barrels but from oil
barrels. We should all be incensed that we are in effect financing both
sides in the war on terror every time we fill up our tanks. We can't keep
asking American troops to risk the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq if those of us
on the homefront aren't ready to make even the smallest sacrifice to help
them.

     I remember sitting with a top CEO from the auto industry in the spring
of 2003. He'd come to see me to talk about automobile efficiency standards.
I asked him why the American auto industry seemed unwilling to build more
fuel efficient cars. He told me that the American consumer wouldn't buy a
more fuel efficient car. He asked me, "Why in the world would we change
everything to build more fuel efficient vehicles when no one wants them?"
Three years later as the demand for hybrids and high mileage vehicles soars,
the Japanese are there in the market and our own companies are struggling to
catch up and even survive.

     With leadership in Washington through a combination of incentives,
grants and standards, we can and must at last revolutionize the way we
drive.

     We must no longer be afraid of the third rail of energy policy - fuel
economy standards. Fuel efficiency standards have been essentially unchanged
since 1980. Think about that. Jimmy Carter was President, my daughters were
playing Atari and wearing leg-warmers, apartheid was a way of life in South
Africa, and America was tuning in to find out who shot J.R. Since then,
because Washington stood still, captive to powerful interests, the average
efficiency of vehicles has actually declined. The United States can't have a
serious policy for oil security until we leave the 1980's behind - entering
the 21st century by demanding a major increase in the fuel economy of our
cars.

     Massachusetts and California have led the way cutting CO2 emissions from
cars, leading the way for more efficient cars in these states. But state
action alone cannot meet this national challenge. Washington must do its
job, too. We need to establish a federal standard for controlling carbon
dioxide emissions from cars and trucks. If the entire country did what
Massachusetts and California are already doing, we could raise fuel
efficiency by 40 percent.

     Building the cars of the future - fuel-efficient, advanced-technology
vehicles - will require automakers and their suppliers to retool their
factories. I believe the federal government has a responsibility to help
them remain competitive. Tax credits will help support the necessary
investments, make the new technologies cost effective, and create jobs for
the workers who will build the cars of the future and help consumers buy
them. We should commit $3 billion to this effort in tax credits over the
next five years - tax credits that will not only help reduce oil dependence
but which will pay for themselves through tax revenue generated by the
growth and productivity that follow.

     But like all the funding in my proposal, let's not leave it subject to
the whims of Congress and an army of appropriators. We need to create a new
security and conservation trust fund to guarantee the resources to move the
nation towards energy independence. This isn't a matter of capacity, it's a
matter of willpower. We have the money, the question is whether we have the
right priorities. Just by rolling back the tax breaks for big oil which even
President Bush opposes, and by renegotiating oil leases, we can invest in a
fund for energy security.

     Instead of a tax code that works for the K Street lobbyists, let's
provide an aggressive set of tax incentives and grants to ensure that by
2020, 20 percent of all passenger cars and trucks on the road will be fuel
efficient, low emissions hybrid vehicles. Sure, hybrid vehicles are more
expensive today. But they don't have to be if we put a little presidential
muscle behind them. The doors of college were only open to the rich and
powerful until President Lincoln pioneered a system of Land Grant Colleges
that gave us UMass and URI and the University of Connecticut. After World
War II, highways and roads were underfunded by local governments and some
were unusable until President Eisenhower pushed through a national highway
system. You want hybrid vehicles out on those highways? Make it affordable
for Americans to buy American hybrids - because that's a hell of a lot
better than subsidizing Saudi sheiks who look the other way while madrassas
teach kids hatred and violence.

     Here's another bottom-line: Good energy policy is also fundamental to
coping with global climate change.

     In 1992, I was part of the Senate delegation to the Rio Earth Summit. I
was continuing an interest sparked when I lead efforts in the eighties to
deal with acid rain - efforts that culminated in our creating a Cap and
Trade system for emissions and making it part of the Clean Air Act in 1990.
I believe that George Herbert Walker Bush - Bush "41" - can be proud that he
was a President Bush who signed into law bills to help us reduce pollution.

     The story since then is not just a disappointment - it is a flagrant,
dangerous, arrogant disavowal of science at the behest of the powerful. It
is a damning story of public irresponsibility and private profiteering.
Those who have encouraged, facilitated and acquiesced in it will go down in
history as modern day robber barons who sold out future generations for
their own selfish gain. We need to use this November to throw the robber
barons and their cronies out of the Congress and put the peoples' interests
back in.

     Each year since 1992, the science has become more certain. What was
theory in some areas is now proven fact. Scientific models have become more
sophisticated and more accurate. Across the world scientists and national
leaders - except ours - have spoken out and acted decisively. Only the
United States stands out as a flat earth holdout for inaction. When
confronted by scientific facts, leaders must not change the facts to suit
their politics; whether the issue is global warming, stem cell research, or
Iraq, leaders must tell people the truth.

     In the last month Al Gore's "Inconvenient Truth" has brought the science
to millions of Americans in a dramatic and persuasive way. Al was an early
leader and a visionary on climate change - and if he had not just been
elected but been inaugurated as President, America today would be the
world's leading advocate, not the world's leading opponent of climate
change.

     The question now - even more than it has been for the last years - is
not whether climate change is happening but what are we going to do about
it? No, I don't mean how does the political system moan and groan and adopt
makeshift responses. I mean what are we really going to do? How do we turn
this danger into opportunity? How do we meet a challenge of epic proportions
with an epic American response?

     Well we have to start by ending the bizarre disconnect of American
politics. Real crises stare us in the face, screaming for solution. But
non-existent, contrived ones replace the real ones on the agenda of a
Congress that wants to change the political climate instead of dealing with
climate change. They remain bent on dividing the country with flag burning
and gay bashing amendments to the Constitution when we should be
strengthening the country with a determined attack on global climate change.

     Compare that kind of craven politics, to last week's announcement by the
nation's leading climate scientists - a shocking new report that revealed
that the earth's temperature is at a 2,000 year high. The scientists said -
let me just read it to you - that the "recent warmth is unprecedented for at
least the last 400 years and potentially the last several millennia" and
they also stated that "human activities are responsible for much of the
recent warming."

     Unless we deal with global warming boldly and quickly our world will
undergo a string of terrible events in both the Atlantic and the Pacific far
worse than Hurricane Katrina.

     Never before have so many people lived so close to the coasts: More than
a hundred million people worldwide live within three feet of sea level. Some
of the world's greatest cities like - New York, Shanghai, Bangkok, and Tokyo
- are at risk.

     So we need a plan that actually does what the science tells us we have
to do to. That's why I will be introducing in the Senate the most
far-reaching proposal in our history. Nothing else will protect our security
and our world. And I believe that anyone who knows the urgency of this
global challenge, would be fighting to make this our national policy. And
that is what I'm going to do.

     It will stop and reverse US emissions of carbon dioxide and other
greenhouse gases. I propose establishing an aggressive economy wide cap and
trade program to reverse emissions growth starting in 2010. After that, we
will progress to more rapid reductions and end at 65 percent below 2000
emissions by the year 2050.

