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One of the fastest growing companies in the United States is Dallas, Texas based Ambit Energy. Ambit entered the deregulated electricity market in Texas in 2006. Ambit started service in New York with electricity and natural gas service in 2007. In 2008, natural gas service was launched in Illinois. In early 2009, Ambit energy will expand natural gas service into Ohio. Ambit Energy offers great prices on electricity and natural gas, free hotel stays for switching, a monthly rewards program that offers everything from gasoline to resort vacations, and a chance to earn free energy and vacations for referring friends and family who also want to save money and earn free rewards.

Ambit offers fantastic benefits for customers in Texas. Texas electricity prices are very unstable right now and it is not uncommon for people to be able to save 20% to 40% or more just by switching. The standard rates from Ambit are up to 20% cheaper than the incumbent electricity providers. With high usage in the summer and winter, this can mean savings of hundreds of dollars. The high usage also helps customers earn rewards very rapidly. It doesn’t make you want to spend money on electricity, but if you can relax on the beach every now and then with a free trip, it does make it easier. Customers can also refer people to a personal website provided by the company. For every 5 people that sign up with Ambit, they get a free vacation. If 15 people sign up, the customer gets a credit on their electricity bill up to the full amount. That means Texas Electricity customers can get free travel and free electricity in addition to low rates. That is a hard combination to beat.

You can even get better than saving money and earning free travel. Ambit has a unique multi level network marketing opportunity that pays consultants 6 levels deep in addition to their personal customers. In Texas, this means up to $3 per customer in their organization down to 6 levels below their personal customers. This is at the lowest energy usage level and can get as high as $15 per month. $3 a month from a customer isn’t going to make you rich, but it is easy to have thousands or tens of thousands of customers in an organization contributing $3 or more to a monthly pay check. To learn more about this fantastic, money making opportunity, call 888-240-5801 or go to www.ElectricHomeBusiness.com.

The Going Green conference kicked off last night at the spectacular setting of the Cavallo Pt Conference Center set in Fort Baker which is nestled among the hills at the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge. While the setting is beautiful the message of this meeting is optimistic in these days of fluctuating gas prices and concerns over global warming.

Tony Perkins has brought together a large group of industry leaders in bio fuels, solar, water tech, green tech and more to discuss where their industries are at and what they are shooting for in the coming years. Despite the swirling debate over fuels and what areas we should move into to solve our problems these industry execs and financial investment brokers are optimistic about the technologies that are being developed to resolve these problems on the large scale.

Vinod Khosla the noted VC investment broker who runs a large fund devoted to Green spoke most candidly in his key note address on Tuesday morning. He said,"Forget about the fashion statements made by celebrities about using one sheet of toilet paper or which hybrid car to buy, we need to focus on the issues that will make the biggest difference on the global scale."

Vinod is bullish on biomass, but biomass that does not depend on food stock for fuel (as in corn for ethanol). He spelled out various technologies that are in development that do not depend on food stock but rather on perennial stock such as Miscanthus. He calls the corn market a stepping stone to the next generation of bio fuel.

GM is the big dancer in the room in terms of helping these biomass companies steer towards the future of oil independence. it will be 2030 before we have real energy independence with bio fuel supplies. Can these companies convince companies like GM away from corn ethanol and over to renewable source bio fuel sources. From what I have heard today I would say the answer is yes. Once we get some of our politicians away from "drill baby drill" and over to "grow baby grow".

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There is a new website dedicated to hydrogen Fuel that has come on to the scene. H2 and You

Anyways I would like to clip from one of their stories today about the use of hydrogen fuel in buses in CA. Check it out and learn:

Riding Hydrogen Buses in California Using public transportation is a good way to reduce pollution caused by personal vehicles. In the San Francisco Bay Area, AC Transit, one of the largest public transport systems in the region, is taking that idea a step further. They're replacing some transit buses running on diesel with hybrid buses that are powered by electricity from hydrogen fuel cells and batteries. AC Transit calls this program "Taking the HyRoad," with "Hy" referring to hydrogen and hybrid technology. Since March 2006, these new buses have transported more than 150,000 people, educating them about hydrogen and fuel cells and eliminating particulates like nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide which standard diesel buses emit. The hydrogen buses are extremely quiet, and get their power from the electricity produced by the on-board hydrogen fuel cell, as well as regenerative breaking from the hybrid propulsion system. The result is a very smooth, quiet, clean ride, especially compared to a bus with an internal combustion engine and transmission.

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I've often thought about cruising the countryside in a motor home but was not about to commit to the financial obligation. I was up in Minnesota last summer looking at some property when I seen a school bus for sale. Well I wasn't sure what that was about because I thought the buses hauled kids till the school bus rotted away.

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