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1. economic stimulus

   ECONOMIC STIMULATION PLAN
   (Paid for by Illegal Immigrants)
   It is estimated in the U.S. immigration report that between 12 and 20 million illegal immigrants are living within the confines of the United States borders. It is not argued by many Americans that these illegal immigrants are working jobs here in the United States. This means that there is an enormous amount of tax revenue that has not been taken in from these people. My plan does four things simultaneously: it collects this past revenue, it works to offer citizenship, it creates many jobs for current U.S. citizens, and most importantly it is set up in a fashion that does offend people who are already U.S. citizens.
   I know that there are many Americans that want to deport these illegal immigrants, but my plan allows for them to become full citizens by following a strict set of guidelines. The plan will allow them to buy their way to citizenship by paying extra taxes. This will help our struggling economy by creating thousands of jobs (which I will explain shortly). Using these Illegal Immigrants to create jobs for Americans, and to pay for those jobs, will help hateful people have a little more respect for them. It will also put an end to the idea that the illegal immigrants take away good Americans jobs. Under my plan these people will be creating good American jobs.
   My plan also helps to narrow the amount of illegal immigrants inside of our borders so that when INS or the Department of Homeland Security are trying to find the people that are threats to our way of life, they have fewer people to sift through.
   My plan is an offering of temporary citizenship to the illegal immigrants that can somehow prove that they have been here more than one year. These people will be required to do one of the following: 1. Pay double taxes for seven out of ten years, or 2. Pay triple taxes for three out of 5 years. They will also be required to give their fingerprints to the FBI database, enroll in English language courses, and citizenship courses. They have to do all of this in order to prove that they are serious about attempting to learn our language (if they are not already fluent) and prove that they honestly respect American citizenship. Once they have completed all of these requirements they will have a review hearing to establish full citizenship. If the illegal immigrant complains however, the offer will be withdrawn and they will be deported. This is a success oriented program though, so there will be nets to catch the people who struggle to pay triple taxes if that is the choice they select, but they will finish our program if they want to stay.
   Even though starting this program will require an initial investment on the part of the United States government, the taxes generated will be put into a separate tax system which pays the government back and pays for the many jobs this new program creates. These jobs will be created under a new heading or department in the national government for now I am calling it the “New System”. There will be three groups of jobs created by this system: one will be jobs created in order to follow up with all of the illegal immigrants on a regular basis until they complete the program, the second group of jobs will be for teaching these people English, and the third group will be for teaching each of them about U.S. citizenship. Again I will state that there are between 12,000,000 and 20,000,000 people in this country illegally. If you average that at 16,000,000, then take away a third who are probably children (who don’t work) you get 10,666,666, and then take that times the amount of additional money put into the “New System” by the illegal immigrants newly collected tax dollars (which I will blindly estimate at 3,000 per person without regard to whether they choose the 3 year or seven year plan): 10,666,666 X $3,000 = $31,999,998,000 this is an estimate of the additional money that will be collected annually and used to pay for these transitional jobs. At an average of $40,000 per year this system will create nearly 800,000 jobs. Each one of those positions will pay an estimated average of $5,500 taxes per year. This means that nearly $4,400,000,000 in federal taxes will be paid annually from the “New System” and the jobs it creates. - Jeffrey Knick

   ECONOMIC STIMULATION PLAN
   (Paid for by Illegal Immigrants)
   It is estimated in the U.S. immigration report that between 12 and 20 million illegal immigrants are living within the confines of the United States borders. It is not argued by many Americans that these illegal immigrants are working jobs here in the United States. This means that there is an enormous amount of tax revenue that has not been taken in from these people. My plan does four things simultaneously: it collects this past revenue, it works to offer citizenship, it creates many jobs for current U.S. citizens, and most importantly… more

