I want to include this link so that those on the mainland and Hawaii who share very sunny climates will write their congressmen and suggest this option for their street lights.
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Guam – The University of Guam Center for Island Sustainability recently installed stand alone solar powered light-emitting diode (LED) street lights as a part of a $1.5 million dollar grant from the State Energy Program and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

A total of 30 units – 21 units in Dean’s Circle and nine behind the School of Nursing were installed to reduce the carbon foot print of the campus, save on energy, and promote renewable power to island residents.

“In terms of energy output, each fixture emits 30 watts and has an illumination output of 3,840 lumens.

During the day, solar panels charge each battery unit, and as the sun sets, a controller senses a drop of voltage from the solar panel and turns each lamp on. Conversely, when the sun rises the controller senses another change in voltage and shuts the lamp off to start charging each battery,” said Antonio Endaya , Center for Island Sustainability Energy Technician.

With a payback period of three years in energy savings, this is the first step in alternative energy investments for the UOG Center for Island Sustainability as future plans are underway for similar projects.

CIS is pursuing a series of other solar projects including the installation of forty fixtures of walk-way lights on campus and solar power systems in the School of Education (SOE), Telecommunication and Distance Education Operation (TADEO) office, and Center for Island Sustainability (CIS) office. Solar arrays at SOE will provide 12Kw of energy while the TADEO and CIS buildings will each have 6Kw units for power.

The CIS office will also have a 4 Kw unit to power their electric car and a small wind Turbine to use as a demonstration model. TADEO will also be putting in a 10 Kw wind turbine to supplement their energy needs.
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Every step to save the planet’s energy and to take back the power over us exercised by the greedy Energy Industry is a step towards independence and recovery.

Anna

There is probably more to it than your realize. Not everything can be explained via the human experience.

Taking Responsibility for our Energy Future.

As Americans continue to face a challenging economy and record-high gas prices – and the top five oil companies rake in huge profits every quarter – House Republicans are working to increase offshore drilling and continue the most egregious subsidies to the oil industry.

This week, House Republicans passed 3 bills to expand offshore drilling nationwide—including off of our California coastline.

If we end the tax breaks to the big five oil companies, we could save $32 billion over 10 years. Last week, we gave our colleagues across the aisle a chance to vote to end these subsidies, but they said no.

Eight times this year, we have given them a chance, and eight times they have voted against holding the oil industry accountable and providing relief to consumers.

On Wednesday, House Democrats introduced two new measures to responsibly and safely expand the production of American energy, and invest in our clean energy future.

The Increasing American Energy Production Now Act:
Enacts the recommendations of the bipartisan BP Oil Spill Commission

Sets benchmarks for oil and gas development on federal property

Imposes fees on oil and gas companies who sit on drilling leases without producing any energy

The Building Our Clean Energy Future Now Act:
Ends taxpayer-funded subsidies for the major oil companies

Uses some of those funds to increase the use of American-made clean energy and reduce our
dependence on foreign oil

America must take responsibility for our own energy future, and we must invest in clean, safe, renewable, and reliable alternatives to power our homes and businesses, and create jobs.

This plan strengthens the production of American-made energy and offers a path toward energy independence and economic growth.

Congresswoman Pelosi joins Mayor Lee and community leaders at the opening of St. Peter’s Place in San Francisco, which built 19 new, affordable apartments for adults with disabilities

Working for a Fair Path to Citizenship
Last year, the Democratic House passed the DREAM Act with a bipartisan vote; it faced obstruction in the Senate, but would have given hundreds of thousands of young people brought to our country without a choice the chance to earn legal status.

With this week’s reintroduction of the DREAM Act in the House and Senate, we have another chance to take the first step towards enactment of comprehensive immigration reform.

The DREAM Act strengthens our economy and our military, and honors our American values.

For the hundreds of thousands of young people who contribute to our country, and who are counting on us to bring them out of the shadows, we cannot allow another year to go by without the DREAM Act becoming law.

Please feel free to forward this information to your family and friends. To learn more about these efforts, to express your views, or to sign up for email updates, please visit my Web site. I am also on Twitter http://twitter.com/NancyPelosi.

Sincerely,

Member of Congress

Looks like you were right again. The crooked US senators are attempting to change the deal that would bring the marines to Guam so they can allow their handlers to get a piece of the action.
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US Senators call for changes to planned marine transferral to Guam

Posted at 20:51 on 13 May, 2011 UTC

A group of US senators have called for alterations to plans to move thousands of Marines from Okinawa in Japan to Guam.

The Stars and Stripes website reports that the senators include John McCain and Carl Levin, the highest ranking members of the Senate Committee on Armed Services.

They have called for the US to scrap major aspects of a 2006 US-Japan realignment agreement to relocate troops on Okinawa.

The agreement was contingent on the transferral of almost 9000 troops to Guam.

However it’s been described by the senators as “unrealistic, unworkable, and unaffordable”.

They estimate that transferral would mean a total of 23,000 Americans moving to Guam around 2014 which would require considerable off-base federal spending to improve infrastructure.

Instead, the senators proposed rotating deployed units from other bases, citing Hawaii and California as potential locations.

Guam’s congressional delegate, Madeleine Bordallo, has responded by saying the senators’ proposal would reduce the amount of revenue that would come from permanently stationed Marines on Guam.
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Why is everything so crooked in the all white senate?

Peter

I am writing this hurriedly. I have to get ready for the Bay action today in the City. Just wanted to thank you for telling us about the Film Noir event at the Roxie. It was fun!

I saw you but I didn’t have the nerve to come up.

Patricia