     At the same time, we cannot be reckless about the economic impacts. We
must ensure American businesses remain competitive with the rest of the
world. To achieve that goal, my plan will provide the tools to help the
economy transition to new clean energy technologies, protect workers and
affected communities, and protect companies and consumers from energy cost
shocks. We will provide tax incentives for good behavior and increased
funding for research, development and deployment of clean energy
technologies. And I believe we should double the federal government funding
for research and development to support private sector energy research,
demonstration, and deployment.

     The US is the world's single largest emitter of greenhouse gases, but
the US alone cannot solve the challenge of climate change. It is going to
take action from other countries - - both developed and developing. We must
re-engage in discussions with the international community and work together
to plan a path forward. It's a global problem and it's going to require a
global solution.

     We have big challenges to solve - and a whole host of people in
Washington who don't know how to tackle them, and a whole cast of political
consultants who will counsel their candidates not even to try.

     That's where you come in. You need to push the curve. You need to shake
things up.

     A Saudi Arabian oil minister and a founder of OPEC once said, "That the
Stone Age came to an end not for a lack of stones, and the oil age will end,
but not for a lack of oil." We are not about to run out of oil, but the
consequences of endless dependence on oil are too great, too profound, and
too dangerous for our nation. Rather than have our energy policy be the last
big mistake of the 20th century, we can and must create a policy that is the
first great breakthrough of the 21st century.

     So for the second time in our history let's declare and win our
independence. This time not from foreign rule but from foreign oil. If we
are as Lincoln said the "last best hope of Earth," let's stop being the
denier of global warming that endangers the Earth. Let's give our people
back the truth, and let's give the world back its future.

     Three Big New Ideas to Achieve Energy Independence and Combat Global
Climate Change

     America's oil dependence and contributions to global climate change are
endangering our national security, our economy, and our environment. America
consumes one-quarter of the world's total oil, but has less than 3 percent
of its known reserves. Currently, we import about 60 percent of our oil,
making us dangerously dependent on a precarious energy source which is vital
to our economy and way of life. According to the Energy Information
Administration, US oil consumption is projected to grow significantly over
the next two decades, forcing us to rely on imports for nearly 70 percent of
our oil by 2025, and increasing our dependence on some of the most unstable
regions in the world. America also contributes about 30 percent of the
world's greenhouse gas emissions but comprises only 5 percent of the world's
population.

     Senator Kerry knows we cannot win the war on terror and get serious
about global climate change and energy security, if we do not take bold
steps to actually break our oil addiction. Talk is not enough. A safer, more
secure energy future is well within our reach. The imperative has never been
greater to reshape the future of our energy supply and energy use. First,
Kerry will establish an oil savings goal and implement an aggressive set of
policies to reach it. Second, he believes we must immediately expand the
availability of renewable fuels to run our cars. And third, he believes we
need to get serious about climate change and take measures to freeze and
reverse our greenhouse gas emissions.

     (1) Reverse and Stop Emissions that Cause Global Warming

     Climate change is caused by carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in
the atmosphere that trap the sun's heat and cause the planet to heat up.
Climate change poses a growing threat to our national and economic security
- and to the planet our children and grandchildren will inherit. Last week,
the National Academy of Science concluded that the Northern Hemisphere was
the warmest it has been in 2,000 years and that "human activities are
responsible for much of the recent warming."

     Kerry Plan: Science tells us that we face a grave risk of potentially
devastating impacts if global temperatures increase by even more than a few
degrees. Senator Kerry will introduce the most comprehensive legislation yet
put before Congress to slow, stop and reverse greenhouse gas emissions. His
plan sets greenhouse gas emissions targets that science suggests will keep
temperatures below the danger point. The level of emissions is frozen in
2010 and then gradually declines each year to 65 percent below 2000
emissions levels by 2050. The bill achieves these targets through a
flexible, economy-wide cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gas emissions.
It includes measures to advance technology and reduce emissions through
clean, renewable energy and energy efficiency in the transportation,
industrial and residential sectors.

     The US is the world's single largest emitter of greenhouse gases, but
the US alone cannot solve the challenge of global climate change. It is
going to take action from other countries - - both developed and developing.
The Kerry proposal includes a resolution expressing the urgent need for
President Bush to re-engage in international climate negotiations.

     (2) Mandates for Reducing Oil Consumption

     The United States is saddled with rising prices for gasoline, escalating
uncertainty in energy markets, and increasing oil imports in the foreseeable
future. These stubborn facts will not change without an aggressive policy
response that promotes both radically increased energy efficiency in our
vehicle fleet and a rapid shift to greater use of alternative renewable
fuels. The imperative - and the opportunity - has never been greater to
reshape the future of our energy supply .

     Setting Oil Savings as an Urgent Priority

     The biggest flaw with the energy bill the president signed into law last
summer, the Energy Policy Act of 2005, is that it does virtually nothing to
reduce US oil use, despite the fact that about 60 percent of oil is now
imported and the percentage is projected to steadily rise.

Senator Kerry's plan will set mandatory targets for reducing US oil use by
2.5 million barrels of oil a day by 2015.
     A. Transportation: Transitioning from Oil Dependence to Renewable Fuels

     The transportation sector consumes more than two-thirds of the oil we
use, accounting for 13 million barrels of oil per day, and roughly a third
of our greenhouse gas emissions. We can reduce our oil dependence by
transforming our transportation sector: improving the efficiency of our
vehicles, making more clean and super-efficient vehicles that are
affordable, and that can run on renewable fuels.

     Promoting the Development of Super-Efficient Vehicles

     Over the past 20 years, automakers have used advancements in technology
to add more than 800 pounds to the average vehicle and to nearly double
horsepower, while fuel economy has slipped. Today we have the technology to
preserve or improve the current size, utility, performance, and safety
characteristics of our vehicles, while at the same time increasing fuel
economy. And over the next 20 years, hybrid technology - including hybrids
that run on clean, alternative fuels - and plug-in hybrids, can deliver even
greater gains in fuel economy. In the short-term, we need to take steps to
ensure that there are more of all of these types of vehicles on the road.

Strengthen CAFE. We must raise our federal fuel economy standards. America
has already proven that such strides are possible. Fuel economy for new
passenger cars nearly doubled between 1975 - when standards were first
adopted - and their peak in 1988, while fuel economy for new light trucks
increased by 50 percent. But the rules for passenger cars haven't changed
since 1985, and the average mileage of our new cars and trucks today is at
its lowest level in 20 years. Increased fuel economy standards would also
bring significant reductions in global warming pollution.

Accelerate the Conversion of American Vehicles to Flexible Fuel Technology.
Flexible fuel vehicles can run on higher blends of ethanol, which helps
displace petroleum. The Kerry plan mandates that by 2020, 100% of cars can
run on flex fuels.

Tax Credits to Convert Factories to Build the Cars of the Future. A recent
study by the University of Michigan found that unless US automakers move
faster to build hybrids, thousands of jobs could be lost. Producing
fuel-efficient, advanced-technology vehicles will require automakers and
their suppliers to retool their factories. Hybrid vehicles rely on advanced
equipment such as battery packs, electric motors and generators, and
electronic power controllers - components that currently come from factories
in Japan and Europe. Tax credits will help manufacturers make capital
investments necessary to retool their factories, increase the
cost-effectiveness of advanced technologies, and stimulate job growth in the
production of cleaner, more efficient vehicles. Senator Kerry's plan will
provide a total of $3 billion over the next five years in consumer and
manufacturer tax credits to spur these changes.