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2. REWARD BUSINESSES NOT TAKING LAIDOFF/OFFSHORING ROUTES

   SINCE MANY COMPANIES ARE NOW DOING LAIDOFF CAUSE OTHERS ARE DOING IT, FOR THOSE THAT CAN SUSTAIN THEIR EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE REWARDED WITH TAX BREAKS OR SOMETHING. AND IF THE COMPANY CAN AFFORD TO HIRE PEOPLE, WHY CAN'T THE COMPANY GET SOME AIDS FROM THE GOVERNMENT? WHY WAITING FOR THE COMPANY TO READY TO FILE BANKRUPTCY THEN HELP? BY THEN, COMPANY ALREADY IN TROUBLE AND ALREADY SENT THEIR EMPLOYEES OUT THE DOOR. ALSO, COMPANIES NOT DOING OFFSHORING SHOULD GET SOME BENEFITS AS WELL. OTHERWISE, MORE JOBS WILL GET CUT IN THE U.S.

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3. Let us not get caught in a quagmire in Afganistan

   The Russians spent nine expensive, deadly, unsuccessful years in a futile effort to win friends and influence people. They finally left with their tails between their legs. Let us not get caught in the same kind of predicament in Afganistan!!!

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4. A Job Creation Network

   We have a challenge in our country - Millions of jobs are going away. We have some of the most innovative businesses in the world within our borders, we also have some of the most innovative minds in the world. Some of which will be out of work either now or in the not too distant future. This of course doesn't count the millions who are uncertain about what the future of the job that currently have will be, or are working in a job that has no future, no hope.

   What we need is a forum (initially perhaps as simple as that) where employers who need work done of any kind - including contract work - with a certification on the sign-up for employers to filter out the bad opportunities.

   It would also be a place where people who are out of work could band together and create new businesses - new jobs, and definitely new innovations.

   As a part of registering for Unemployment you would be registered as a part of this forum.

   We have a challenge in our country - Millions of jobs are going away. We have some of the most innovative businesses in the world within our borders, we also have some of the most innovative minds in the world. Some of which will be out of work either now or in the not too distant future. This of course doesn't count the millions who are uncertain about what the future of the job that currently have will be, or are working in a job that has no future, no hope.

   What we need is a forum (initially perhaps as… more

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5. Multiuse Bridge Upgrades

   Lifespan - A Resource- and Energy-Efficient Multi-use Bridge Concept

   A major focus of the new administration is the repair of the nation’s crumbling infrastructure, including much needed bridge replacements. Rather than simply replacing the current bridge structures with ones that merely fulfill the function of conveying vehicles, a more efficient and creative solution would be to design structures that serve multiple functions. At http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plNsDEPyprk is a Youtube video presentation detailing a concept known as Lifespan which combines a bridge structure with a multi-use high-rise.

   The concept’s rationale is that land required for multi-use structures could be spared by combining dwelling, commercial, community, and professional space with parking levels, mass-transit & bridge decks in a single structural support system. The construction of such an edifice would require no more land than is needed for a typical river crossing, yet the occupants would enjoy the multiple benefits of waterfront living. The land spared from development could then be used for agriculture or parklands. Combining uses would also reduce the need for automobile traffic, since occupants could potentially rely solely upon the structure’s vertical circulation system to carry out daily activities without the need to commute by automobile. Off-site travel would be accomplished through a mass-transit system incorporated into the structure.

   Many major urban centers are built upon waterfronts, yet the current bridges provide merely a means of linking to the opposite shore. The Lifespan concept would make the bridge into a destination as well as vehicular conveyance. By utilizing wind, solar, and water currents for power generation, these structures could also be energy-autonomous, providing living and working space without burdening current energy reserves.

   Implementation of the Lifespan concept would not only enhance many urban skylines and provide a tremendously appealing ‘urban neighborhood’, but would also demonstrate a commitment to environmental awareness and resource efficiency.

