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First Republican Debate and Energy Issues

Posted May 6, 2011

Energy issues, including gas prices and cap and trade, figured prominently in the first Republican presidential debate last night in South Carolina-itself an early primary state.  From an Energy Citizens perspective it was encouraging to here the discussion of the need for real energy independence which depends on getting the right plan to use domestic resources.

The debate included a subset of the GOP presidential field: Herman Cain, former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, Texas U.S. Representative Ron Paul, former Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Rick Santorum and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson.

As the campaign continues, it's important for Energy Citizens to stay up-to-date on these political happenings, and to make sure candidates (for all offices, from all parties) know what we stand for on the energy issues that matter most. 

In the coming weeks and months, we will do our part to keep you informed about energy issues in the 2012 election season.  It will be up to Energy Citizens across the country to arm themselves with this information, ask tough questions about energy issues, and advocate effectively for the right candidates and policies.

 

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  • Cal H.  I agree that HIF is very promising, but you can't convert an existing car and mfg are increasing production of NGV.  It's my understanding that we would have to create a whole new infrastructure for the consumer to puchase Hydrogen, where Exxon could upgrade current infrasturture to sell NG.  In addition, consumer can fill up at home with the right equipment.  Let the consumer drive the market of NGV and give them a little help for limited amount of time until prices come down.

    Paul K. - California

  • I won't make any difference up here in this liberal state. These people are so into themselves they almost make obomba look like something other than the narcissist he is.. I think the prices are still avg. $4+ June 2nd .. I buy in MA and save at every turn.

    Don Y. - North Carolina

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    Frederick H. - Montana

  • There is no technology available at this moment to solve the oil problem ; SOLAR, WIND, ION FUSION  DO NOT PUSH MY CAR TO WORK;  WE DO NOT HAVE AN OIL PROBLEM, WE HAVE ALL THE OIL WE NEED HERE IN AMERICA FOR THE NEXT 200 YEARS; THE PROBLEM IS THE IDIOT IN CHARGE, EPA, SOROS, THE EXTREME CORRUPT LIBERALS , N. W. O.: THEY ARE THE PROBLEM; NO DRILLING IS THEIR MOTTO: I SAY GO TO HELL ALL OF YOU PUNKS; ALL YOU WANT IS DESTROY AMERICA; HELL NO.

    Raffaele C. - Texas

  • Lots of TALK, but no solutions ...

    Here is a real unified solution to our energy security, also it meets many of the needs of global warming and the world economic problems. (now, that is a mouthful!)

    Yes!  … a game changing technology!!? as requested by DoE Sec. Chu.

    There is technology that was first demonstrated in 1952 and further developed in our US National Labs in the late 70's and then vetted in Germany in the late 90's that produces tremendous amounts of energy with no carbon emissions and no fission radioactive waste.  At the time it was too big ... today we need that size to meet the economics and world demand for energy.

    What is not generally known is that a safe practical way to harness the isotope’s of Hydrogen reaction was developed in the 1970's but abandoned because it was only economically viable at a very large scale.  The process is known as Accelerator Driven Heavy Ion Fusion.  Such a fusion power system could produce about 100 GW of energy or heat to produce 500,000 barrels of synthetic oil per day (about equivalent to a giant oil field's production, but with no decline in production) and about 10+ GWe too.

    The fusion of Deuterium and Tritium (“DT”) to form Helium and a neutron is a well-known reaction that yields prodigious amounts of energy.  Though sufficient fuel is available in seawater to sustain the global energy demand for millennia, we still need an engine capable of running the reaction.  As of 2009, the search for such an engine has been going on for 6 decades and common wisdom says it is still 5 decades away.  NOT TRUE!  The problem is that the search has been concentrated on the 1 to 2 GW regime (the size of a normal large power plant). But, with Accelerator Driven Heavy Ion Fusion, we have that engine capability currently.  Yes, NOW!

    It needs capital to see it thru to production ... not research. This is an excellent place to put some of the billions to work NOW.

    This is not your father’s form of fusion - Laser Fusion or Tokomak Fusion, neither of which will probably ever become commercial production units.

    There is a workshop coming up the week of May 23 at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, University of California at Berkeley, which should be very enlightening on this subject - AHIF Workshop.

    For more information on HIF, visit www.fusionpowercorporation.com for a real education. See the Google Tech Talk on HIF: www.youtube.com/watch

    CaliforniaHal@gmail.com

    California H. - California

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