My Reply to Russ Carnahan

Hi Russ,

I'm so very glad to receive your message and I am extremely excited that you're backing The Picken's Plan. I think, at this point, this is our best avenue for success in getting the economy back on track and bringing jobs back home and also in creating new jobs and sources of revenue. In my previous email that I had sent to you, I had mentioned of recycling and reducing our landfills by cleaning them up and pulling out the recyclable materials, which can create a commodities revenue, create more jobs and fund alternative/renewable energy research, development, and installations.

Please give this a thought, as this process can be started NOW, without R&D and financial deployment. I feel that there should also be a push and incentive to all of the "waste management" companies to provide a "recycling" service within all of our counties.

I was recently informed by a friend who lives in Arnold, MO that his waste service is now providing large recycling containers and will take ALL of the recyclable materials. Unfortunately, my local waste company does not provide this service, thus I utilize my local recycling center located in Byrnes Mill, MO, once per week. I have reduced my actual output of "trash" from 2-3 trash cans down to one that is only half full and recycle two trash cans full of materials per week. I think if we can get more consumers to begin recycling, we can lessen our impact on the environment, as well as creating, as I had mentioned, a commodities revenue to assist with the alternative/renewable energy projects that would benefit our great state of Missouri.

Thanks for all of your hard work!

--Ken Stulce
kstulce@gmail.com
http://altenergypolitics.blogspot.com

My suggestion to T. Boone Pickens

After watching tonight's presidential debates, I decided to head over to The Picken's Plan to see what everyone was discussing in his post-debate discussion. After reading through the various discussion points, I decided to email T. Boone with a suggestion.

Hi T. Boone,

I think your ideas are great and are definitely the direction that our country needs to go. In regards to wind energy, I see that your plans seem to suggest wind farms, which require vast amount of land. With that in mind, I have seen information about plans where small wind turbines can be installed on the undersides of overpasses within the urban populations. Think about it, as many vehicles that pass under overpasses, at usually a high rate of speed, this would collect huge amounts of kinetic wind energy. If all major cities installed these forms of renewable energy devices, they could be almost self sustaining, or at least largely self-supported, in regards to an energy surplus. I discuss some of these ideas on my blog at "http://altenergypolitics.blogspot.com".

Also, a plan to gather the recyclable materials from our country's ever growing landfills could hypothetically produce, from all 50 states, a commodities surplus of $14 trillion. Please see the study that I posted on my blog from Missouri landfills alone, which could reap $280 million in just one year. Multiply that figure by all 50 states and we could easily support the alternative/renewable energy development plans.

Thanks in advance for your time in considering my suggestions.

--Ken

My email to Jay Nixon

I decided to take a moment and spread the word to the Democratic nominee for Missouri Governor, Jay Nixon. Please do the same and email your government officials. If you have an idea, spread the word. This is the only way we can make a difference. Use your voice and your mind. Make educated decisions through research. Look for "neutral" and unbiased sources of information.

Please follow my lead.
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Hi Jay,

I'm really glad to hear that you're running for Governor. I think that you did a fantastic job as Attorney General and really hope that you take the win for the Governor's seat. With that said, I wanted to take this opportunity to write to you and offer some suggestions, which I have posted on my blog at "http://altenergypolitics.blogspot.com/".

The biggest idea that I REALLY think would clean up Missouri, would be to clean up our landfills and create commodities revenues through recycling materials during the cleanup process. According to a study, as quoted on my blog, there is the potential, in Missouri alone, to gather 1.9 million tons of recyclable materials over a year and have a possible value of $208 million. 45% of waste in our landfills is recyclable materials.

Various resources could be utilized to begin the cleanup process, such as Community Service programs (including welfare-to-work), Prison work programs, Volunteers, etc. I also feel that we need to have more recycling centers throughout the state and offer tax breaks to trash services who offer recycling pickup as part of their route, including providing recycle bins to their customers.

I feel that the money earned from this development could provide many benefits, including alternative/renewable energy research and development/deployment, K-12 & college education grants, and other needed programs.

Also, please consider the Pickens Plan.

Thanks for your time and good luck with the campaign. You will be getting my vote!

--Ken

A request to Barack Obama

I have recently sent a message to Barack Obama with a plan and a request:

Hello Mr. Obama & Mr. Biden,

I cannot tell you enough how excited I am about your campaign. This year has been a very interesting turn of events. Originally, I was a Hillary Clinton supporter, mainly because of her previous experience with President Clinton and the ideals she gained during his presidency, who I believe made a change in America, though, after his eight years in office and the following eight years of complete turmoil, I feel that both you and Mr. Biden have what it takes to get America back on track. I feel you know that America is "Of the people, by the people, and for the people", otherwise there wouldn't be an America and you wouldn't be running for office.

With that said, I wanted to bring up a few points that I am discussing in my blog, "http://altenergypolitics.blogspot.com/".

