Meeting Minutes 5/2/2007

• Climate change won’t work – James Dobson is opposed and will protest it.
• focus on renewable sources
• Energy security
• Climate change coalition in the Pikes Peak region. Our group met with them lat night, they consist mainly of energy consultants and engineers in Colorado Springs. They want to help.
• 3 interest groups in Colorado springs
• Military
• Business
• High tech and engineering
• Religious groups
• Evangelicals
• Others…?
• What are the energy threats involved / issues of interest
• Pro-American ideals of local energy – no dependence on foreign sources like oil? We do have coal… er…
• New coal fired plant
• Increased power rates… is this true?
• Climate Change
• Energy Security
• Health
• Air quality
• Economics
• New jobs
• New money coming into Colorado Springs
• Venues
• Colorado College – preaching to the choir?
• New life?
• Where else?
• Research Areas
• Cities across America
• Similar projects
• Boulder or Denver examples
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• Current “green movements” in C springs or movers or shakers
• Military
• Nevada base that just went solar (Nellis air force base)
• Why there?
• How?
• Why not other bases?
• Barriers?
• Find out the structure in place to implement new tech and projects
• What are bases doing?
• Which bases are leading?
• Why do they think its important?
• Whose in charge – contact info
• What are Colorado Springs bases doing? Do they want to do more?
• What are the bases… Peterson, fort Carson… etc…
• Air Force academy
• what are their competitors doing
• Annapolis
• west point
• How well networked are they?
• Religious Groups
• Can we include them at all? Will they be interested?
• Richard Sizack (spelling?)
• Christian leader against climate change
• James Dobson
• Battled Richard Sizack… he hates him
• Against climate change
• The “green” movement
• Save this city – some research already has been done
• Strong support of the military in the religious right
• Focus on the family
• New Life Church
• Denominations- Baptist, Methodist, Catholic, etc…
• No one likes using Jesus to save the environment
• How do we market this for the religious groups?
• Local Government
• Is the state offering new incentives?
• Ritter
• What are other states doing to work with their cities
• What do we need to do at the state level to assist our cities
• Utilities
• New Coal Plant……. And other options
• Hydro-storage
• Demand side management – efficiency
• Giant megawatt battery