   Lifespan - A Resource- and Energy-Efficient Multi-use Bridge Concept

   A major focus of the new administration is the repair of the nation’s crumbling infrastructure, including much needed bridge replacements. Rather than simply replacing the current bridge structures with ones that merely fulfill the function of conveying vehicles, a more efficient and creative solution would be to design structures that serve multiple functions. At http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plNsDEPyprk is a Youtube video presentation detailing a concept known as Lifespan which combines a bridge structure with a multi-use high-rise.

   The concept’s rationale is that land required for multi-use structures could be spared by combining dwelling,… more

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6. Build the Trans-Global Highway (TransGlobalHighway.com)

   The Trans Global Highway would physically link by highways and by rail transport, all continents and major population centers. It would allow rapid transport of raw materials and finished goods from near and far. In addition, the Trans Global Highway would offer a conduit for gas, oil and water pipelines, as well as communication and electric power cables. From a technical point of view, the entire road and rail network is feasible, utilizing the engineering, materials and technology of today. The Trans Global Highway would undoubtedly increase global security through mutually dependent trade and commerce.

   The Trans-Global Highway would include:

   1. Road transport
   2. Railroads
   3. Oil and gas pipelines
   4. Electric and communication cables
   5. Fresh water pipelines could minimize the concern of flooding as presented in the theory of global warming.

   Full report at www.TransGlobalHighway.com

   The Trans Global Highway would physically link by highways and by rail transport, all continents and major population centers. It would allow rapid transport of raw materials and finished goods from near and far. In addition, the Trans Global Highway would offer a conduit for gas, oil and water pipelines, as well as communication and electric power cables. From a technical point of view, the entire road and rail network is feasible, utilizing the engineering, materials and technology of today. The Trans Global Highway would undoubtedly increase global security through mutually dependent trade and commerce.

   The Trans-Global Highway would include:

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7. Cancel Temporary Working Visas

   While there is a lot of unemployed Highly Skill American workers please cancel the H1b and limit the L1 visas. This will also have an effect of encouraging students to take up engineering and Computer Science degrees. Invest in our own talent and we will get payback in Information Technology.

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8. Lower mortgage interest rates for all existing mortgages

   Obama should have the interest rates on all existing mortgages lowered which would put more money in taxpayers wallets, which in turn would create true stimulus.

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9. Physician Assisted Suicide

   We need to get with the program and make physician assisted suicide an acceptable procedure nationwide. It's sad that, short of Ohio and Washington, we do not give the dignity that we give to the common dog. Ohio and Washington are the only states to have adopted physician assisted suicide as an acceptable state policy. Other countries have already done so - Switzerland, Belgium, Luxumburg, and Andalucia (Spain). We need to join the program and make it national.

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10. can oil be taken out of the stock market
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11. Put Govt. Liason in Bailout Companies

    Instead of blindly providing banks and auto makers with billions of dollars, immediately create jobs within those institutions by placing Govt. Liasons in those companies to "watchdog" the spending. The persons should not be former employees in the industry or politicians but intellects, scholars of economics and business. Their jobs would be to consult and act as a watchdog. If such a position was part of the CitiCorp meeting in which they discussed luxury jets, do you think it would have even made it to the agenda? Big Brother can't watch these companies from Washington. They have to be on the inside and the inside can't have a choice in the matter. Want the money? Here's the rules. 1. Any bonuses, training at 5 star hotels, jets, or "renovations" to luxury offices exceeding "X" must be approved by the liason and posted for the general public. Our money. Our knowledge.
    2.A liason has to be inside and along side all budgetary meetings and decisions.

    Information is power. Whatever is going on with this money has to be "viewed" and approved before it is spent. Not after. These crooks are the best at making reports and data say what they want it to say. Only people on the inside know what is really going on. If I want to know what is going on with my son's education, I open his book bag and see what's in there or more importantly what is NOT in there. I don't wait for the report card and say, "oh my gosh, what happened. I trusted you would do the right thing." The analogy, these executives/institutions are acting like children - treat them like children. Rules and discipline!!!

