Ben Boothe gave the Texas Economic Development Council, (Economic development Executives) from throughout Texas, a timely and incisive program.

Boothe Presents at the TEDC, on 3 basis for Economic

Survival and Development

He presented a powerful test at their regional meeting on South Padre Island. "What are the 4 elements of survival?" Then he asked the audience of economic development executives: "What are the 3 basic ideas for economic development throughout history?"

His presentation was a historical, and timely report of research showing the needs for Texas survival as well as 3 "coming crisis" situations:

1. Water depletion
2. Oil depletion
   

   Boothe says: "oil, food, and water prices are linked"
3. Historic increases in food costs and production costs

Ben then cited how many cities would be impacted by water shortages and quoted information provided by the State of Texas on the future water crisis in Texas. He cited oil production as "declining 3% per year" and the resulting "inevitable rising prices for oil and electricity". He then showed the historical relationship of the price of food to the price of energy. "When oil goes up, food goes up even higher" and the fact that food production would become more and more expensive.

Boothe then showed solutions, provided by his company, www.wind-inc.com, in merging the concepts of desalination and wind and solar power to provide "cities with 100 year water supplies" at a fraction of their present costs.

Carlton Schwab, President of the Texas Economic Development Council said: "Our group was so impressed, you gave answers to questions we

"Boothe is addressing basic economic development

and survival" Carlton Schwab, TEDC

needed, and showed the most basic elements of economic development and survival."

Boothe is slated to keynote for the Texas Association of Counties, to speak to Judges and County Officials, at their meeting in Amarillo, March 11th. There he will present research and information from the State of Texas, as well as Desalination experts from throughout the world. "We can provide a town or city in Texas, water for the next 300 years, and do it with renewable energy from the wind, and solar" said Boothe.

"It is time our leaders got their heads out of the sand, and come face to face with the prospect of depleting water, oil and food production resources" said Boothe. "We need vison and leadership"

Boothe states flatly that his company can:

• Help develop desalination plants and show towns and cities how to get financing and grants, to provide water for 100 to 300 years.
• Provide wind power in industrial parks to attract new industry to towns
• Power city buildings, street lights, universities with wind power and save cities millions of dollars over time
• Provide systems to provide irrigation systems with little or not energy costs through wind and solar
• Power water treatment systems and save cities hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in energy costs
• Get State and Federal financing and grants

The days of hiding our heads in the sand and saying: "Water is someone else's problem. Energy is going to go up, but let's not worry about it."