Surely if we can find 300 billion to fund the Iraq war we could fund
this.
Paul S Cantrell wrote:
Things I see missing are:
- Diesel Hybrids - Should be like ELSBETT (native SVO)
and have plug-in option (bidirectional, run house from car/charge car
from house)
- Efficiency of airplanes and semi-trucks
- Biofuels?!?
- Sustainable farming? Urban farming?
- Where is all the money going to come from for this renewal/tax
breaks? ( I reckon we could take back the giveaways to Exxon and
Chevron and stop starting oil wars.)
- How about education and training for these 3 million new workers?
I agree withe more efficient factories with cogen and woo hoo public
transport and pedal power!
But, I see they mention the "Hydrogen Future" whatever that means, we
have to get the hydrogen from somewhere.
Let's start with New Orleans and the Gulf Coast rebuilding.
On 10/13/05, Gustl Steiner-Zehender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hallo
All,
I received this exchange which has been taking place among some of my
friends. Any comments? They will be forwarded by me to these folks.
Happy Happy,
Gustl
I came accross this ten point plan from the Appollo Project that
seems like a reasonable place to start on diversifying our energy
sources. Among all of the proposals I believe that we need to
invest more resources in R & D.
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The Ten-Point Plan for Good Jobs and Energy Independence
http://www.apolloalliance.org/strategy_center/a_bold_energy_and_jobs_policy/ten_point_plan.cfm
1. Promote Advanced Technology & Hybrid Cars: Begin today to
provide incentives for converting domestic assembly lines to
manufacture highly efficient cars, transitioning the fleet to
American made advanced technology vehicles, increasing consumer
choice and strengthening the US auto industry.
2. Invest In More Efficient Factories: Make innovative use of the
tax code and economic development systems to promote more efficient
and profitable manufacturing while saving energy through
environmental retrofits, improved boiler operations, and industrial
cogeneration of electricity, retaining jobs by investing in plants
and workers.
3. Encourage High Performance Building: Increase investment in
construction of "green buildings" and energy efficient homes and
offices through innovative financing and incentives, improved
building operations, and updated codes and standards, helping
working families, businesses, and government realize substantial
cost savings.
4. Increase Use of Energy Efficient Appliances: Drive a new
generation of highly efficient manufactured goods into widespread
use, without driving jobs overseas, by linking higher energy
standards to consumer and manufacturing incentives that increase
demand for new durable goods and increase investment in US
factories.
5. Modernize Electrical Infrastructure: Deploy the best available
technology like scrubbers to existing plants, protecting jobs and
the environment; research new technology to capture and sequester
carbon and improve transmission for distributed renewable
generation.
6. Expand Renewable Energy Development: Diversify energy sources
by promoting existing technologies in solar, biomass and wind while
setting ambitious but achievable goals for increasing renewable
generation, and promoting state and local policy innovations that
link clean energy and jobs.
7. Improve Transportation Options: Increase mobility, job access,
and transportation choice by investing in effective multimodal
networks including bicycle, local bus and rail transit, regional
high-speed rail and magnetic levitation rail projects.
8. Reinvest In Smart Urban Growth: Revitalize urban centers to
promote strong cities and good jobs, by rebuilding and upgrading
local infrastructure including road maintenance, bridge repair, and
water and waste water systems, and by expanding redevelopment of
idled urban "brownfield" lands, and by improving metropolitan
planning and governance.
9. Plan For A Hydrogen Future: Invest in long term research &
development of hydrogen fuel cell technology, and deploy the
infrastructure to support hydrogen powered cars and distributed
electricity generation using stationary fuel cells, to create jobs
in the industries of the future.
10. Preserve Regulatory Protections: Encourage balanced growth and
investment through regulation that ensures energy diversity and
system reliability, that protects workers and the environment, that
rewards consumers, and that establishes a fair framework for
emerging technologies.
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Thanks,
PC
He's the kind of a guy who lights up a room just by flicking a switch
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