We now know that we must decrease our dependence on fossil fuels. Between the environmental hazards and the threat to our national security fossil fuels cause the debate for whether or not we need to move to greener energy sources is over.
One way to lessen our energy usage would be to outfit our street lamps and stop lights with solar pannels. Driving on the highway one can already see this technology in use on on many lighted road signs. Why not extend that technology to all street lamps, lighted street signs, and stop lights?
The bennifits in the reduction of energy usage are clear. There is also a saftey advantage. With our current system, when an area looses power street lamps and stop lights do not function. This is an undeniable saftey hazard. If our systems were powered by solar this saftey issue would disapear. A town in Florida has already implimented solar power on its street lamps, lessening the saftet hazard of hurricane induced power outages.
This is a sensible and nessicary upgrade of our power grid. We must act swiftly on this issue.
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I. Lowe
GILBERT, AZ
- Sent letter to Jo Bonner , Jeff Flake , John McCain , Jon Kyl , Barack Obama , Jay Tibshraeny , Warde Nichols , Steven Yarbrough , Andy Biggs and Laurin Hendrix
- Dec 13, 2009
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Kelly Leighton
Snyder, TX
- Sent letter to Mike Conaway , Randy Neugebauer , Barack Obama , Kay Hutchison , Drew Darby , Joe Heflin , John Cornyn , Robert Duncan and Rick Perry
- Dec 09, 2009
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Thendral Perumal
Gandhinagar, India
- Sent letter to Barack Obama , Pat Leahy , Jim Douglas and Bernie Sanders
- Dec 08, 2009
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slbutterfly .
Tucson, AZ
- Sent letter to Gabrielle Giffords , John McCain , Jon Kyl , Barack Obama , Janet Napolitano , Paula Aboud , David Bradley and Steve Farley
- Dec 06, 2009
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neokuji .
Tucson, AZ
- Sent letter to Gabrielle Giffords , John McCain , Jon Kyl , Barack Obama , Janet Napolitano , Paula Aboud , David Bradley and Steve Farley
- Dec 05, 2009
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Colleen Chaos
Baltimore, MD
- Sent letter to Roscoe Bartlett , Dutch Ruppersberger , Barack Obama , Ben Cardin , Barbara Mikulski , Jon Cardin , A. Kach , Dan Morhaim and Frank Kratovil
- Dec 04, 2009
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CherokeeGirl for Change
Sacramento, CA
- Sent letter to Dan Lungren , Doris Matsui , Dianne Feinstein , Barbara Boxer , Barack Obama , Arnold Schwarzenegger , Dave Cox , Darrell Steinberg and Hon. Alyson Huber
- "can we please get crackin'? Other countries are out pacing us in ingenuity and innovative ways to solve problems. We, on the other hand, and our democracy is becoming the laughing stock of the world because our system is so corrupt we can't get anything done."
- Dec 04, 2009
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Patrick Kelly
Palos Park, IL
- Sent letter to Bobby Rush , Dan Lipinski , Judy Biggert , Dick Durbin , Barack Obama , Kevin Joyce , Monique Davis , Robert Rita and Roland Burris
- Dec 04, 2009
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Tonya Butts
La Fargeville, NY
- Sent letter to Barack Obama , Chuck Schumer , David Paterson , Hon. Addie Russell , Darrel Aubertine , Kirsten Gillibrand and Foncie Donastorg
- Dec 04, 2009
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Red N.
Plymouth, United Kingdom
- Sent letter to Barack Obama , Thad Cochran , Haley Barbour and Roger Wicker
- Dec 04, 2009
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