Energy Independence In US? Only If The Energy Is Clean

I’ve heard a few peeps the past few nights about “Real Energy Independence” and it was concluded with an embarrassing chant of “drill, baby, drill.”  Are you kidding me?  Really?  I am all for energy independence – in fact I agree with Gore that it can be done in 10-15yrs – and I’ll even side with Pickens here and there – but I am not for energy independence if it means generating more CO2 from dirty industries like coal and oil by drilling new land and continuing to hurt the Appalachian communities and ecosystems.  I am not even for corn-based biofuels.  Look at the dead zone in the gulf from this. 

Why isn’t anyone talking about our antiquated power grid?  It’s an ancient, dilapidated, giant piece of crap that needs fixed - yesterday.  If we need to rebuild the grid, why not do it in a responsible way?  Rebuild the grid and allow for easy transport of renewable energy from wind and solar and whatever else we haven’t come up with. CLEAN energy needs to be talked about – NOW.  The climate change isn’t getting any better at the moment!

More to write later – so start thinking about clean energy and your visions and post comments early and often!

WARNING: The following video may make you physically ill and embarrassed that people outside the US may see it.