Close the SUV Loophole. Under current tax policy, the government grants
massive tax breaks to purchasers of SUVs. The original intent of the
provision was to increase capital investments by farmers and other small
business owners who rely on light-trucks or vans. When this provision was
added to the tax code, luxury passenger SUVs were not the market force they
have become, and it appeared a good way to help small businesses. Over time,
however, this provision has developed into a loophole big enough to drive a
6,000-pound SUV through. The Kerry proposal will eliminate the loophole that
allows the law to be misused by more accurately defining "passenger
vehicles" and "work vehicles."
     Promoting Biofuels and Infrastructure

     To reduce our dependence on foreign oil, we must ensure an adequate
supply of advanced technology vehicles and an adequate supply of fuel to
power them. Recently-passed energy legislation included a number of
provisions that should be rapidly implemented and fully funded to expand
investment in alternative fuels. There are more vehicles on the road that
can run on biofuels. Now we must remove the barriers to ethanol and other
biofuels at fueling stations across the country. And, we need to build
facilities to make ethanol from switchgrass and other waste products, in
addition to corn, so we can ensure that 30 percent of our fuels are biofuels
by 2020.

Mandate Ethanol Pumps at Gas Stations. Today, there are 6 million flex fuel
vehicles on the road, but less than one percent of the nation's fueling
stations have E85 pumps. Kerry will ensure that 18,000 gas stations owned or
branded by a major oil company offer at least one ethanol pump by 2010. And
he plans to offer an amendment to the energy spending bill later this year
to help us move towards that goal. The Kerry plan will also provide
incentives to independent and retail chain owners to install clean
alternative fueling pumps.

Keep Ethanol Competitive with Oil. Kerry believes that we should take steps
to ensure that there is a market for ethanol, even if the price of oil falls
dramatically. The Kerry plan would make the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax
credit (VEETC) variable with the price of oil to ensure that if oil prices
drop, investment in ethanol does not. Kerry's proposal would vary the credit
from $0.40 at current prices up to $0.80, instead of the current $0.51
credit as oil prices fluctuate from $70 to $30 per gallon.

Invest in Cellulosic Ethanol. Cellulosic ethanol has the potential to
substantially reduce our consumption of gasoline. Unlike traditional
ethanol, which is made from grains such as corn, wheat or soybeans,
cellulosic ethanol can be produced from a great diversity of biomass, and a
technological breakthrough could lead to widespread use of cellulosic
ethanol to fuel our vehicles. The Kerry plan will increase the cellulosic
ethanol production incentives to $2 billion over 10 years.
     B. Enhancing Domestic Energy Supply

     Promoting Renewable Energy

     Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia have implemented
market-based Renewable Energy Portfolio programs that require utilities to
gradually increase the portion of electricity produced from renewable
resources such as wind, biomass, geothermal, and solar energy. A study by
the Union of Concerned Scientists found that under the Energy Information
Administration's 2004 gas price forecast, a renewable standard of 20 percent
by 2020 would save $26.6 billion and that commercial and industrial
customers would be the biggest winners.

National Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard. Kerry's proposal will direct
the Department of Energy to seek an aggressive federal renewable energy
purchase requirement and to establish a national Renewable Energy Portfolio
Standard of 20 percent by 2020.
     C. Increasing Energy Efficiency

     In addition to developing new sources of energy, we must make better use
of available energy. New technological advances in appliances, energy grid
systems, and buildings can boost productivity, create jobs, improve the
reliability and safety of the energy infrastructure, and make dramatic
inroads in reducing air pollution. Energy efficiency investments are crucial
for meeting both our near-term and long-term energy needs.

     Setting Stronger Efficiency Standards for Buildings and Appliances

Increase Federal Government Energy Efficiency. The Kerry plan will mandate
that the government decrease energy usage through efficiency and
conservation measures to achieve a reduction in federal energy consumption
of 25% by 2025.

New 'Model' Efficiency Standards. The Kerry plan will require the Department
of Energy to develop national "model standards" to make new buildings at
least 30 percent more energy efficient and update appliance efficiency
standards and standards for manufactured homes, which account for almost
one-third of new housing construction. The Kerry plan will also require that
updated standards be reevaluated every five years for most appliances to
determine whether the standards need to be strengthened.

National Standards for Utilities. The Kerry plan will direct the Department
of Energy to establish national standards requiring utilities to obtain,
each year, one percent of their energy supplies through energy efficiency
improvements at customer facilities. These savings would accumulate each
year through 2025.
     (3) Developing Energy Technologies for the Future

Senator Kerry will double federal government funding for energy research and
development; increase incentives for private sector energy research,
development, demonstration, and early deployment (ERD); expand investment in
cooperative international ERD initiatives and facilitate greater
coordination among relevant federal agencies.

Establish a new Energy Security and Conservation Trust Fund. Reducing our
dependence on oil and building a future of clean and abundant energy are
urgent national priorities. Our political system, however, does not treat
them that way. To assure that the nation is on a track to reduce oil
dependence, Kerry is once again calling for the creation of an Energy
Security and Conservation Trust Fund capitalized by rolling back tax breaks
for big oil. The revenues will be dedicated to accelerating the
commercialization of technologies that will reduce America's dangerous
dependence on oil. The Trust Fund will allocate $20 billion over the next
decade to reduce oil dependence and create a cleaner and more reliable
energy future.


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[Greens-Media]
Tuesday, 27 June 2006

Prime Minister John Howard wants to shut out the Australian public
from
his nuclear review, making a lie of his call for a 'full-blooded
debate', Australian Greens energy spokesperson Senator Christine Milne
said today.

"Reports today that the hand-picked review panel will not hold public
hearings and probably won't call for public submissions show just
what
a
sham the process is," Senator Milne said in Alice Springs.

"Prime Minister Howard said he wanted a 'full-blooded debate' about
whether Australia should go down the nuclear track but he doesn't want
to hear what Australians have to say on the matter," Senator Milne
said.

"Instead, the panel will ask selected individuals to make submissions,
and even these may not be released to the public until after the
review
panel reports to the Prime Minister.

"This latest revelation about how the review panel will operate
further
demonstrates how deeply flawed the review is. Rather than fostering
full
debate across the community, it is designed to bolster the Prime
Minister's plan to develop uranium enrichment and turn Australia into
a
global nuclear waste dump.

"The lack of public consultation is consistent with the federal
government's style. While in Alice Springs I visited the Indigenous
community near one of three sites short-listed for a national nuclear
waste dump, who have not been consulted.

"We should be debating Australia's future energy mix in the context of
needing to make deep cuts to greenhouse gas emissions, not how to turn
Australia into a nuclear nation.

"The nuclear option shows the government's lack of vision after a
decade
in office. A much smarter alternative for Australia is to embrace
energy
efficiency and renewable energy, developing new industries with the
potential to create thousands of jobs and generate export income."

Contact: Katrina Willis 03 6234 4566 or 0437 587 562

Katrina Willis
Adviser
Senator Christine Milne
Phone 03 6234 4566
Fax 03 6234 2144
Mobile 0437 587 562
www.christinemilne.org.au

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1. Climate fun @ SOS! From: zoec moore
2. write/fax beazley to stop labor supporting uranium enrichment From:
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1. Climate fun @ SOS!
Posted by: "zoec moore" zoec.moore@...   z0e_m00re
Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:17 am (PST)
Hey crew!

