More news from the Gore camp as he pumps up his push for America to be be powered by clean energy within 10 years. The five points are outlined below and his video with DIGG co-founder Kevin Rose. His NY Times opinion editorial “The Climate for Change.” The man never stops.
1. INCENTIVES FOR UTILITY SCALE GREEN POWER:
The new president and the new Congress should offer large-scale investment in incentives for the construction of concentrated solar thermal plants, wind farms, and advanced plants in geothermal hot spots.
2. PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTING NATIONAL SMART GRID:
We should begin the planning and construction of a unified national smart grid for the transport of renewable electricity from the rural places where it is mostly generated to the cities where it is mostly used.
3. CONVERSION TO PLUG-IN ELECTRIC TRANSPORTATION:
We should help America’s automobile industry to convert quickly to plug-in hybrids that can run on the renewable electricity that will be available as the rest of this plan matures.
4. RETROFIT AND UPDATE BUILDING TECHNOLOGY:
We should embark on a nationwide effort to retrofit buildings with better insulation and energy-efficient windows and lighting because ~40 percent of CO2 emissions in the U.S. come from buildings.
5. CARBON CAP AND REDUCTION IN DEFORESTATION:
The United States should lead the way by putting a price on carbon here at home, and by leading the world’s efforts to replace the Kyoto treaty next year in Copenhagen with a more effective treaty that caps global CO2 emissions.
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