Only three days left to talk to Seante leaders about natural gas

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<>*There are only three days left to make sure that Senate leaders don't

make a huge mistake by overlooking renewable energy and energy

efficiency as a solution to lowering the price of natural gas!Turbine*

 

Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico wants to hear YOUR ideas on the best

way to bring down the skyrocketing cost of natural gas. *_Click here to

give him your feedback before it's too late, the deadline for comments

is this Friday, January 7th at noon!_*

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*Right now the Senate is working on ways to lower the cost of natural

gas which has doubled in the last four years.* But unfortunately, it

looks like their " solution " will be to endanger our environment by

drilling for more gas, rather than using clean renewable energy sources

like wind and solar and practicing energy efficiency to reduce demand

and lower costs.

 

*Renewable energy and energy efficiency must be a part of this

solution!* Not only is renewable energy good for the environment, it's

also good for our wallets. Almost everyone agrees that fossil fuels will

become more and more expensive over time, while renewable energy will

become cheaper and cheaper. Solar and wind power offer stable,

predictable alternatives to dirty fossil fuels and will reduce your

energy bill.

 

*The big energy companies and their allies in Congress are calling for

more natural gas subsidies, more drilling, and more imported natural

gas.* We're already too dependent on non-renewable fossil fuels, and

these " solutions " won't solve this underlying problem.

 

The deadline to submit comments is this Friday, January 7 at noon, so we

need your help to submit as many comments as possible before then.

*_Don't wait - click here now to tell Senator Domenici that we need real

solutions to the skyrocketing cost of natural gas, not subsidies for big

energy companies!_*

<http://www.saveourenvironment.org/ctt.asp?u=566920 & l=5662>

 

After you've taken action, please forward this message to your friends,

family, and co-workers and urge them to speak out for renewable energy

and energy efficiency too. *Don't forget the deadline is noon on January

7, 2005!*

 

Thanks for your help!

 

Sincerely,

 

Katelyn Sabochik

Online Campaign Manager

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Dear Senator Domenici,

 

Thank you for inviting the public to submit recommendations for reducing

natural gas prices. I urge you to avoid focusing on supply-side measures

such as new fossil fuel subsidies, increased drilling in wilderness

areas, and expansion of liquefied natural gas imports. Instead, American

families and businesses deserve clean energy solutions that will save

consumers money by reducing natural gas demand.

 

Numerous government and independent studies show that the most effective

way to reduce natural gas prices is to decrease demand by improving

energy efficiency and developing renewable electricity sources such as

wind, solar, geothermal, and bioenergy. A 2003 analysis by the Energy

Information Administration (EIA) found that consumers would save money

on electricity and gas bills if utilities met a 10 percent by 2020

renewable electricity standard (RES). Recent analysis by the Union of

Concerned Scientists using EIA's National Energy Modeling System (NEMS)

and updated natural gas price projections found that a 20 percent RES

would decrease natural gas consumption by 6 percent in 2020, save

consumers $26.2 billion by 2025, and create 355,000 high quality jobs.

 

Combining a strong RES with a ten-year extension of the production tax

credit (PTC) and energy efficiency improvements would provide even

greater consumer savings. A recent study by the American Council for an

Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) confirms that increased renewable

energy use coupled with efficiency measures would save consumers more

than $75 billion on their natural gas bills over the next five years, or

$96 on the average home's annual gas bill. Additional savings of $28

billion would occur from lower electricity bills. The ACEEE study

demonstrates the need for the following efficiency measures: updating

state and federal appliance efficiency standards, expanding consumer

energy efficiency programs, encouraging clean on-site power generation,

expanding federal clean energy funding, and expanding energy efficiency

tax incentives.

 

Please ensure that any legislation aimed at curbing natural gas prices

includes the renewable energy and efficiency measures described above. I

look forward to hearing your position on these important issues.

 

Sincerely,

[your name inserted here]