[NukeNet] [no-new-nukes-yall] Anti-nukers a root cause of the climate crisis ??? A call to more

[Steven Starr]

Hello,

Thanks for these great posts.  

This may be an uninformed suggestion, but have you considered trying to lobby or work with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association on this idea?  They may be open to Nanosolar and wind ideas  . . .  I went to their website at http://www.nreca.org/ and saw a big article about a large wind project which they are involved with, see 
http://www.nreca.org/AboutUs/CooperativeDifference/20080124WhiteCreekProject.htm

Best wishes,
Steven Starr
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  From: Dolph Honicker 
  To: Michael Mariotte ; Roger Herried ; Mary Olson-Forward ; nukes no-new ; nukenet at energyjustice.net 
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  If you haven't done so already, please push the "Press Release" link at the very bottom of the page.  
   
  The companies discussed turned into Nustart, and are partnering with TVA to tear down the nukes started at Bellefonte and replace them with a Westinghouse AP1000.  This is the test of the COL that is mentioned in that press release years ago.    This press release gives the background of that group, which I had never seen before.  Of course, the French company is now AREVA, I believe.  Please correct me on this if I am wrong.
   
  Have you seen the articles by Casey Clark Ney about efforts to build two new reactors in Idaho on "virgin" sites?  I think they must be Areva designs. 
  I have c.ced her above.  This email will give her background information, both pro and con.  Thank you all for posting it.  Those of you who would like to contact Casey, I'm sure she'd be happy to have further information.  Thanks to Roger Herried for posting her story in his recent list of nuclear articles.
     
   Also, the figures quoted for solar, $4000 per kW,  can be reduced by 90% if the stories put out Popular Science Magazine are right.  They gave their 2007 innovation of the year award to Nanosolar PowerSheets.  Google that.  The only place in the country with a factory to produce these is in San Jose, California.  
   
  We recently organized a Sierra Club Group in LaGrange.  We are almost 5 months old now.  The mayor, chairman of the Troup county commission, and one of the city councilmen came to our January meeting, where we showed "Kilowatt Ours" followed by a discussion.  I mentioned that we would like to see the city install Nanosolar Powersheets on all of our municipal buildings, schools, and public housing projects.   Since the San Jose Nanosolar Power
  sheet company has so many backorders it would be years before they could fill our orders, I suggested that LaGrange build a factory here in our Lukken Industrial Park.   The President of LaGrange College, is our speaker in Feb. and Mayor Lukken has accepted our invitation to be with us in March to kick off our Cool Cities project.  
   
  There are currently 780 "Cool Cities" now.  If each one of them adopted the idea of installing Nanosolar PowersSheets on all of their municipal buildings, schools, and public housing projects, just think what would happen. It would jump start the solar revolution.  By the way the Nanosolar PowerSheets company is privately held.  The nuclear industry can't buy it up and destroy it.  If there's not a Sierra Club group in your city, start one.  If your city isn't a cool city, initiate it.  Google U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement for list of cities and their action plans.   
   
  If we want solar, we've got to jump start it.  Can anyone think of a better idea?
   
  Jeannine Honicker
   
       
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