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  Careful...

  It's a fake site.

  "...inventor of the Internet and global warming..."On Al Gore 'cannot yet reveal' his role in Obama's administration posted 1 year ago 3 Responses

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  Referencing Orson Scott Card...

  ...really brings out the pessimist in me.  Speaker For The Dead, David?On The economic crisis should prompt more green infrastructure spending, not less posted 1 year, 1 month ago 11 Responses

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  Re: Invasive Species

  Score one for the Free Market Fairy!On Snippets from the news posted 1 year, 2 months ago 2 Responses

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  Thank You

  That so much of the environmental community and netroots chooses to back away from it as "almost feasible" or "a moonshot," that is, as too radical, says something about their timidity.

  Exactly, and thank you.

  There is more to the economic story than you've addressed in this post, as well.  I would love to see an analysis of the knock-on effects of such a transformation in our energy sector.  With fossil fuel extraction becoming increasingly low in job-intensity, and so many manufacturing and installation/maintenance jobs being created, and with an increasing amount of our natural gas being imported, this seems a slam dunk, economically.  Unless, of course, you're tied to fossil fuel interests.On We can do more than he calls for, but I would settle for Gore's objective posted 1 year, 4 months ago 8 Responses

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  Seething

  Weak.  That's been the response.  The objections seem to be down to three main categories: technological, economic, and political.

  Technology
  Are we where we'd like to be from a technology standpoint?  No.  Are we where we'd like to be from a climate standpoint?  Guess which one is the more important (and pressing) question.

  Economics
  It will cost trillions to pull it off (by Mr. Gore's own figures), but guess where that money actually goes?  What do you think is a better economic stimulus package - a transformative national program, or a childish, short-sighted bribe of rebate checks?  (Just typing that question almost made me throw up.)

  Politics
  This one...  Gore's speech was about raising the mental bar for the citizens of this country, and ultimately the weak-kneed politicians will only do what we demand of them, and apparently we must demand loudly.  So hopefully the speech tied national security and the economy in well enough to wake some people up.

  I apologize for the tone, but frankly, I'm a little pissed at the reactions I've seen.On Blogosphere responds reservedly to Gore's call for 100 percent renewable electricity posted 1 year, 4 months ago 14 Responses