Putting the “we” in repoWEr
January 21, 2009
Even as we carpool and cut back, tackling climate change can feel pretty overwhelming. Factor in the global economic meltdown, and it can be hard to fend off that deer-in-the headlights feeling. Al Gore was worried about the same thing (on a slightly higher level, granted) when he kicked off the We Campaign in a speech last July.
The objective is to build a movement called Repower America. It’s already over 2 million strong, and counting: people acting individually and collectively to “ create the political will to solve the climate crisis.” The goal is concrete: to produce 100% of the country’s electricity from clean, carbon-free sources within 10 years.
In that speech, Gore pointed out that President John F. Kennedy’s 1961 challenge to land a man safely on the moon within the decade met with many doubters. Eight years and two months later, Neil Armstrong stepped off the ladder of the Apollo 11 lunar module.
That is a great idea but we
That is a great idea but we also need to reduce power consumption with things like installing geothermal air condition that only use a fraction of the energy.