Check out the amazing climate workshops goin' on at SOS this year!

There is something for everyone here folks, so you can get together with
other Clean Energy kids and plot to make sure your uni is the next climate
hero; organise to mobilise for G20; plan awesome Anvil Hill action or
just find out a bit more about what is going on in the grassroots climate
change movement.

Since SOS 2005, student Clean Energy organisers have been responsible for
amazing successes:

- The Australian Vice Chancellor's Committee received over 100
phone calls from students around the country, calling on the Committee to
take action on climate change;

- Monash committed to reducing its energy use by 20% by 2010 and
the creation of a Clean Energy Fund;

- Melbourne Uni increased its Green Power purchase to 5% (ok, so
this was prior to SOS..:);

- Sydney Uni committed $1m to research into renewables; and
- Two students attended the Kyoto talks in Montreal.

Lets make SOS 2006 the springboard to action for kickarse climate
activism in the *next* twelve months!

Raise the pressure, lower the heat !!

Monday
11.30 - 12.30

*Impacts of coal mining on Indigenous communities and working together - *
Colin Toby, Traditional owner and of the Gangulu people who have been
fighting coal mines in the Bowen Basin coal region for the past 12 years.

*Tuesday*
2- 3.30

*System Change not Climate Change *
Speakers from AFTI-Net, Greenpeace, Aid/Watch and ASEN

This panel will explore the threat of global economic structures that fuel
and perpetrate climate change and the unaccountable role of big business,
international institutions and governments in forums such as the G20 and
APEC.

G20 and APEC are coming to town. Learn how you can make a difference!

Wednesday
11 - 12.30

*Campus Organisers Panel *
4 student speakers from Monash, USyd, ANU and Connecticut in the US talking
about their campaign experiences, victories, challenges and key learnings.

2 - 3

*Climate Forum*
Tia Gaffney, Geoff Evans, Ben Pearson, Christine Phelps
Speakers will cover topics from climate refugees and the impacts of coal
mining on communities, to solution -based work and the community action,
saying 'no' to coal mining at Anvil Hill and new coal mines in NSW.

3- 4.30
*Anvil Hill action planning*
Anvil Hill is set to be the 'Jabiluka' of coal mining in Australia. Be part
of this exciting community-based action!

3 - 4.30 concurrent session

*Market based mechanisms to stop climate change*
Anna Rose, ASEN and Amy Tyler, ASEN

Taking a look at the effectiveness of emissions trading and the equity of
the Clean Development Mechanism in the Kyoto Protocol.

*Why a zero - carbon target is the only one worth campaigning for*
Adrian Whitehead, ACTConservation Council

Exploring the impacts of climate change, the need to campaign for a
zero-carbon target and a potential scenario for a zero carbon transition.

Thursday
11-12.30

*Campus Clean Energy working group strategy session*
**
With a campaign win already under our belts - lets plan how the rest of our
campuses are going to 'make the switch' , ramp up the national campaign,
share materials and set up a campus 'buddy' system!

2-3

*Energy futures*
**
A look at the regional challenges facing the QLD climate change campaign.
Call Shin for more info on this one! Shin - 0417 640 022.

3- 4.30

*Effective election campaigning* -
Campaigns Manager Lyndon Schneiders, The Wilderness Society

With decades of election campaign experience, Lyndon will share his winners
and bloopers and workshop kickarse election campaign strategy.

--
Zoe Moore
National Climate Convenor
Australian Student Environment Network
www.asen.org.au

Mobile: 0405 029 221

--
Zoe Moore
National Climate Convenor
Australian Student Environment Network
www.asen.org.au

Mobile: 0405 029 221

--
Zoe Moore
National Climate Convenor
Australian Student Environment Network
www.asen.org.au

Mobile: 0405 029 221

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2. write/fax beazley to stop labor supporting uranium enrichment
Posted by: "Monique Wicks" mwic3@...   mon_wicks
Sun Jun 25, 2006 4:22 am (PST)

Hello,

Last week Labor and Liberal went against a Greens motion that calls on
the Senate to oppose uranium enrichment (see clip below).

Please write/ email/ fax Beazley and your local MP and call on them to
oppose uranium enrichment.

To help you along, Jim Green has provided some notes below

**Beazley's Details**

**Parliament House:**
**Tel:** (02) 6277 4022
**Fax:** (02) 6277 8495
**Email:** Kim.Beazley.MP@... <
mailto:Kim.Beazley.MP@...>

**Brand Electorate Office:**
1/18 Council Avenue
Rockingham, WA, 6168
**Toll Free:** 1800 016 023
**Tel:** (08) 9527 9377
**Fax:** (08) 9592 1361

===============================

Notes from Jim Green:

Some good reasons to oppose enrichment ...

The inherent nuclear weapons proliferation risk associated with
uranium enrichment.
* In 2004, President Bush proposed to cap the group of enriching
States and Kofi Annan's High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and
Change called for the creation of incentives for States to forego the
development of uranium enrichment and reprocessing capacity.
* In 2005 the International Atomic Energy Agency Director, Mohamed
ElBaradei proposed a five-year moratorium on constructing uranium
enrichment and nuclear reprocessing facilities.
* A domestic enrichment plant would provide Australia with the
capacity to produce fissile material in the form of highly-enriched
uranium, a development that may destabilise the
Asia Pacific region.

Enrichment plants generate large volumes of radioactive, toxic waste
in the form of depleted uranium. This also has security implications
given the potential use of depleted uranium in munitions.

-------------------------------------------------

Publisher: *AAP NewsWire*
Publication: *aap Financial News (Tue 20 Jun 2006 6:55:51 PM) *
Keywords: *nuclear (3) *
Edition: *Both Cycles*

CANBERRA, June 20 AAP - Labor joined the government today in scuttling
an Australian Greens motion calling on the Senate to oppose uranium
enrichment in Australia.

The notice of motion, put by Greens senator Christine Milne, noted "the
inherent *nuclear* weapons proliferation risk associated with uranium
enrichment".

The motion then called on the Senate to "oppose the development of any
uranium enrichment facilities on Australian soil."

Labor's vote against the motion appears to be at odds with its recent
commitment not to build *nuclear* power plants if elected to government.

But a spokesman for Labor Senate Leader Chris Evans said the vote merely
reflected the lack of time Labor was given to review the motion before
it was put before the Senate.

"We are happy to work with minor parties on notices of motion of this
nature, however, on this occasion we needed more time to refine the
wording of this motion," the spokesman said.

"Labor will not rush to support notices of motions in the Senate.

Australian Greens senator Christine Milne pounced on Labor's opposition
to the motion, saying the opposition had effectively put in place a
pro-enrichment policy for next year's federal election.

"This is a huge mistake by Labor," Senator Milne said.

"Australian voters will be appalled by it. There will be a meltdown in
Labor's ranks.

"The Greens will campaign against uranium mining, enrichment and
*nuclear* waste dumps - Australians have a clear choice."


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----- Original Message -----

From: Anne Goddard

To: ClimateChangeAction@...

Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 11:25 AM

Subject: Re: [ClimateChangeAction] Wave Power Prototypes

Hiya Benny, The Honourable Prime Minister of Australia 

J. Howard and the Climate Change Action Group

 

Great question, my answer, because our leader, The Honourable Prime Minister J Howard, will claim "ignorance" to viable, sustainable power supplies. Has the man even looked at sustainable options?