    Instead of blindly providing banks and auto makers with billions of dollars, immediately create jobs within those institutions by placing Govt. Liasons in those companies to "watchdog" the spending. The persons should not be former employees in the industry or politicians but intellects, scholars of economics and business. Their jobs would be to consult and act as a watchdog. If such a position was part of the CitiCorp meeting in which they discussed luxury jets, do you think it would have even made it to the agenda? Big Brother can't watch these companies from Washington. They have to be on… more

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12. Put Govt. Liason in Bailout Companies

    Instead of blindly providing banks and auto makers with billions of dollars, immediately create jobs within those institutions by placing Govt. Liasons in those companies to "watchdog" the spending. The persons should not be former employees in the industry or politicians but intellects, scholars of economics and business. Their jobs would be to consult and act as a watchdog. If such a position was part of the CitiCorp meeting in which they discussed luxury jets, do you think it would have even made it to the agenda? Big Brother can't watch these companies from Washington. They have to be on the inside and the inside can't have a choice in the matter. Want the money? Here's the rules. 1. Any bonuses, training at 5 star hotels, jets, or "renovations" to luxury offices exceeding "X" must be approved by the liason and posted for the general public. Our money. Our knowledge.
    2.A liason has to be inside and along side all budgetary meetings and decisions.

    Information is power. Whatever is going on with this money has to be "viewed" and approved before it is spent. Not after. These crooks are the best at making reports and data say what they want it to say. Only people on the inside know what is really going on. If I want to know what is going on with my son's education, I open his book bag and see what's in there or more importantly what is NOT in there. I don't wait for the report card and say, "oh my gosh, what happened. I trusted you would do the right thing." The analogy, these executives/institutions are acting like children - treat them like children. Rules and discipline!!!

    Instead of blindly providing banks and auto makers with billions of dollars, immediately create jobs within those institutions by placing Govt. Liasons in those companies to "watchdog" the spending. The persons should not be former employees in the industry or politicians but intellects, scholars of economics and business. Their jobs would be to consult and act as a watchdog. If such a position was part of the CitiCorp meeting in which they discussed luxury jets, do you think it would have even made it to the agenda? Big Brother can't watch these companies from Washington. They have to be on… more

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13. Put Govt. Liason in Bailout Companies

    Instead of blindly providing banks and auto makers with billions of dollars, immediately create jobs within those institutions by placing Govt. Liasons in those companies to "watchdog" the spending. The persons should not be former employees in the industry or politicians but intellects, scholars of economics and business. Their jobs would be to consult and act as a watchdog. If such a position was part of the CitiCorp meeting in which they discussed luxury jets, do you think it would have even made it to the agenda? Big Brother can't watch these companies from Washington. They have to be on the inside and the inside can't have a choice in the matter. Want the money? Here's the rules. 1. Any bonuses, training at 5 star hotels, jets, or "renovations" to luxury offices exceeding "X" must be approved by the liason and posted for the general public. Our money. Our knowledge.
    2.A liason has to be inside and along side all budgetary meetings and decisions.

    Information is power. Whatever is going on with this money has to be "viewed" and approved before it is spent. Not after. These crooks are the best at making reports and data say what they want it to say. Only people on the inside know what is really going on. If I want to know what is going on with my son's education, I open his book bag and see what's in there or more importantly what is NOT in there. I don't wait for the report card and say, "oh my gosh, what happened. I trusted you would do the right thing." The analogy, these executives/institutions are acting like children - treat them like children. Rules and discipline!!!

    Instead of blindly providing banks and auto makers with billions of dollars, immediately create jobs within those institutions by placing Govt. Liasons in those companies to "watchdog" the spending. The persons should not be former employees in the industry or politicians but intellects, scholars of economics and business. Their jobs would be to consult and act as a watchdog. If such a position was part of the CitiCorp meeting in which they discussed luxury jets, do you think it would have even made it to the agenda? Big Brother can't watch these companies from Washington. They have to be on… more

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14. How Do You Make A Clock?
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15. Reform U.S. Currency!

