My fellow citizens,
I am a survivor of Acute Meyloid Leukemia, or AML. I recieve care from one of the finest institutions in medicine, UC Davis Medical Group, with help along the way from Stanford Medical. I had a bone marrow transplant in 2005 and have been doing great considering the trauma to my system. We need to do everything we can to help with healthcare reform, and eliminate pre-existing conditions. The relief on Emergency Rooms alone will save countless taxpayer dollars and hospital's lost revinue. The other side of the equation is to improve our personal health and environment.
When researching the environmental causes of my form of cancer, I found that it is associated with exposure to Benzene. http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/316/17/1044
The "Benzene Ring" is the building block of Gasoline, paint and solvents.
I do not believe in prohibition, but I do believe that government can create strong incentives to limit the use of gasoline by endorsing clean diesel, biofeuls and natural gas production and consumption.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is obviously owned by the large oil companies who have their refineries in the San Fransico Bay Area. CARB continues to block efforts of auto companies to sell diesel cars in California, one of the largest and most important automobile markets in the world. If you can't sell a car in California, you can't produce it for sale in the US.
Barack Obama gave us the funding, let's get up and do something with it!
I am applying for a grant from the US Dept. of Energy (DOE), to create a prototype truck that will be powered by a Capstone Microturbine Generator, and use DC electric hub motors at each wheel, called the Hi-Pa Drive, manufactured by PML FLightlink of the UK.
Microturbines can be powered by Natural Gas, Hydrogen, Biodiesel, Ethanol, Methanol, Petroleum diesel, Jet Fuel, and Gasoline.
http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.display/id/18365
Even when burning the stinky fossil fuels, the microturbine can qualify under CARB's standards as a low emissions vehicle.
With the use of the Hi-Pa Drive built by PML Flightlink, the vehicle would have no gears, axles, or drivelines. With the microturbine powerplant, my early estimates guarantee at least 80 MPG, in a large SUV or Truck! http://www.hipadrive.com/
Barack Obama is the leader that can, and will, help us bridge the gap to the Hydrogen Economy. His grants to the DOE are being pursued by lots of other people like me, and in the end, we can all drive our cars without polluting, and spread our technolgy to help the developing world as well as the US.
We all breathe the same air. Let's take a stand to clean it up!
So get out and help the cause America! Tell your Representatives how important healthcare reform is to our lives and economy, and do something in your own life to reduce future healthcare costs.
Run, bike, hike and swim to the future! When you get there and you are too tired to run home, just get in your clean green car and drive!
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