11/11/09 - General Wesley Clark Featured on RePower America TV Ad
Submitted by Kat on November 11, 2009 - 12:58pm.
Veterans, National Security Leaders Stand Up For Clean Energy In New Repower America TV Ad
As the nation prepares to celebrate Veterans Day and honor the brave men and women who serve in our Armed Forces, the Alliance for Climate Protection’s Repower America campaign today released a new television ad featuring veterans and national security leaders in their own voices calling for bold action now on clean energy and climate change to strengthen America’s national security.
Says it's private video. "If you have been sent this video, please make sure you accept the sender's friend request." Huh.
Once in a while you get shown the light, In the strangest of places if you look at it right.
I don't understand what it wants. BUT if I click on General Clark's picture (or any of the other people in the ad) I can watch the video.
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1) TREAT OTHERS WITH RESPECT
2) TAKE SMALL PRACTICAL STEPS FORWARD
3) DON'T COMPROMISE YOUR PRINCIPLES
on the teevee yesterday. It turned out real nice. I'm glad General Wes got to have the last word. :)
I read an article the other day about polls which were taken asking people about conserving energy. Apparently, CA is thinking of banning the sale of big screen teevees to conserve. No...by quite a large margin people are not willing to give them up to conserve. Also, by quite a large margin people say they would rather find new sources of energy than conserve. This did not surprise me.
It's a bit of what I was trying to say the other day about bringing people along. More like dragging people along, I guess. Because I think we need to do both....find new sources and do better at conserving.
Never happen. Gotta have our bread and circuses after all. I only wish the Repubs would propose it -- they'd be hung from the rafters and NOT in effigy. Maybe someone could come up with a study to prove TV causes spontaneous abortions... altho I think maybe abortion would become a sacrament in that case.
Anybody know if the newer plasma and LCD tvs use more or less energy than the older tube technology? Intuitively it seems like they should, but I really don't know.
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1) TREAT OTHERS WITH RESPECT
2) TAKE SMALL PRACTICAL STEPS FORWARD
3) DON'T COMPROMISE YOUR PRINCIPLES
The CA bill has not yet been voted on. So no decisions have been officially made yet, as of today.
The California Energy Commission is preparing to vote in November on new power-saving standards for flat screen TVs. The rules would require sets that cut electricity use 30% by 2011, and 50% by 2015.
Sounds reasonable to me. As for the comparison of traditional TV vs Big Screen, the studies are all over the map and I'm sure heavily influenced by the corporate concerns involved. :)
ONE recent study claims the newer plasmas are far more energy efficient than earlier models, and cost only about 20 Cents/day to operate, but has to be taken with a grain of salt too:
Over an eight-hour period, the average kilowatthour rating was 2.94 for all five plasma TVs. Assuming a base rate of eight cents per kilowatthour ($0.08 kWh); the average cost of operation was 23.6 cents for the group. Multiplied by 30 days, the average cost of operation (8 hours/ day x 30 days) was $7.08 for the group.
It is - as per usual- the lobbying sector that is behind the push against the initiative, not the people of California themselves. I'm not aware of any popular uprisings against the Energy Commission proposals, from locally in LA anyways.
" The Consumer Electronics Association lobby is fighting the proposal claiming it will hurt the economy. "
About the proposed regulation :
“the state is not banning any type of TV. Consumers have the freedom to choose any type and size of television that meets the efficiency standard. New TVs will simply need to meet energy efficiency standards, of which 1000 models already on the market comply."
I was actually thinking a while back the repubs scare tactics....er...argument...against the climate change bill(s) would be "They'll take away your teevee! They'll take away your car and your hairdryer and your coffeemakers! omg! your hair curlers! Haha.
I don't know which is more energy efficient. They did talk in this article...or another one I read...can't remember...about working on making teevees more energy efficient in general.
We don't have a big screen teevee. We're waiting for our old RCA to konk out to get one....and I doubt if it ever will. I'm talking about convserving....not "outlawing". Heck. I don't know what I'd do without baseball, football, TCM and NCIS. But turning it off when not actually watching it and turning lights off when not in use, etc, etc. would go a long way if everyone did it.
In defense of my considerably imperfect, sloppily governed, bankrupt and failed, yet much beloved state... ;)
Here are a few relevant and interesting CA energy stats (sourced below):
California is the most populous U.S. state -- however, due to its mild weather and strong environmental movement, its per capita energy use is one of the smallest of any U.S. state, boasting one of the lowest per capita energy consumption rates in the country.
Don't forget, we are amongst the top 10 states helping to provide energy for the rest of youz guys!
California ranks third in the United States in petroleum refining capacity and accounts for more than one-tenth of total U.S. capacity
CALIFORNIA IS:
NUMBER 1 in number of ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES
NUMBER 1 SOLAR INSTALLATION
The Mojave Desert solar plants are the largest solar power installation in the world
NUMBER 1 GEOTHERMAL GROUPING in WORLD
A facility known as “The Geysers,” located in the Mayacamas Mountains north of San Francisco, is the largest group of geothermal power plants in the world, with more than 750 megawatts of installed capacity.
NUMBER 3 WIND POWER (formerly NUMBER 1!)
Up until 2005, California was the number one U.S. state for wind power production. Between 2006 and 2008, while wind power in Texas increased by 157%,(!) and wind power in Iowa increased by 198%, (!) while wind power in California increased by only 7%, and so California has fallen to third place for wind power (CA permit prices also increased markedly during that time)
NUMBER 1 RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION
CA ranks 1rst of all states for total renewable energy produced
NUMBER 2 SOLAR CONSUMPTION
CA ranks 2nd of all states in Photovoltaic & Solar Thermal Energy Consumption
NUMBER 1 in GREEN BUILDING
Number 1 in the country in Green building and sustainable architecture
March 2009--The EPA awarded the most Energy Star ratings in the country last year to Los Angeles, where 262 buildings earned the agency's coveted designation. Energy Star buildings use at least 35% less energy than average buildings and emit 35% less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. San Francisco came in second in the nation. Rounding out the top 10 were Houston, Washington, D.C., Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago, Denver, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Atlanta and Seattle
http://www.statemaster.com/state/CA-california/ene-energy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_use_in_California
In some rankings, we lead the world in sustainable architecture. This one, for me, is a real joy to see - LEED projects are springing up all over town, particularly in Venice, CA.
But yeah, we do have our faults (<--pun intended....) However, lest we forget-- it is the entertainment capital of the world, so it's kind of natural that a larger proportion from that industry might rely on state-of-the-art screens to display their wares...
I have no defense of our Governator however. ;)
Wish we'd get going on this sooner than later. We should have put bank bailout money into jobs building a power grid, for example.