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Oct
16
Want To Make A Difference In Energy Policy?
Filed Under alternative energy, Chicago Public Radio, Dick Lugar, economic development, economy, Election 2008, energy, gas prices, Hammond Indiana | 2 Comments
Want to make a difference in energy policy issues affecting the United States and your personal pocketbook during this election season?
An opportunity to stand up and voice your opinion in a forum that promises attention throughout Chicago and Northwest Indiana presents itself.
All you need to do is show up and voice your opinion. One of Sen. Richard Lugar’s staffers will be on hand for the energy forum, so maybe your ideas could make a difference in the way America responds to energy issues.
Northwest Indiana is at the forefront of energy issues — we have BP in Whiting. Windmills are producing energy in Benton and Newton counties. Steel mills are cranking out the metal for more windmills. We have some of the highest energy prices in the nation — special fuel blends and high residential energy rates. The E85 corridor runs right through our region on I-65. Trash-to-ethanol using Lake County trash could soon be a reality.
Don’t you want to be a part of shaping the future of energy issues? Stand up and voice your opinion. For or against off shore drilling, ethanol, more nuclear power, trash-to-ethanol, BP Whiting expasion, wind turbines in Lake Michigan, share your ideas with other opinion leaders right here in Northwest Indiana.
WBEZ plans an energy forum at Purdue Calumet in Hammond on October 28. You must RSVP before October 24, see details below.
Here are the energy forum details:
Energy Issues and the 2008 Election.
Chicago Public Radio, WBEZ 91.5 FM is hosting a community conversation about Indiana’s future energy needs and the 2008 election. This event will be broadcast live from Hammond, Indiana.
Come be part of the audience and join in the conversation. The event will be hosted by Chicago Public Radio’s Gabriel Spitzer along with our Northwest Indiana bureau reporter Mike Puente. Speakers include Marty Irwin, Director of Indiana Center for Coal Technology Research at Purdue University, Celina Weatherwax, District Representative for Indiana Senator Richard Lugar, Jesse Kharbanda, Executive Director of Hoosier Environmental Council, and Otto Doering, Professor at Purdue University in Agricultural Economics.
The event is October 28th at The Calumet Conference Center at Purdue University Calumet, from 5:00 until 7:00 pm.
It’s free, but you must reserve seats by October 24th at www.chicagopublicradio.org/energyforum or call 312-893-2929.
Aug
18
ANWR post explodes as nation tries to figure out energy independence
Filed Under energy | 2 Comments
I had a note from Steve Dalton at Porter County Politics advising that his post on ANWR — the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and an Indiana congressional candidate’s visit to that region — was attracting a lot of attention in the blogosphere.
In these days of ever increasing gasoline and energy prices, it’s great that Steve has taken a look at an area that has generated a lot of controversy, but that might also be one of the solutions that allows the United States to finally break free from dependence on unfriendly and hostile nations for our energy supplies.
Would you support drilling in ANWR if it meant that we didn’t have to spend some much time and energy keeping oil flowing from the Middle East? Maybe ANWR drilling is the price we need to pay in order to have some peace — at least until the Russians or some other lunatic country decide to flex their muscles.
The whole issue of energy independence and rising prices has gotten me thinking that it would be great if everyone would add a solar panel that was interconnected with the power company’s grid. Not only would everyone get some net metering benefits, it could also reduce the need to burn natural gas, oil or coal to produce power.
While a solar panel or two won’t be enough for a household to go off the grid — wouldn’t it be great to never have a power bill again — the aggregate of neighborhoods back feeding solar power into the grid would be a great step toward ending our reliance upon oil from evil dictators, crazy potentates and other people in control of energy sources who don’t have our best interests at heart. At the very least, maybe we could reduce our own energy bills by a significant amount by selling power back to the power brokers.
There’s something beautiful in the thought of a backwards spinning energy meter, isn’t there.