    With gradual inflation, the dollar today will buy what a dime would buy in the 1950s and soon it will worth a 1950s penny. Our currency has become obsolete and dysfunctional. Originally durable coins were meant for daily monetary exchanges and fragile bills for less frequent transactions. Now the penny and nickel are worth less than the metal they contain. Coins have become a valueless nuisance, good only for the ritual of making "exact change." We need to reform our currency.
    Here are several solutions:

    Create a new 21st century dollar worth 10 or 100 times the value of our current dollar and make new coins and bills of comparable value.

    Recognizing that the dime has the value of the 1950s penny, eliminate the penny and nickel and make the dime the smallest coin, with coins running from 1/10th dollar to 10 dollars, and bills from $20 up.

    Recognizing that the dollar will soon be worth only a 1950s penny, eliminate all fractions of the dollar and make coins running from $1 to $100, and bills from $200 up.

    With gradual inflation, the dollar today will buy what a dime would buy in the 1950s and soon it will worth a 1950s penny. Our currency has become obsolete and dysfunctional. Originally durable coins were meant for daily monetary exchanges and fragile bills for less frequent transactions. Now the penny and nickel are worth less than the metal they contain. Coins have become a valueless nuisance, good only for the ritual of making "exact change." We need to reform our currency.
    Here are several solutions:

    Create a new 21st century dollar worth 10 or 100 times the value of our… more

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16. Protecting privacy in online medical records

    As we consider taking all medical records online within five years, let us not forget how big business and government alike have abused consumers in the credit industry. This information is private and sensitive and can cost us jobs, money and opportunities as it is used without our knowledge and consent for purposes not in our best interest. Please, can we take this slowly and make sure that consumer interests are protected first, last and always?

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17. Retool the EPA to include green development programs

    Restructure the EPA to include environmental leaders and green technology companies so that it can become an innovative results driven agency rather than just a regulatory one. It will still need to regulate industries but it also should provide programs, incentives and development direction to help them go green. Using recyclable grocery bags is just not going to get it done.

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18. Geothermal power is the cleanest, cheapest, most accessible!

    1. There are many different ways to derive energy.
    2. Each of these methods has different relationships with the environment
    3. Each of these methods has different costs and different benefits
    4. Each of the these methods has different pros and cons.

    5. A partial list of methods; oil, coal, shale, wood, gas, Biofuels (a. food crop, b. hemp crop c. algae) Solar, Thermal Solar, Wind, Tidal, Geothermal, Hydrogen, Hydrolic, Zero Point, Nuclear.

    6. Oils relationships with the environment are
       a. oil is ancient organic material that has undergone geological processes.
       b. oil is removed from the ground via oil wells. Ie oil is mined from the Earth.
       c. oil is burned in order to get heat and chemical reaction to create the energy.
       d. burning it creates smoke. the smoke is toxic. it is multiply toxic to the ecosystem in multiple ways.
       e. its causing global warming
       f. it causes cancer
       g. it causes acid rain
       h. thus it hurts humans personally and the whole ecosystem as whole in these different ways.

    7. oil costs a certain amount of money to obtain from the earth, depending on how deep it is and at what pressure it is under.

    8. oil costs a certain amount of money to refine and process, as well as to transport.

    9. The pros of oil are that ;
       a. it is accessible with very primitive levels of technology
       b. our current energy infrastructure is based on oil
       c. oil costs less than biofuels or, at least, it used to.
       d. oils over all cost benefit analysis remains do-able from the perspective of economics alone.

    10. The cons against oil are
        a. oil is actually very expensive as technology compared to other forms of energy in which initial
        costs render yields not limited by physical quantities. Solar power stations, Wind, and Geothermal all provide energy options which
        are simply cheaper over the long term.
        b. oil pollutes the ecology as mentioned in its environmental analysis above.
        c. that pollution will cause the extinction of life on earth as we know it should it continue.
        d. we have already reached a tipping point where we have raised the global temperature so high that the new larger contributor to
        greenhouse gasses is the ice that is being melted.
        e. thus we need solutions to reverse global warming, or, our civilization is doomed.

