Energy & Environment -- Of the People, By the People
President-elect Obama has set a high bar for the Transition team: to execute the most efficient, organized, and transparent transfer of power in American history. As a co-Chair for the Transition, I want to tell you about a few steps we've already taken to achieve this goal.
First, we adopted the strictest ethics guidelines ever applied to any transition team. President-elect Obama pledged to change the way Washington works, and that begins with shifting influence away from special interests and restoring it to the everyday Americans who are passionate about fixing the problems facing our country.
Opening up the Transition means listening to your ideas and stories and providing a window into how the process works.
To give you a look at how we're approaching some of the nation's most pressing issues, we filmed this meeting of our Energy and Environment Policy Transition Team and interviewed team member Heather Zichal.
Watch the video Energy & Environment -- Of the People, By the People and submit your ideas on energy and the environment:
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Wind Biofuels Hydroelectricity Geothermal
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President-elect Obama and Vice President-elect Biden have set an ambitious agenda, and we are going to make Change Of the People, By the People a source of information, as well as a place to participate in the decisions being made about your government.
Since the decisions we're making affect all Americans, we're counting on citizens from every walk of life to get involved. You can help us right now by making sure your friends and neighbors know about Change Of the People, By the People and give their input, too.
We're continuing to develop new ways to open up the process, and we'll keep you posted along the way.
Thanks,
John
John Podesta
Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team
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Permalink Reply by James Hanlon on -
The changes we will witness will be the socialization of our society . With the prior regime we were headed toward Fascism . What the hell is the difference , we are still on a dictatorship ?
We need to end the Federal Reserve and the rest of Ron Paul's platform .
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Permalink Reply by Lou De Frog on -
Not necessary. If the Fed Reserve loaned interest free money to the car companies to produce an alternate energy efficient vehicle that was to be rented out for the life of the vehicle. The monthly rental would decrease every two years to reflect the aging vehicle and include the insurance and the maintenance. Each new vehicle would increase the value of the company and foreign manufacturers would effectively be shut out of the market.
Perhaps the companies should be allowed to go bankrupt to shed the extra baggage, so that such a shift can be carried out. If the US decides not to make something like that happen, it's just a matter of time before the Canadians figure it out.
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Permalink Reply by Ernie Kleckner on -
The Canadians are building the parts for American car makers and are happy at that. Watch this clip they are as messed up as Washington. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb9ypkc9Uvs
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Permalink Reply by James Everitt on -
ENVIRONMENT Power of the Future: A Timeline to Energy Independence
President-elect Barack Obama has plans to invest $150 billion in clean energy technology over the next 10 years. With similar initiatives in other countries, when might we expect exciting alternative technology to deliver true energy independence?
The predictions are all over the map.
In July of this year, Al Gore made probably the most ambitious forecast: we can get all our electricity from solar, wind and other clean carbon-free sources in just 10 short years.
"This goal is achievable, affordable and transformative," he said.
Many others think it will take longer.
The European Renewable Energy Council and Greenpeace recently released their Energy [R]evolution Report, in which they predict renewables will need more like 80 years to completely replace fossil fuels.
"Al Gore can say 10 years because he is Al Gore," said Sven Teske of the Greenpeace International renewable energy campaign. "We can actually back up our targets."
In their report, Teske and his fellow authors asked the renewable energy industry what it thought it could deliver with proven technologies. This renewable potential was then matched up against economic growth predictions.
To stimulate the turnover in energy supply, governments will need to agree to ambitious reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, Teske told LiveScience.
However, he admits that it's a two-way street. Environmental groups and the renewable industry need to provide politicians with reasonable roadmaps for cutting carbon out of the energy equation.
"We hope we have some positive influence in making it easier for politicians to agree on tough emission reductions," Teske said.
Here is what the future may hold if roadmaps, predictions and policy targets all come true.
2009:
World leaders meet in Copenhagen, Denmark, to design a follow-up to the Kyoto Protocol.
All new homes built in Germany have renewable energy heating systems.
2010:
5.2 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions emissions from 1990 levels is achieved by those countries that signed the Kyoto Protocol.
20 percent of California's electricity comes from renewables.
Toyota releases a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.
2012:
The London Olympics is a low-carbon, zero-waste games.
2014:
No more incandescent bulbs sold in the United States, as proscribed by 2007 Energy Bill.
2018:
100 percent of U.S. electricity comes from solar, wind and other renewables (Gore's prediction).
$255 billion spent per year (more than four times what is currently spent) on biofuels, wind power, solar photovoltaics, and hydrogen fuel cells, according to market research firm Clean Edge.
$150 billion invested by this date by the U.S. government on climate-friendly energy development (Obama's plan).
2020:
All new cars are hybrids, according to an anonymous survey of car industry executives by IBM's Institute for Business Value.
