President-elect Barack Obama is working on putting together his team and a plan for the next four years. It’s time for me to move on, too, now that the election is over. I won’t be straying far; just spending less time on politics and more on ideas. This weekend, I’ll be reading Green Recovery, “A New Program to Create Good Jobs and Start Building a Low-Carbon Economy.” Obama and his transition team are reading it, too. This is an exciting time. It looks like we’re going to try some new things, and attack some problems that have festered for too long. Let’s hope it’s not too late.
An array of wind turbines in Palm Springs, CA. Source: AP/Sandy Huffaker
Have you added “Barack” and “Obama” to your spell checker’s dictionary yet?
It is time for a new vision for the economic revitalization of the nation and a restoration of American leadership in the world. We must seize this precious opportunity to mobilize the country and the international community toward a brighter, more prosperous future. At the heart of this opportunity is clean energy, remaking the vast energy systems that power the nation and the world. We must fundamentally change the way we produce and consume energy and dramatically reduce our dependence on oil. The economic opportunities provided by such a transformation are vast, not to mention the national security benefits of reducing oil dependence and the pressing need to fight global warming. The time for action is now.
– from Green Recovery
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