Ten year challenge!
Written on July 24, 2008 by Laura Whipple
In his speech last week, Al Gore posed an exciting challenge for the United States to derive 100% of its electricity from renewable resources within ten years. Sources would include wind power, solar power, and geothermal. He argues that transitioning to renewable resources would help remedy three gigantic problems for our nation; lackluster economy, dependency on foreign oil, and of course, cataclysmic climate change from our enormous carbon footprint.
Pipe dream? Not if the cost of oil keeps going up. I say, LET’S DO IT!
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