 

Power supplies, such as wave (URLs supplied in previous post) and tidal, wind, geothermal and solar. These naturally found energy supplies are sustainable options!

 

I believe Mr Howard feels (along with big business that make millions of $$$ from the indiscriminate burning of coal and the building up of spent  nuclear fuel and waste from nuclear mining and power generation - including the use of depleted uranium weapons on innocents) that all avenues of power supply need to be fully "investigated" before being written off as unviable. Even though nuclear has already been "fully investigated", for many years... over 50!

 

Is he so fearful of change as to completely ignore this golden opportunity for our country to be a world leader in viable and sustainable energy production? 

 

The truth is crystal clear to me.

 

Nuclear power generation has already proved to be unsafe and unviable in comparison to the above listed energy supplies. Coal and Nuclear spell the death of our planet as we know it, are polluting for hundreds of generations to come, add to our Climate Change woes, and are simple not sustainable.

 

Unfortunately, our prime minister does know the truth. I send him emails, copies of my replies (such as this one), and have sent him the URL of the petition for Climate Change Mitigation. He cannot claim ignorance on these issues.

 

He can, however, be held completely responsible for his decisions about the expenditure of our taxes if he chooses the wrong path and plays into the hands of the likes of Rio Tinto.

 

I prefer the truth. He knows the truth, he cannot claim ignorance any longer.

 

If he chooses to invest our taxes into the nuclear industry, will he be forgiven by the people he represents at this moment in time? Will my children forgive him for leaving them a deadly legacy?

 

Will he do the right thing in his most honourable position of power and trust for his people, and for the future generations that he represents. I like to live in hope.

 

In truth, I will never forgive him for the sins he has already committed against the people of our planet.

 

Regards

Anne

 

cc J Howard via http://www.pm.gov.au/email.cfm

 

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Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 3:59 PM

Subject: [ClimateChangeAction] Wave Power Prototypes

Why do we need Coal or Nuclear Power when we can do safer and better with this technology?

 

Benny Zable

-----------------------------------------

Hiya Group

URLs below:
the world could be "lit up" on 0.2% of this energy source.
very cool!
http://oregonstate.edu/terra/2006spring/features/seapower.html
http://oregonstate.edu/terra/2006spring/features/seapower2.html
http://oregonstate.edu/terra/2006spring/features/seapower3.html
http://oregonstate.edu/terra/2006spring/features/buoy.html

cheers
a

Sea Power

Wave Power Prototypes

OSU's "direct-drive" buoy approaches allow electrical generators to respond directly to ocean waves. Inside the Permanent Magnet Linear Generator Buoy, wave motion causes specially designed electrical coils to move through a magnetic field, inducing voltages and generating electricity. The Contact-less Force Transmission Generator Buoy uses large, high-strength permanent magnets configured as a "piston." It transforms linear motion to rotation with a ball screw that drives a permanent magnet rotary generator. In the Permanent Magnet Rack and Pinion Generator Buoy, linear to rotary conversion is developed with permanent magnet gears. Advanced designs will achieve higher efficiencies and power outputs. To further optimize these technologies, the OSU wave energy team is designing linear testbeds for their laboratory to cover power ranges from 100 watts to 250 kilowatts. If approved for funding, the facility will have the largest power capacity of any linear testbed in the world.

_http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/ClimateChangeAction/
 

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ONE MILLION EUROPEANS DEMAND: PHASE OUT NUCLEAR POWER!

Sign the petition against nuclear power in Europe!
http://www.million-against-nuclear.net

Europe's energy policy is at the crossroads: Triggered by fears over supply
security or climate change, the nuclear energy industry hopes for a
comeback. But nuclear energy remains the most dangerous form of energy, the
problem of waste treatment and storage remains unsolved, leaving a dirty and
dangerous legacy behind for thousands of years. And nuclear power is
financially insane and no solution for the global warming crisis. Instead,
we need massive investments into energy efficiency and renewable energies.

Sign the European Petition against Nuclear Energy:
http://www.million-against-nuclear.net

---

From:  "ghoppy9" <ghoppy9@...>
Reply-To:  ClimateChangeAction@...
To:  ClimateChangeAction@...
Subject:  [ClimateChangeAction] Re: WorldPuja - Where the World Meets for Peace
Date:  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 07:29:23 -0000
>will we need dakshina, or will bhakti be enough?
>
>only kidding. i used to be an ashram dwelling yogi, so puja to one
>hindu deity or another was a monthly event.
>
>jay shantahari = victory to peace power
>
>--- In ClimateChangeAction@..., "benny zable"
><bennyzable@h...> wrote:
> >
> > Dear All
> > I recommend you, your group and network to log onto WorldPuja -
>Where the
> > World Meets for Peace
> > <http://www.worldpuja.org> and be active to let other know via your
>medium
> > another world is possible.
> >
> > I also recommend you listen to the June 13th Forum.
> > <http://archives.worldpuja.org/worldpuja-2006-06-13.m3u>
> > Please keep me informed and in the loop of your peace activities
>during the
> > 11 days of Global Unity, September 11th-21st.
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Yours Benny Zable
> >
> > IMPORTANT WORLD PUJA SCHEDULE CHANGE AND UPDATE
> > June 20, 2006
> >
> > Dear World Puja Family,
> > We have four important things to update, insuring you 'stay in the
>loop' of
> > all things Puja!
> >
> > FIRST: Our launch date of the Planet Lightworker
> > (http://www.planetlightworker.com) radio show on World Puja has
>been
> > postponed from this Thursday, June 22 until the first or second
>week of
> > August. Sandra Sedgbeer, founder and editor of Planet Lightworker
>Magazine,
> > and friend, was suddenly called to England with her family. Her
>beloved
> > father-in-law is in the process of making his transition.
> >
> > The World Puja Network felt it most important that Sandra be
>present with us
> > to launch our new alliance and radio show together. We have agreed
>that our
> > debut show will coincide with the magazines 7th Anniversary Awards
>and
> > Celebration issue in August.
> > We will let you know the definite date next month. This leads to
>the next
> > important update….
> >
> > SECOND: Lisa Renee, Spiritual Scientist, Quantum Therapist and
>Ascension
> > Expert is back for her second "conversation" with me live this
>Thursday,
> > June 22, 2006 at 6:00PM USA Time. From Arizona to Australia people
>that
> > listened to Lisa and I in May (archives available at
> > http://www.worldpuja.org) sent hundreds of letters requesting her
>return. I
> > have long said, "wherever there is a Void, Spirit seeks to fill
>it." Here
> > are some of the comments we received:
> >
> > "Finally, a deep understanding about the Ascension Process."
> >
> > "Maureen, I felt like I was going out of my mind before I heard the
> > "conversation" with Lisa Renee. I am comforted, supported and
>grateful."
> >
> > "Lisa Renee renewed my Spirit in 1 hour. This ascension process has
>taxed my
> > body and my mind. Thank you both so much for the supportive work
>you do."
> >
> > Find out more about what we will chat about this Thursday at
> > http://www.worldpuja.org
> >
> > THIRD:
> >
> > Peace was woven on June 13, 2006. The World Puja Network hosted the
>event
> > with 7 World Peace Organizations and Peace Troubadours including
>Arun
> > Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and Robert Thurman, close
>advisor to the
> > Dalai Lama.
> > Archives await your arrival at http://www.worldpuja.org
> >
> > Here are just some of the comments:
> > "Brilliant Conversation"
> > "Inspired and Collaborative"
> > "This conversation didn't only explore peace, it wove peace."
> >
> > FINALLY: Don't miss our show Thursday June 29, 2006 with Claire
>Heartsong,
> > author of Anna, Grandmother of Jesus and Twin Souls and Soulmates
> > co-authored with St. Germaine. Our website has the details.
> >
> > Many Blessings and Gratitude you for your continued support,
> > Maureen Moss, Producer and Host of The World Puja Network
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
><*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
>     http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/ClimateChangeAction/
>
><*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
>     ClimateChangeAction-unsubscribe@...
>
><*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
>     http://au.docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>
>
>

