The speech Obama and Maddow should make.

[azul]

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" Since our cars and trucks use almost two-thirds of the oil we buy, the quickest way to cut oil use is to free transportation from its grip. Over time, we can conserve by reducing the miles we drive."But it will take decades to shift most freight from trucks to trains, design walkable communities, shorten our commutes, and build better mass transit and high-speed rail networks.

Meanwhile, we all still need to drive all the time. It helps that the auto industry will be building more efficient new vehicles. And the first plug-in cars mass-produced in the USA in a century will go on sale this fall. That means we'll be powering some miles with increasingly renewable electricity that isn't made from imported oil. But even these new plug-ins will show up too slowly to have a big impact on our oil consumption for two decades.

That's too long to wait to improve energy security, protect our economy, and address climate change. Fortunately, if we just open our eyes, the practical answer is right in front of us. It's under the hoods of the 250 million vehicles we drive today. Using existing technology, we can convert many of them into plug-in hybrids
and electric vehicles.

We've already decided we're going to fix already-built houses, offices and factories that waste energy. We're about to enact the "Home Star" and "Building Star" programs -- putting people to work on "Cash for Caulkers" retrofits that will make buildings more comfortable and cut owners' fuel costs. "

http://evworld.com/article.cfm?storyid=1877


We need action and jobs to get out of this ugly situation now, not just recriminations and prison sentences and a whole new congress.

[Oregone]

1. "Meanwhile, we all still need to drive all the time."

So lets keep churning out shit for consumers to buy, which depends upon scouring the globe for rare resources