Comments on: Gore Calls For 100% Clean Energy by 2018, Keeps Straight Face

By: mike manetas

mike manetas — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:37:17 +0000

How much more of a fantasy is Al Gore’s proposal to manufacture all of our electricity from renewables than “winning” the war in Iraq and “drilling” our way to oil independence. If we as a nation really want to, we could invest in building the facilities to manufacture solar panels, wind turbines, etc. This would eventually create millions of good jobs here at home instead of importing the renewbles technologies from China, Japan, Germany, and Denmark. If we only achieve half the goal, we’re still better off than letting the current “big energy” boys try to solve the problem for us. They’re the ones with their heads in the sand!

By: rick g

rick g — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:02:49 +0000

Lets exam Al’s record on actual achievement.

As vice president he did…nothing.

He has spent the last year trying to improve the efficiency of his home. Just one house. With nearly unlimited funding he has accomplished…the opposite, increased energy useage.

I think we know where the hot air is coming from.

By: Kevin Zeese

Kevin Zeese — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:06:53 +0000

Gore has presented the kind of challenge that has been needed in the climate change debate and the ten year timeline is exactly what we need to be considering. Rapid transition is necessary and possible.

Indeed, our goal should be a carbon-free, nuclear-free energy policy. There are two books that lay out a plan for a carbon-free, nuclear-free energy policy. Lester Brown’s Plan B 3.0, http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/PB3/index.htmm and Arjun Makhijani’s Carbon-Free Nuclear-Free, http://www.ieer.org/carbonfree.

By: Garry Golden

Garry Golden — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:38:31 +0000

I am naturally inclined towards bold, audacious goals that can spur new growth around disruptive technologies, but think that Al Gore is missing an opportunity here- the greening of hydrocarbons and utilization of carbon as a feedstock for recycling CO2 into usuable forms of energy in biofuels and hydrogen. We might get much further by rethinking the existing energy paradigm, than simply stating unrealistic goals of growing renewables.

http://www.memebox.com/futureblogger/show/709-dear-al-gore-did-you-forget-about-harvesting-carbon-for-bioenergy-

By: Phil Berry

Phil Berry — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:49:54 +0000

I missed the point of the cynicism in the title… “keeps straight face.” If you don’t think climate change needs this kind of direct and immediate action – then you are naive or misinformed.

By: Robert Porter

Robert Porter — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:50:46 +0000

While we’re at it in the next 10 years let’s get the phaser pistol (set to stun of course) finished to replace the handgun and the transporter to replace cars on the highways. After all if we say we can than we can, right? As long as Gore is on the topic of science fiction I figured we might as well go all the way.

By: Glennis

Glennis — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:16:45 +0000

Al is at it again. His ideas are half-baked, pie in the sky, totally devoid of reality fantasies. Of course we need to explore and develop alternate energy sources. We do not need to further burden taxpayers with higher energy costs on alternatives without a proven track record. As for payroll tax relief, HA! In a pig’s eye. They’ll just jack up the taxes elsewhere. Al’s ego is growing as fast as his body size. If the government buys into this nonsense it will be to no one’s benefit. Except for Al and those invested in green schemes. While he’s raking it in from his carbon trading scams others will be suffering the consequences of his misguided and reckless actions.