First, I would like to discuss Recycling and our landfills. Just in Missouri alone, there is 1.9 million tons of recyclable materials per year thrown away into our landfills, which according to a 2006-2007 study performed by Midwest Assistance Program Inc., equates to $208 million in potential economic commodities, though multiply that by 50 states, and you could see a massive surplus of potential. Can you imagine if these materials were recycled and what we could do with the money? I have a plan that if we were to use free or nearly free labor sources to harvest these materials in all of the U.S., this money could go toward many of our goals: Alternative Energy research and development, college grants, local education funding....the list could go on and on. The labor sources could be community service programs, prison work programs, welfare-to-work programs, etc. Please give this a thought!

Second, I want to discuss Alternative Energy. We really need to take a hard look at the Picken's Plan, as I feel Mr. Pickens has some really good ideas. I've written to my Congresspersons and have presented both Mr. Picken's ideas, as well as my own, and wanted to pass these same thoughts to you for consideration. We need to eliminate our need for foreign oil by developing our own means of energy, which can all be acquired freely after the initial investment: Solar, Wind, Hydro, Geo-Thermal, etc. With as many farmers as we have across America, there has to be a way to borrow small pieces of their land, in an energy sharing agreement, where Wind & Solar farms can co-exist with crop farms to produce both our vegetables and our energy. If I financial had a way to do this, believe me, I would. I'm working on a plan to personally do this, but until I come up with one, I would like to request your assistance with the Picken's Plan. Also, please look into legislation to force a stop to the monopolizing energy companies throughout the U.S., specifically in Missouri. I believe if an individual, regardless of trying to make a profit or not, wants to generate renewable energy in excess, the energy companies, such as AmerenUE, should be required by law to purchase the excess energy at the going rate and not take it because its available and attached to the grid! At the present, negotiations at their discretion must be performed. Please give consideration to these plans.

I wish both you and Mr. Biden all the best of health, strength, and luck in the upcoming elections. I will be speaking to everyone I can that a vote for you is the only choice they have if they wish America to once again to return to the prosperity we once had eight years ago.

Good Luck and God Bless!

--Ken Stulce

Landfills and recycling

I wanted to emphasize and reiterate on the previous posting from my good friend Shannon, aka "Tom O'Bedlam", which had mentioned of the county landfills and how they could be cleaned up. There are still many people in this country that don't recycle and haven't even given it one thought. Some of this thinking, on their parts, could be changed if they became aware of the benefits to recycling, though, I'm sure not everyone will jump on-board the train, at least not immediately.

I'm going to list a few ideas that I've been debating over that I feel could reduce the "mountains" of trash, create jobs, help alternative energy programs, offer community service alternatives, and provide a means for cheap, prison labor. If a revamping of our policies and a plan, which I'm going to outline, could be put into effect, I guarantee that a LOT of issues could be solved.

Ok, so picture this...within 15 miles from my home is a landfill. Every morning and afternoon, I pass by it while driving to and from work. It stinks! I can't help but notice and think about it every day. It's been there most of my life, maybe even longer, and has grown in size....it's massive.

Within the last couple of years, I've realized the types of things I've thrown away and what I've seen others throw away, which eventually ends up in this same landfill. I'm trying to change my habits, as, luckily enough for me, and most other people in the same area, I have a local recycling center. Some nearby cities are very lucky to have recycling as part of their trash service, which I'm sure they automatically pay extra for, and I feel that those people should utilize to its fullest, especially if they're paying for, but if they think about it, the "ease of use" and not having to pay for the transportation to "go" to their local recycling center easily pays for this convenience! This is my first point, most people have a way to recycle on a daily basis. The "places" are there, you just have to find them!

By recycling, this will reduce the amount of trash sent to the landfills by 45%, according to a 2006-2007 study by the Midwest Assistance Program Inc. Can you imagine, 45% of materials in the landfills are metals, paper, plastics and glass? In this same article, they hypothesize that the 1.9 million tons of recyclable materials over a year, just in Missouri alone, have the potential economic commodities value of approximately $208 million dollars! If you take that same number and multiply it by all 50 states, that total calculates to 95 billion tons of recyclables times $208 million equals, well,... A LOT OF MONEY!!! Do you understand the scale that I'm trying to convey, and that's just in one year? This money could create millions of jobs and fix a huge problem that the U.S. currently has and for some reason, what that could be, can't fix!

Now for my next point....Yes, this could generate a LOT of money and create a LOT of jobs, but a lot of the workers could be retrieved from the following resources: Community Service Programs, Prison Labor Programs, Welfare-to-work Programs, and the list goes on. This proposed recycling program could fix a huge, national problem, but at the same time generate LOTS of money. I can think of a MILLION places that this money could go, and I'm not talking about lining someone's pockets......Alternative energy research, Schools, Healthcare.....the list could go on and on!

My whole point is that we can fix a lot of our problems internally through the wise re-use of our own "trash"!


Just take a moment to think about it! After you think about it, do something about it....start recycling your own trash!