Alternative Energy: Will U.S. Lead or Follow?

[jpak]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/08/15/sunday/main6774678.shtml

In the wake of the Gulf oil disaster, calls for cleaner, greener energy, are growing louder.

"Now is the moment for this generation to embark on a national mission to unleash America's innovation to seize control of our own destiny," President Obama said in June.

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Asked by Doane if the U.S. isn't too far behind already - behind China, behind India -- Chu was honest but optimistic: "We can catch up. But another five years of stalling, I'm a little bit afraid."

Increasingly, China is taking the lead. The vast nation is planning to spend $450 billion to develop alternative energy. But the U.S. was once the pioneer.

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[Zoeisright]

1. I've always wondered why we went in exactly the wrong direction on energy.

Coal, oil, nuclear, gas - it's all dirty. We totally ignored green renewable energy - wind and solar (which is really the same thing). And we ignore the real cost of coal, oil, nuclear, and gas, which includes pollution, illness and death, and cleanup costs, then claim that renewable, clean energy is too expensive.

Renewable, clean energy is inexpensive compared to the true cost of these dirty fuels.

[jpak]

2. three words

grand

old

party

[eppur_se_muova]

3. I was going to say Ronald Reagan,but ... yeah. nt