I’d love to see a new generation of very rich people who got that way via renewable energy and improved living conditions rather than a bunch of very rich people who earned their money via fossil fuels and destroying the planet.

That’s coming from a liberal. No whining.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/business/global/us-sets-tariffs-on-chinese-solar-panels.html

Your right on the weather issue. Maybe it will finally wake a lot of sleepers up to the seriousness of the situation.

Hoping for the magic,
Ed

Tomorrow (as I write this) is election day. I live in PA and there seems to be some doubt as to the outcome here. The state has voted democratic most of the time but I don’t see any Obama signs in my neck of the woods (and I mean the woods literally)…

A few points as to why I considered voting for Jill. First she is not Romney. Any vote MUST be anti Romney for several reasons with ENERGY and the ENVIRONMENT being the most important issues.

Obama, as you note, has a much better energy policy than anything the GOP can muster. He has also faced the most obstructionist GOP congress in the history of the US. (shame on those racists) However. he has been a major disappointment in many ways.

He is still banging the 911 drum ( and we now know that that was a LIE) fostering war (there are still a lot of independent contractors {soldiers} in Iraq doing bad things) and his drone crap is not an effective way to “execute” (pun intended) foreign policy. It is making us more hated internationally than ever. He did not kill Bin Laden. He died of natural causes in ’01 or ’02. He continues to support tar sand oil with the pipeline in TX. In the debate with Romney they were arguing who would do more drilling in the US. US drilling is up a lot, by the way. He still surrounds himself with the very people who caused the ’08 financial collapse and has not brought back Glass-Steagall (which Clinton is responsible for)..

I could go on but that isn’t the main point. I was going to vote for Jill but tomorrow I will hold my nose and vote for Obama simply to try to prevent a Romney presidency. It’s all a very complicated situation and I personally have struggled with my decision but in the end I have to agree with you, though not without some regret. It’s just a shame that our political system always leaves us with too few real choices.
From the choir bench,
Ed

Rocky Anderson and Jill Stein have very strong Green Energy stances!

There was another month or so when the count was high enough but during that time Ted Kennedy was on his deathbed, not available to vote. Kennedy essentially left the Senate in April and his replacement did not come on board and bring the voting count to 60 until late September.

Looking forward to two more years of PBO doing what he can via the power granted a president. And during those two years we need to be working to return control of Congress to people who will pass the climate bills we need.

Over the next two years the cost of wind, solar and other renewable generation should continue to fall. If we have a couple more years of “odd” weather people should be motivated to greatly increase our move away from fossil fuels. We should have an excellent opportunity to make magic happen.