35 miles per gallon is average for the U.S. fleet.
20 percent of the European Union's energy comes from renewables.
15 percent of China's energy comes from renewables.
Sweden is oil-free.
2022:
36 billion gallons of
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Permalink Reply by Lou De Frog on
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James.
Us Canadians don't get to offer suggestions. Apparently non US addresses fail the test. Too bad, we'll have to send our ideas to the Fox.
chris tidman - howtoboilafrog.com
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Permalink Reply by James Everitt on
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Boone Here,
Please take a minute or two and click here to check out Barack Obama’s transition website. He’s asking people to tell him what they think. It’s a perfect opportunity for each one of us, including me, to tell him and his people about our plan and why we believe it’s important to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
Two times during the campaign, President-elect Obama said, “for the sake of our economy, our security, and the future of our planet, I will set a clear goal as president: In 10 years, we will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East. We will do this. Washington has been talking about our oil addiction for the last 30 years."
He gets it! He knows what the problem is. Now we just have to make sure his people know that the Pickens Plan is the answer.
I’m headed to the ranch for Thanksgiving with my family -- and hopefully a couple days of rest. But when I get back, we’ll roll up our sleeves and get back to business.
In the meantime, have a great week and know that I’m grateful for all you’ve done, and that our country is going to be a better place because of the work we’re doing together.
-Boone
PS Click Here to let me and the rest of the Army know what message you left for President-elect Obama on his transition website.
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Permalink Reply by Todd McKissick on -
What do I want to see happen to fix this problem? I want Heather's direct phone number and I want an accountable, recorded conversation where I can explain some hidden agenda type of problems with these half ideas and the over-promotion of certain other ideas. I want a little chat where I can rebutt the politically correct answers with the hard truths. The answers are easy and available if we can only get them from the common people, past the entrenched interests and into the hands of those who make the policies.
I'm tired of writing a dozen pages on all the interactions of these problems to every person who says they have influence and then finding out that I'm either one-in-ten-thousand or simply ignored. I have done that to too many people so far. (After 4 months of heated back and forth with the main energy guy in my state, I dropped my quest with him. Two years later, he publicly denied ever being contacted by me.)
When I really see them listening, I will return to talking. So far, they have only mentioned surface issues and avoided the tough parts and root problems.
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Permalink Reply by Richard Wickberg on -
Dear Pres, Elect Obama,
Back in the early 160's JFK said he wanted the US to go to go to moon and back by the end of the decade. We did. Set a singuliar goal for us as a nation and we as a nation will respond. It is in our blood. It is in my blood even as a disabled veteran, I'll do everything in my power to make it happenn whatever your goal is. If it is investing in this country, I'll invest. Empower me Sir.I served under Presidents Nixon and Ford while in the Army and if you need some old geezers now, I'm ready to serve you at a moments notice.
Respectfully,
Richard Wickberg, Sgt, Disabled
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Permalink Reply by don boostedt on -
I for one am happy that the new administration is going to listen to the people. Bush seemed to do what the hell he felt like doing. He didn't listen to the people. I think if he had we would be in better shape. He will go down in history as one of the worst president's. I think that Obama being the first black president he is on his way to be one of the best presidents if he follows the coarse he has set.
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Permalink Reply by Richard Wickberg on
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President Elect Obama, Vice President Elect Biden and State Governments,
We live in a Country with 50 states with 50 different laws regarding Energy Regulations. Some states allow free trade and land owners to rent their land to wind ranchers who build wind farms and sell the power to the energy to the Power companies. Here in Washington State, a land owner is limited to making $1000.00 per ammum, the remainder is gifted to the power company. I thought Theodore Roosevelt broke up trusts and monopolies in the early 20th century and Ma Bell was broken up in the late `70's. Why Governor Gregoire, has this monopolistic law been allowed to exist?
We'll be dealing more on this anti energy law that has Washington State behind in the energy field. With all our Geo-Thermal, Wind and Tidal Resources our state has to tap into. By selling State Energy Bonds, we could self pay for these energy sources and sell it to other states, pay off the bonds and pay off the state debenture. Just check out Montana.
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Permalink Reply by John Wesley Nobles on -
Almost 1.5 million American are in the Pickens Army, and we are growing rapidly. As supporters of the only energy plan available now, we want our dependence on foreign oil cut as quickly as possible. With government support and an all out joint effort, we should be able to cut 50% of foreign oil imports in less than 5 years. Financially, foreign oil imports have been breaking the back of the American economy. We beg the support of the Obama Team and the Congress in adopting the Pickens Plan, and quickly moving to end of dependency on foreign oil.
Thank you,
John Wesley Nobles
Apply Valley California
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Permalink Reply by James Everitt on
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