Hiya Group

URLs below:
the world could be "lit up" on 0.2% of this energy source.
very cool!
http://oregonstate.edu/terra/2006spring/features/seapower.html
http://oregonstate.edu/terra/2006spring/features/seapower2.html
http://oregonstate.edu/terra/2006spring/features/seapower3.html
http://oregonstate.edu/terra/2006spring/features/buoy.html

cheers
a

will we need dakshina, or will bhakti be enough?

only kidding. i used to be an ashram dwelling yogi, so puja to one
hindu deity or another was a monthly event.

jay shantahari = victory to peace power

--- In ClimateChangeAction@..., "benny zable"
<bennyzable@h...> wrote:
>
> Dear All
> I recommend you, your group and network to log onto WorldPuja -
Where the
> World Meets for Peace
> <http://www.worldpuja.org> and be active to let other know via your
medium
> another world is possible.
>
> I also recommend you listen to the June 13th Forum.
> <http://archives.worldpuja.org/worldpuja-2006-06-13.m3u>
> Please keep me informed and in the loop of your peace activities
during the
> 11 days of Global Unity, September 11th-21st.
>
> Thank you
>
> Yours Benny Zable
>
> IMPORTANT WORLD PUJA SCHEDULE CHANGE AND UPDATE
> June 20, 2006
>
> Dear World Puja Family,
> We have four important things to update, insuring you 'stay in the
loop' of
> all things Puja!
>
> FIRST: Our launch date of the Planet Lightworker
> (http://www.planetlightworker.com) radio show on World Puja has
been
> postponed from this Thursday, June 22 until the first or second
week of
> August. Sandra Sedgbeer, founder and editor of Planet Lightworker
Magazine,
> and friend, was suddenly called to England with her family. Her
beloved
> father-in-law is in the process of making his transition.
>
> The World Puja Network felt it most important that Sandra be
present with us
> to launch our new alliance and radio show together. We have agreed
that our
> debut show will coincide with the magazines 7th Anniversary Awards
and
> Celebration issue in August.
> We will let you know the definite date next month. This leads to
the next
> important update….
>
> SECOND: Lisa Renee, Spiritual Scientist, Quantum Therapist and
Ascension
> Expert is back for her second "conversation" with me live this
Thursday,
> June 22, 2006 at 6:00PM USA Time. From Arizona to Australia people
that
> listened to Lisa and I in May (archives available at
> http://www.worldpuja.org) sent hundreds of letters requesting her
return. I
> have long said, "wherever there is a Void, Spirit seeks to fill
it." Here
> are some of the comments we received:
>
> "Finally, a deep understanding about the Ascension Process."
>
> "Maureen, I felt like I was going out of my mind before I heard the
> "conversation" with Lisa Renee. I am comforted, supported and
grateful."
>
> "Lisa Renee renewed my Spirit in 1 hour. This ascension process has
taxed my
> body and my mind. Thank you both so much for the supportive work
you do."
>
> Find out more about what we will chat about this Thursday at
> http://www.worldpuja.org
>
> THIRD:
>
> Peace was woven on June 13, 2006. The World Puja Network hosted the
event
> with 7 World Peace Organizations and Peace Troubadours including
Arun
> Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and Robert Thurman, close
advisor to the
> Dalai Lama.
> Archives await your arrival at http://www.worldpuja.org
>
> Here are just some of the comments:
> "Brilliant Conversation"
> "Inspired and Collaborative"
> "This conversation didn't only explore peace, it wove peace."
>
> FINALLY: Don't miss our show Thursday June 29, 2006 with Claire
Heartsong,
> author of Anna, Grandmother of Jesus and Twin Souls and Soulmates
> co-authored with St. Germaine. Our website has the details.
>
> Many Blessings and Gratitude you for your continued support,
> Maureen Moss, Producer and Host of The World Puja Network
>