    11. Coal. The specifics change, but Coal, like oil, is an ancient organic substance exposed to geological processes, mut be burned, and thus
        contributes to pollution and global warming.

    12. oil Shale and coal Shale. Similar to oil and coal or extensions of them, shale is harder to mine and harder to extract oil from.
        thus it costs more to process.

    13. Biofuels. The difference between biofuels and oil or coal is that biofuels have not been exposed to geological processes, but rather,
        similarly effecting technological processes.
        a.Biofuels still have toxic smoke which pollutes and which contributes to global warming
        b. Biofuels trade energy shortage and economic stress for food shortage and economic stress, thus creating c +d
        c. Biofuels create food shortages, hunger, and contribute to global poverty
        d. Biofuels make food more expensive.

    14. Solar Power
        a. solar power is derived from the suns light and chemical processes.
        b. Solar panels are a permanent fixture which will continue to derive energy whenever the sun shines.
        c. Solar panels have real but comparatively very tiny environmental costs.
        d. Solar panel technology is up to date and evolved, no more research is actually required.
        e. assorted pundits and candidates and politicians and so forth like to tell us that they favor more research for solar power.
        Thats a secret unsecret way of saying that they don't support employing it as a real world solution, because solar power has worked
        and has been feasible and economically viable for over 20 years.
        f. Solar power is derived at a specific rate depending on the size of the panel, the efficiency of the absorption of the sunlight, and the amount of
        sunlight available.
        g. Solar power does better at high altitudes because theres less atmospheric interference.
        h. Solar Power has very low yields per physical system cost. In order to run a car on Solar energy, you have to panel the entire car,
        and in order to run your house on solar energy, you would have to panel your entire rooftop and buy energy saving appliances.
        i. Solar power is most attractive and useful in a whole energy strategy because it is uniquely mobile. Geothermal wells or Wind
        power or tidal power (for obvious reasons) won't run a car directly.
        j. Solar power could in theory be used to solve the energy crisis almost by itself, by paneling over a very large surface area. This surface area
        has been calculated variously, with low estimates ranging in 10 by 10 miles, and high estimates ranging upto 200 by 200 miles.
        h. The problem with this is that the cost/ benefit analysis shows us that this would be very expensive when compared to a holistic energy strategy.
        i. Solar power has very low yields when compared to geothermal power.

    15. Thermal Solar. Thermal Solar is a variation of Solar power with a much cheaper cost, a much lower per square foot yield, and operating at a much simpler technology level.
        a. about 100 miles by 100 miles (median estimate) of Thermal solar paneling could in theory meet our energy needs.
        b. Thermal Solar can be done in such a way that it has lower materials costs and lower materials environmental impact.
        c. Thermal solar involves using light to heat a liquid which creates energy by pushing a turbine when the fluid expands.

    16. Wind Energy.
        a. Wind energy is derived from creating large turbines called wind mills.
        b. Wind mills are generally very large affairs.
        c. The larger a windmill is, the more energy it creates relative to its overall material cost.
        d. This means that the cost/ benefit analysis shows that larger windmills are cheaper.
        e. Windmills create medium yields of energy when they are operating.
        f. One good large windmill can probably meet the energy needs for perhaps a dozen homes.
        g. The USA could in theory meet all of its energy needs via wind power, if we invested heavily also in enormous
        distribution network infrastructure.
        h. The USA is rich in wind energy compared to most places on the earth.
        i. the problem with windmills is downtime when theres no wind.
        j. This is significantly less a problem than with solar downtime due to no sun.
        k. Wind and Solar together as a team can capitalize on the two extremes of climate, and should thus be employed
        alternately depending on the location one wishes to provide energy for.
        l. for instance, Solar power is better in New Mexico, Arizona, California, Texas, And sunny places.
        J. And yet Wind power is better in places like New Jersey, Oregon,...places alongside the Canada Border.
        k. The other problem with wind power is that it can create quite an eye sore to look at.
        l. Wind power also can be very devastating to local bird populations.
        m. Wind and Solar might be good tandem partners for cities like Denver, where theres lots of wind and lots of sun,
        but not usually at the same time except for when it is.
        This allows such a system to generate power in the sunny months with solar and in the winter months with wind.

