Basic Info
- Name:
- Americans for Alternative Energy
- Category:
- Common Interest - Politics
- Description:
- Tired of high gas prices and electricity bills and worrying about global warming?
Our leaders have been in the pockets of Big Oil for too long. The world is running out of fossil fuels, and our future depends on finding other ways of producing energy. Let's send a message to politicians and other leaders in your state and in Washington: we need clean, safe, affordable, renewable alternative energy, and we need it now.
Alternative energy isn't a partisan or ideological issue. We won't be able... (read more) - Privacy Type:
- Open: All content is public.
Contact Info
Recent News
- News:
- Check out movies about alternative energy - the Oscar-winning "An Inconvenient Truth," "Who Killed the Electric Car?" at http://www.sonyclassics.com/whokilledtheelectriccar/, Kilowatt Ours at http://www.kilowattours.org/, Sprawling from Grace at http://www.sprawlingfromgrace.com, and the new, very cool looking movie FUEL at http://thefuelfilm.com/. Also check out the PBS Frontline documentary "Heat" at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/heat/.
It won't happen tomorrow, but we are running out of oil, and the consequences will be disastrous.
http://www.energybulletin.net/primer.php
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0406/feature5/
Another couple of websites to learn about alternative energy are http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy also, check out the podcast at Renewable Energy Access (link is above). http://www.terrapass.com is a great resource to learn about how to offset your environmental footprint. Some other sites to check out include http://facebook.com/group.php?gid=3489309240 and http://www.eco-tube.com
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Try to keep the flamewars on the wall and discussion boards to a minimum, especially regarding nuclear power (it's an option, but in the end it still has a lot of drawbacks). Outright personal attacks and inappropriateness won't be tolerated, and if notice you will be banned. Same goes for spam - but I reserve the right to report you to Facebook, which will ban your account.
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Finally, a special welcome to the elected officials who were members of the group before pages started, including U.S. Senators Evan Bayh (D-IN) and Jim Webb (D-VA), U.S. Representatives Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Marion Berry (D-AR), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Diana Degette (D-CO), David Loebsack (D-IA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Jim Moran (D-VA), and Tim Walz (D-MN), and Governors Deval Patrick (D-MA) and Bill Ritter (D-CO). We're also honored to have with us 2008 PRESIDENTIAL candidates Joe Biden (U.S. Senator, D-Delaware), Hillary Clinton (U.S. Senator, D-New York), and John Edwards (Former U.S. Senator, D-North Carolina), John McCain (U.S. Senator, R-Arizona), and Bill Richardson (Governor, D-New Mexico), 2008 U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken (D-MN), and 2008 U.S. House candidates Betsy Markey (D-CO), Mark Pera (D-IL), Jason Wallace (GP-IL), David Mosher (I-ID), and Walt Minnick (D-ID). If we missed someone, message the admin.