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--- In ClimateChangeAction@..., "ghoppy9"
<ghoppy9@y...> wrote:
>
> Kohei Minato and the Japan Magnetic Fan Company: a maverick
> inventor's breakthrough electric motor uses permanent magnets to
make
> power -- and has investors salivating
>
> [i've been hanging onto this little treasure since june 2004]
>
> The Techno Maestro's Amazing Machine
>
> photos availabe @
>
> http://www.japaninc.com/article.php?articleID=1302&page=1
>
> by John Dodd
> Send feedback to editors@j...
>
>
> When WE first got the call from an excited colleague that he'd just
> seen the most amazing invention -- a magnetic motor that consumed
> almost no electricity -- we were so skeptical that we declined an
> invitation to go see it. If the technology was so good, we thought,
> how come they didn't have any customers yet?
>
>
> We forgot about the invitation and the company until several months
> later, when our friend called again.
>
>
> "OK," he said. "They've just sold 40,000 units to a major
convenience
> store chain. Now will you see it?"
>
>
> In Japan, no one pays for 40,000 convenience store cooling fans
> without being reasonably sure that they are going to work.
>
>
> The maestro
> The streets of east Shinjuku are littered with the tailings of the
> many small factories and workshops still located there -- hardly
> one's image of the headquarters of a world-class technology
company.
> But this is where we are first greeted outside Kohei Minato's
> workshop by Nobue Minato, the wife of the inventor and co-director
of
> the family firm.
>
>
> The workshop itself is like a Hollywood set of an inventor's
garage.
> Electrical machines, wires, measuring instruments and batteries are
> strewn everywhere. Along the diagram-covered walls are drill
presses,
> racks of spare coils, Perspex plating and other paraphernalia. And
> seated in the back, head bowed in thought, is the 58-year-old
techno
> maestro himself.
>
>
> Minato is no newcomer to the limelight. In fact, he has been an
> entertainer for most of his life, making music and producing his
> daughter's singing career in the US. He posseses an oversized
> presence, with a booming voice and a long ponytail. In short, you
can
> easily imagine him onstage or in a convertible cruising down the
> coast of California -- not hunched over a mass of wires and coils
in
> Tokyo's cramped backstreets.
>
>
> Joining us are a middle-aged banker and his entourage from Osaka
and
> accounting and finance consultant Yukio Funai. The banker is doing
a
> quick review for an investment, while the rest of us just want to
see
> if Minato's magnetic motors really work. A prototype car air
> conditioner cooler sitting on a bench looks like it would fit into
a
> Toyota Corolla and quickly catches our attention.
>
>
>  Seeing is believing
> Nobue then takes us through the functions and operations of each of
> the machines, starting off with a simple explanation of the laws of
> magnetism and repulsion. She demonstrates the "Minato Wheel" by
> kicking a magnet-lined rotor into action with a magnetic wand.
>
>
> Looking carefully at the rotor, we see that it has over 16 magnets
> embedded on a slant -- apparently to make Minato's machines work,
the
> positioning and angle of the magnets is critical. After she kicks
the
> wheel into life, it keeps spinning, proving at least that the
design
> doesn't suffer from magnetic lockup.
>
>
> She then moves us to the next device, a weighty machine connected
to
> a tiny battery. Apparently the load on the machine is a 35kg rotor,
> which could easily be used in a washing machine. After she flicks
the
> switch, the huge rotor spins at over 1,500 rpms effortlessly and
> silently. Meters show the power in and power out. Suddenly, a power
> source of 16 watts or so is driving a device that should be drawing
> at least 200 to 300 watts.
>
> Nobue explains to us that this and all the other devices only use
> electrical power for the two electromagnetic stators at either side
> of each rotor, which are used to kick the rotor past its lockup
point
> then on to the next arc of magnets. Apparently the angle and
spacing
> of the magnets is such that once the rotor is moving, repulsion
> between the stators and the rotor poles keeps the rotor moving
> smoothly in a counterclockwise direction. Either way, it's
> impressive.
>
>
> Next we move to a unit with its motor connected to a generator.
What
> we see is striking. The meters showed an input to the stator
> electromagnets of approximately 1.8 volts and 150mA input, and from
> the generator, 9.144 volts and 192mA output. 1.8 x 0.15 x 2 = 540mW
> input and 9.144 x 0.192 = 1.755W out.
>
>
> But according to the laws of physics, you can't get more out of a
> device than you put into it. We mention this to Kohei Minato while
> looking under the workbench to make sure there aren't any hidden
> wires.
>
>
> Minato assures us that he hasn't transcended the laws of physics.
The
> force supplying the unexplained extra power out is generated by the
> magnetic strength of the permanent magnets embedded in the
> rotor. "I'm simply harnessing one of the four fundamental forces of
> nature," he says.
>
>
> Although we learned in school that magnets were always bipolar and
so
> magnetically induced motion would always end in a locked state of
> equilibrium, Minato explains that he has fine-tuned the positioning
> of the magnets and the timing of pulses to the stators to the point
> where the repulsion between the rotor and the stator (the fixed
outer
> magnetic ring) is transitory. This creates further motion -- rather
> than a lockup. (See the sidebar on page 41 for a full explanation).
>
>
>  Real products
> Nobue Minato leads us to the two devices that might convince a
> potential investor that this is all for real.
>
>
> First, she shows us the cooling fan prototype that is being
> manufactured for a convenience store chain's 14,000 outlets (3 fans
> per outlet). The unit looks almost identical to a Mitsubishi-
> manufactured fan unit next to it, which is the unit currently in
wide
> use. In a test, the airflow from both units is about the same.
>
>
> The other unit is the car air conditioning prototype that caught
our
> eye as we came in. It's a prototype for Nippon Denso, Japan's
largest
> manufacturer of car air conditioners. The unit is remarkably
compact
> and has the same contours and size as a conventional unit. Minato's
> manufacturing skills are clearly improving.
>
>
>  The banker and his investment
> Minato has good reason to complain about Japan's social and
cultural
> uniformity. For years, people thought of him as an oddball for
> playing the piano for a living, and bankers and investors have
> avoided him because of his habit of claiming that he'd discovered a
> breakthrough technology all by himself -- without any formal
> training.
>
>
> However, the Osaka banker stands up after the lecture and announces
> that before he goes, he will commit JPY100 million to the
investment
> pool.
> Minato turns to us and smiles. We brought him good luck, and this
was
> his third investor in as many weeks to confirm an interest.
>
> Bringing the tech to the table
> With the audience gone, we ask Minato what he plans to do to
> commercialize the technology. His game plan is simple and clear, he
> says. He wants to retain control, and he wants to commercialize the
> technology in Japan first -- where he feels he can ensure that
things
> get done right. Why doesn't he go directly to the US or China? His
> experiences in both countries, he suggests, have been less than
> successful. "The first stage is critical in terms of creating good
> products and refining the technology. I don't want to be busy with
> legal challenges and IP theft while doing that."
>
>
> Still, the export and licensing of the technology are on his
agenda,
> and Minato is talking to a variety of potential partners in other
> countries.
>
>
> Whereas another inventor might be tempted to outsource everything
to
> a larger corporation, part of what drives Minato is his vision of
> social justice and responsibility. The 40,000 motors for the
> convenience store chain are being produced by a group of small
> manufacturers in Ohta-ku and Bunkyo-ku, in the inner north of
Tokyo --
>  which is becoming a regional rust belt. Minato is seized with the
> vision of reinvigorating these small workshops that until the 80s
> were the bedrock of Japan's manufacturing and economic miracle.
Their
> level of expertise will ensure that the quality of the motors will
be
> as good as those from any major company.
>
>
>  International prep
> Despite his plan to do things domestically first, Minato is well
> prepared for the international markets. He is armed with both six
> years of living and doing business in Los Angeles in the early 90s -
-
> and with patent protection for over 48 countries. His is hardly a
> provincial perspective.
>
>
> His US experience came after playing the piano for a living for 15
> years. He began tinkering with his invention in the mid-70s. The
idea
> for his magnetic motor design came from a burst of inspiration
while
> playing the piano.
>
>
> But Minato decided to drop everything in 1990 to help his daughter
> Hiroko, who at the age of 20 decided that she wanted to be a rhythm
> and blues star in the US. Minato is a strong believer in family: If
> Hiroko was going to find fame and fortune in the US, Dad had better
> be there to help manage her. He suceeded in helping Hiroko to
achieve
> a UK dance chart number one hit in 1995.
>
>
> In 1996 Minato returned to Japan and his magnetic motor project.
The
> following year he displayed his prototypes to national power
> companies, government officials and others at a five-day conference
> in Mexico City. Interest was palpable, and Minato realized that his
> invention might meet a global need for energy-saving devices.
>
>
>  Subsequent previews and speeches in Korea and Singapore further
> consolidated his commitment to bringing the invention to fruition,
> and he was able to bring in several early-stage investors.
>
>
> During the late 90s, Minato continued to refine his prototypes. He
> also stayed in constant contact with his lawyer, registering
patents
> in major countries around the world. Through his experiences in the
> US he realized that legal protection was critical, even if it meant
> delaying release of the technology by a couple of years.
>
>
> Ironically, by the time he'd won patents in 47 countries, the
> Japanese patent office turned him down on the grounds that "[the
> invention] couldn't possibly work" and that somehow he was
> fabricating the claims.
>
>
> But a few months later they were forced to recant their decision
> after the US patent office recognized his invention and gave him
the
> first of two patents. As Minato notes: "How typical of Japan's
small-
> minded bureaucrats that they needed the leadership of the US to
> accept that my invention was genuine."
>
> By 2001, the Minatos had refined their motors and met enough
> potential investors to enter into a major international
relationship,
> initially with a Saudi company, to be followed thereafter by
> companies in the US and elsewhere.
>
>
> However, fate dealt the investors and Minato's business a serious
> blow when the World Trade Center was attacked in New York. The
Saudis
> retreated, and Minato's plans fell back to square one.
>
>
> Now Minato is once again ready to move. With the first order in the
> works and more orders pending successful prototypes, he has decided
> that investors don't have to be primary partners. He is actively
> accepting inquiries from corporate investors who can bring
strategic
> advantages and corporate credibility with them. His company, Japan
> Magnetic Fan, will make a series of investment tie-up announcements
> in the first and second quarters of 2004.
>
>
> Implications
> Minato's motors consume just 20 percent or less of the power of
> conventional motors with the same torque and horse power. They run
> cool to the touch and produce almost no acoustic or electrical
noise.
> They are significantly safer and cheaper (in terms of power
> consumed), and they are sounder environmentally.
>
>
> The implications are enormous. In the US alone, almost 55 percent
of
> the nation's electricity is consumed by electric motors. While most
> factory operators buy the cheapest motors possible, they are
steadily
> being educated by bodies like NEMA (National Electrical
Manufacturers
> Association) that the costs of running a motor over a typical 20-
year
> lifespan comprise a purchase price of just 3 percent of the total,
> and electricity costs of 97 percent. It is not unusual for a $2,000
> motor to consume $80,000 of electricity (at a price of .06 cents
per
> kilowatt hour).
>
>
> Since 1992, when efficiency legislation was put into place at the
US
> federal level, motor efficiency has been a high priority -- and
> motors saving 20 percent or so on electrical bills are considered
> highly efficient. Minato is about to introduce a motor which saves
80
> percent, putting it into an entirely new class: The $80,000 running
> cost will drop to just $16,000. This is a significant savings when
> multiplied by the millions of motors used throughout the USA and
> Japan -- and eventually, throughout the world.
>
>
> The devices
> Minato's invention and its ability to use remarkably less power and
> run without heat or noise make it perfect for home appliances,
> personal computers, cellphones (a miniature generator is in the
> works) and other consumer products.
>
>
> The magnetic motor will be cheaper than a standard motor to make,
as
> the rotor and stator assemblies can be set into plastic housings,
due
> to the fact that the system creates very little heat. Further, with
> the motor's energy efficiency, it will be well suited for any
> application where a motor has limited energy to drive it. While
> development is still focused on replacing existing devices, Minato
> says that his motor has sufficient torque to power a vehicle.
>
> With the help of magnetic propulsion, it is feasible to attach a
> generator to the motor and produce more electric power than was put
> into the device. Minato says that average efficiency on his motors
is
> about 330 percent.
>
>
> Mention of Over Unity devices in many scientific circles will draw
> icy skepticism. But if you can accept the idea that Minato's device
> is able to create motion and torque through its unique, sustainable
> permanent magnet propulsion system, then it makes sense that he is
> able to get more out of the unit than he puts in in terms of
> elctrical power. Indeed, if the device can produce a surplus of
power
> for longer periods, every household in the land will want one.
>
>
> "I am not in this for the money," Minato says. "I have done well in
> my musical career, but I want to make a contribution to society --
> helping the backstreet manufacturers here in Japan and elsewhere. I
> want to reverse the trends caused by major multinationals. There is
a
> place for corporations. But as the oil industry has taught us,
energy
> is one area where a breakthrough invention like this cannot be
> trusted to large companies."
>
>
> Minato was once close to making a deal with Enron. But today, he is
> firmly on a mission to support the small and the independent -- and
> to go worldwide with them and his amazing machine. "Our plan is to
> rally smaller companies and pool their talent, and to one day
produce
> the technology across a wide range of fields."
>

