Former Vice President Al Gore challenged Americans today to make a complete shift to Earth-friendly energy sources in the next decade, saying the nation's "dangerous overreliance on carbon-based fuel" is at the core of its economic, environmental and national security problems.
"I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean, carbon-free sources within 10 years," Gore said, speaking from Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., where he called for a full switch to solar, wind and other renewable energy sources.
Gore addressed those who describe "the challenge as not politically viable" and called on them to "go before the American people and try to defend the status quo and then bear witness to the people's appetite for dramatic change." Over thunderous applause, Gore continued, "The time is now."
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Good thinking. To my mind, the most common consumer-side energy source in the future will probably be the battery. What we need is clean energy to charge them.
This is also a step toward getting off coal. Everyone accepts that we've got to get off oil, but coal burning remains an unmentioned problem.
