....with the same clarity as President Kennedy did when he called to the nation to land a man on the moon.
Yes, I said President Gore. The nation weeps for the want of 548 votes.
Link here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/19/opinion/19herbert.html?_r=1&hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print
Yes We Can
By BOB HERBERT
As I was listening to Al Gore on the telephone, I was thinking: “Uh-oh, the naysayers will have a field day with this one.”
The former vice president was giving me an advanced briefing on the speech that he delivered on Thursday, calling on the United States to behave like a great nation and actually do something real about its self-destructive and ultimately unsustainable reliance on carbon-based fuel for its 21st-century energy needs.
“I’m going to issue a strategic challenge that the United States of America set a goal of getting 100 percent of our electricity from renewable resources and carbon-constrained fuels within 10 years,” he said.
“One hundred percent?” I said.
“One hundred percent.”
Mr. Gore’s focus is primarily on solar, wind and geothermal energy. His belief is that a dramatic, wholesale transition to these abundant and renewable sources of energy is not just doable, but essential.
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