Hi Folks,

Just to let you all know that Wild Greens Canada are back on line at
http://www.wildgreens.org
with our discussion list at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildgreens/

For those not familiar with Wild Greens here's a description:

  "A militant and growing group of Greens world-wide who believe that
non-violent direct actions are a necessary and effective answer to
government and industry's raping of this planet's resources in the
name of profit and economic growth at all cost.
While some Wild Greens support Green Parties in their electoral
pursuits, we also believe that Green thinking people need to have a
stronger and more public presence when environmental and social issues
are involved. Many Wild Greens are not members of any political party.
What unites us is our belief that Earth is a fragile planet, and worth
saving. And because it's a Global movement members from all nations
are welcome.

If this strikes a chord with you, please check us out and join our
discussion list. It would be great to have some Aussie's aboard,
Australian and Canadian activists face very similar challenges,
exportation of uranium, global warming, and right wing governments to
name a few. We can learn a lot from each other.

In Solidarity,

Rad Dan
Wild Greens Canada

Dear All
I recommend you, your group and network to log onto WorldPuja - Where the
World Meets for Peace
<http://www.worldpuja.org> and be active to let other know via your medium
another world is possible.

I also recommend you listen to the June 13th Forum.
<http://archives.worldpuja.org/worldpuja-2006-06-13.m3u>
Please keep me informed and in the loop of your peace activities during the
11 days of Global Unity, September 11th-21st.

Thank you

Yours Benny Zable

IMPORTANT WORLD PUJA SCHEDULE CHANGE AND UPDATE
June 20, 2006

Dear World Puja Family,
We have four important things to update, insuring you 'stay in the loop' of
all things Puja!

FIRST: Our launch date of the Planet Lightworker
(http://www.planetlightworker.com) radio show on World Puja has been
postponed from this Thursday, June 22 until the first or second week of
August. Sandra Sedgbeer, founder and editor of Planet Lightworker Magazine,
and friend, was suddenly called to England with her family. Her beloved
father-in-law is in the process of making his transition.

The World Puja Network felt it most important that Sandra be present with us
to launch our new alliance and radio show together. We have agreed that our
debut show will coincide with the magazines 7th Anniversary Awards and
Celebration issue in August.
We will let you know the definite date next month. This leads to the next
important update….

SECOND: Lisa Renee, Spiritual Scientist, Quantum Therapist and Ascension
Expert is back for her second "conversation" with me live this Thursday,
June 22, 2006 at 6:00PM USA Time. From Arizona to Australia people that
listened to Lisa and I in May (archives available at
http://www.worldpuja.org) sent hundreds of letters requesting her return. I
have long said, "wherever there is a Void, Spirit seeks to fill it." Here
are some of the comments we received:

"Finally, a deep understanding about the Ascension Process."

"Maureen, I felt like I was going out of my mind before I heard the
"conversation" with Lisa Renee. I am comforted, supported and grateful."

"Lisa Renee renewed my Spirit in 1 hour. This ascension process has taxed my
body and my mind. Thank you both so much for the supportive work you do."

Find out more about what we will chat about this Thursday at
http://www.worldpuja.org

THIRD:

Peace was woven on June 13, 2006. The World Puja Network hosted the event
with 7 World Peace Organizations and Peace Troubadours including Arun
Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and Robert Thurman, close advisor to the
Dalai Lama.
Archives await your arrival at http://www.worldpuja.org

Here are just some of the comments:
"Brilliant Conversation"
"Inspired and Collaborative"
"This conversation didn't only explore peace, it wove peace."

FINALLY: Don't miss our show Thursday June 29, 2006 with Claire Heartsong,
author of Anna, Grandmother of Jesus and Twin Souls and Soulmates
co-authored with St. Germaine. Our website has the details.

Many Blessings and Gratitude you for your continued support,
Maureen Moss, Producer and Host of The World Puja Network