16 July 2008

Congressman Jeff Miller, Fax: (202) 225-3414
Congressman Robert Wexler, Fax: (202) 225-5974

RE: Bi-Partisan Congressional Activity, Investment in Energy Alternatives

Dear Messrs. Miller & Wexler:

Can it be? Two very diverse members of the US Congress—one of the most conservative and one of the most liberal—agree that it is time to quit the bi-partisan bickering and get to work on helping the struggling middle class of America? I almost fainted, but, there it was, in print from each of your July 15 email newsletters!

You each agree, as I am sure many other members of Congress do, that we need to invest in long-term energy alternatives including but not limited to bio-fuels, solar, wind, hydrogen, geothermal, nuclear, and hydroelectric. The question is how will each of you lay aside the partisan swords and help bring about the true changes that America needs?

The Pickens Plan may be a start. See www.pickensplan.com. Mr. Pickens touts the Plan as a “bridge to the future—a blueprint to reduce foreign oil dependence by harnessing domestic energy alternatives” that will “buy us time to develop even greater new technologies.” He says that “building new wind generation facilities and better utilizing our natural gas resources can replace more than one-third of our foreign oil imports in 10 years.” Can you two leaders join his “call for change” and help to “set a new course for America's energy future in the first hundred days of the new presidency [by] breaking the hammerlock of foreign oil and building a new domestic energy future for America with a focus on sustainability”?