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  • Blogging the science and policy of global warming

    Obama to Energy Entrepreneurs: “Your Country Needs You”

    Posted: in What Others are Saying

    Written By

    Keith Gaby
    Keith Gaby

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    From an address at the White House yesterday:

    We can remain the world’s leading importer of foreign oil, or become the world’s leading exporter of renewable energy. We can allow climate change to wreak unnatural havoc, or we can create jobs preventing its worst effects.

    It’s definitely worth reading the news summary and full remarks.

    2 Comments

    1. Posted March 24, 2009 at 7:43 pm | Permalink

      right on,

      we as the largest potential ag source can IMMEDIATELY cultivate HEMP
      see my site for links

      we can do solar to the max,
      need for local sustainable projects
      to be implemented

    2. Posted March 25, 2009 at 7:14 am | Permalink

      our forrests are the main source of our carbon footprint we all need to help protect them intertesting post