Obama's Statement on Al Gore and Our Energy Future

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Obama's Statement on Al Gore and Our Energy Future

By http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/person/gGNnYR">Amanda Scott - Jul 17th, 2008 at 2:47 pm EDT

In a speech at Washington's Constitution Hall today, Al Gore called for an ambitious commitment to renewable and carbon-free energy sources. http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/17/gore.energy/?iref=mpstoryview">CNN reported on the speech, in which Gore explained, "It is only a truly dysfunctional system that would buy into the perverse logic that the short-term answer to high gasoline prices is drilling for more oil 10 years from now."

In response to today's speech and Al Gore’s crucial efforts to address the climate crisis, Senator Obama released the following statement:

For decades, Al Gore has challenged the skeptics in Washington on climate change and awakened the conscience of a nation to the urgency of this threat. I strongly agree with Vice President Gore that we cannot drill our way to energy independence, but must fast-track investments in renewable sources of energy like solar power, wind power and advanced biofuels, and those are the investments I will make as President. It’s a strategy that will create millions of new jobs that pay well and cannot be outsourced, and one that will leave our children a world that is cleaner and safer.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/newenergy">Learn more about Barack's plan to create a new energy economy . . .


http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/amandascott/gGxP2f">Link

[Pavlovs DiOgie]

1. Excellent!

I hope there is a spot for Al Gore in Obama's administration.

[elocs]

4. Why would Al Gore want to limit himself to any one country's administration?

His calling is global and I don't envision him ever wanting to be accountable to any single country's president or prime minister or government. I believe that Al Gore is a truly independent World Citizen now, seeking to do what is best for this entire planet.

[Faygo Kid]

2. OK, here I go again, about to be hammered: Obama-Gore '08.

I still think it's a possibility, because Al Gore knows the stakes, he would get an incredible portfolio, and it would sweep all else aside, and assure the win.

It would simply be the right thing to do.

But before the knives come out, let me just say this is an important post independent of such criticisms, and I commend both Al Gore and Barack Obama for these comments.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. Gore would be a great choice.

Too bad he declined the opportunity.

[glitch]

6. Not from me! But I am already ecstatic that Obama respects and listens to him.

As long as that continues I am very pleased.

[Lorien]

5. Scrap the biofuels, and it sounds like a good deal. n/t

[OwnedByFerrets]

7. Keep the biofuels, but use hemp, not corn....

:evilgrin: Its the only logical thing to do...to quote one of my fav movie lines.

[Cha]

8. Thank you Prez Gore and that is THE

MONEY Quote from Obama! :bounce: :bounce:

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

9. I was there! It was great. And Gore was fantastic! Tipper was there...

as was Bob Barr, sitting next to Bernie Sanders. I thought hell would freeze over! Will.i.am was there as well. Gore look like he lost some weight.

His speech was ingredible. Every time I see this man, I feel like crying when I think how great this country would have been with him as president.

[LBJDemocrat]

10. Ahh, more pandering to the ethanol industry

I'll vote for Obama this election, but if the ethanol craze doesn't die out, I might vote third party in 2012. I'm sick of paying more and more for food. Rice might become a luxury good in four years. I won't have it.

[RoyGBiv]

11. Ethanol is not advanced...

I of course don't know precisely what Obama means by "advanced bio-fuels," but if he has even a marginally intelligent adviser in this area, ethanol is not necessarily the only (or even primary) meaning. For one thing, not a lot of money needs to be poured into research for ethanol. I mean, it's there. We know how to do it. It's not a priority for R&D, or it shouldn't be at any rate.

There are numerous avenues to explore in the realm of biofuels that do not impact the food supply the way ethanol does (some not at all), and these are in dire need of research money.

As an aside, I asked myself when I read the OP how long it would take for someone to come along with a negative spin on this. Didn't take long.

Ya know, if this were McCain, I'd assume the meaning of any pronouncement he uttered on anything was little more than rhetoric intended to hide his true intent to keep the oil industry happy. But this is not McCain. It's Obama, our candidate, who has just a wee bit more intelligence and ability to think in a forward fashion, and I think we ought at least to welcome the fact he's on board with the very serious business of doing something positive and progressive about the energy problems we face.

[Wilms]

12. K&R n/t