Martin Lagina, Career Oilman, Turns to Wind Power

Wind turbine blades await installation on a German-built windmill under construction outside McBain, Michigan. The developer asserts that if he receives 11 cents a kilowatt/hour for the power generated by the turbine, just a penny or so more than the current cost of electricity in the state, the project will be a financial success. Read more

Apollo Feedback: Fuel Prices Take Toll

No Assurance Yet That Lawmakers Ready to Help

One of our primary goals here at the Apollo Alliance is to provide a forum for dialogue about the most important issues confronting America: The weakening condition of our economy, rising global temperatures, and the diminished strength of the American middle class. Each of these is closely tied to energy supply and price. In this week’s Apollo Feedback, readers put forward more sound ideas about what we ought to do to fix the problem. If you want to join the conversation write to Keith Schneider at keith@apolloalliance.org, and view the other Feedback features here: Read more

Apollo Feedback: New Course on Energy Needed, Apollo Nation Says

Maryland already taking action

Like Oxygen
We need a clean energy policy like we need oxygen. Imagine the pain of turning blue or losing brain cells after four minutes without it. Collectively, we have not paid attention. We fell asleep to our need. The positive news of rising gas prices is that we have been mustered out of our slumber because those brain cells are dying, our muscles are cramping. All we ever needed to do was unleash what we do best — innovation. Read more

Apollo Feedback: On Outer Continental Shelf Drilling, Apollo Nation Not Impressed

Though what to do about energy invites multitude of views

When we focused last week on Senator John McCain’s proposal to end a 26-year ban and drill the outer continental shelf, asking whether the Republican nominee’s focus on high gas prices was a bid to set the message agenda on energy, our readers responded en masse. More than 250 responses arrived here, more than 30,000 words from across the country. So many of you have views, in fact, that we’re publishing Apollo Feedback as a series of three postings this week. This is part one. Read more

Small Cities Can Join Big Ones in Pursuing Green-Collar Jobs

Apollo Alliance President Jerome Ringo explains the importance and opportunities of green-collar jobs to Mayor George L. Grace, Sr. of St. Gabriel, Louisiana at the National Conference of Black Mayors in New Orleans. Read more