    17. Tidal Power
        a. Tidal power is derived much like wind power is, from the movement of water instead of air.
        b. Tidal power is slightly higher in potential yields because water is denser.
        c. Tidal power would have to be done more or less on remote beaches , probably in large fenced
        areas to protect the systems from animals and animals and humans from the systems.
        d. Tidal power is obviously only viable on the coastlines of oceans or very large bodies of water such as lakes.
        e. Tidal power could in theory meet all of our energy needs.
        f. the cost/ benefit analysis for tidal power is a bit murky because its a mostly unexplored technology.
        g. however, proof of concept units do exist and the technology is very simple.
        h. tidal power has problems due to the corrosive nature of salt water and erosion.
        i. Tidal power is unpopular because it ruins one beach per facility.
        j. Most accessible tidal power exists in the energy of waves.
        k. Cost/ benefit analysis shows that tidal power can be done out at sea, but it becomes increasingly more expensive the further out
        you go to get the power back to land.
        l. Tidal power is probably a good solution for arctic regions which don't get much sun, and whose wind conditions might on some occasions be too intense,
        pulling windmills down.
        m. Along with Solar power and Wind power, tidal power provides a third leg of medium level yield energy for low materials cost in situations where
        geothermal power would be too expensive.

    18. Geothermal Power
        a. Geothermal power is energy derived from the heat of the earth.
        b. that heat is on average several miles beneath the surface.
        c. However, there is a lot of variance in how deep that heat is, and every state has regions where that heat is within a few hundred meters of the surface.
        d. Geothermal power like wind power becomes cheaper per materials cost the larger the plant is.
        e. Geothermal power has very high potential yields, and is in fact competitive with nuclear power in terms of sheer yield.
        f. Geothermal power plants could in theory be built with higher energy yields than nuclear power plants. However, this is not advised or advisable, due to
        potential tectonic stresses such high energy plants could create.
        g. in the range around 100th or even 1 tenth the yield energy of a nuclear power station, geothermal power stations could be built which would have
        virtually no impact on tectonic stresses.
        h. Tectonic stress is an important variable. Frequently geothermal power is most accessible along fault lines. However, these should be ignored for
        caldera like situations where the system is not contributing or in danger due to tectonic stresses.
        i. There are many different ways of configuring a geothermal power station, and only one which this author supports. This is called double ci

    1. There are many different ways to derive energy.
    2. Each of these methods has different relationships with the environment
    3. Each of these methods has different costs and different benefits
    4. Each of the these methods has different pros and cons.

    5. A partial list of methods; oil, coal, shale, wood, gas, Biofuels (a. food crop, b. hemp crop c. algae) Solar, Thermal Solar, Wind, Tidal, Geothermal, Hydrogen, Hydrolic, Zero Point, Nuclear.

    6. Oils relationships with the environment are
       a. oil is ancient organic material that has undergone geological processes.
       b. oil is removed from the ground via oil wells. Ie oil is mined from… more

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19. Over Population. How Can Obama Curb This Global Threat?

    The greatest global threat is the human evolutionary propencity for procreation leading to over population, on a exponential growth pattern.
    Humans are the protectors and replicating slaves via sex of DNA and, will forever resist birth control. Even at the cost of future catastrophe.

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20. Economical Vehicles for USA

    Why did they quit making the old VW bugs? I got a brand new one for high school graduation in 1972--it cost $2,000!!!! I wish I had never gotten rid of it! Can't we come up with something like this great vehicle again in these desperate times?

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