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  energy and/or oil

  As one of the lucky ducks who attended the speech, I was a little confused after I left as well.  At some points it sounded like Gore was advocating getting completely off carbon (including for transportation), and at others he was focused on energy.

  Check the website, though, at http://www.wecansolveit.org/content/pages/287/.

  Under the heading "How will this help gasoline prices?", the detail reads:

  "There are no quick fixes to the problem of rising gasoline prices. Drilling more will not impact gas prices for years, and will keep us tied to old, dirty fossil fuel technologies - when we can instead move toward an energy system that uses less oil. If we begin planning and building now for a future less reliant on oil, it could help our prices today and will reduce the amount American families spend on gasoline in the future."

  Although it takes a little reading between the lines, to me this means he's talking about electricity production.  

  Even if cars are left out, I think this is an excellent goal, and I think Gore is exactly right to frame this as akin to the moon shot.  Gore stated during the speech that the American public doesn't have a long enough attention span to set 40-year goals; this caused some laughter, because it's painfully true.On Al Gore details plan for exclusively carbon-free electricity in U.S. by 2018 posted 1 year, 4 months ago 21 Responses