This may be a good dedge bet for the City of Springfield to invest in. Only A Fool Would Sleep On This One By Jeff Siegel | Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 Reading the news yesterday morning, I came across a quote from Michael Morris, the CEO of American Electric Power, in regards to President Obama's goal of doubling renewable energy in three years. Morris said that as a practical matter, Obama's target is too ambitious. Interestingly enough, American Electric Power Co. is the largest U.S. producer of electricity from coal. Of course, Morris was quick to note that he was not anti-wind or anti-solar, but rather wasn't sure we could double our renewable energy so quickly. Rex Tillerson, CEO of ExxonMobil also chimed in on Obama's renewable energy plan, saying that he thinks it'll be very challenging to do. Big shocker there! Listen: No matter how aggressive Obama's renewable energy policy is, it is unlikely that those who seek to slow progress will ease up. That's just a fact. Some scientist could create a new solar cell tomorrow that's 100% efficient and could be deployed all over the world within three years - and still, guys like Tillerson, Morris, and former energy secretary, _Sam Bodman_ (http://www.greenchipstocks.com/articles/samuel+bodman-energy-barack+obama/336) will manufacture a new reason why this can't happen. So what do we do in the meantime? The same thing we've been doing for the past decade - focusing on progress, delivering on our often-criticized goals, and analyzing new, accurate data that supports the benefits of a _clean energy economy_ (http://www.angelnexus.com/o/web/10760) . In fact, just this week we got some very encouraging news from the 2009 California Green Innovation Index. The Green Innovation Index provides data on the impact of innovation on the state's economic and environmental health as California moves forward to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels. This was mandated by the California Global Warming Solutions Act. Advertisement
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