Staceyann Chin rocked it like no other, reading from her new memoir, The Other Side of Paradise and really inspiring everyone. Check out her work on her website.
"Generation Obama" Your generation has already made history, has already changed the course of the country. You're the most diverse, technologically linked gen in history. We need to put money and resources into science because that's where the the future is, innovation is.The consensus among scientists about climate change is unprecedented. They have no incentive to agree with one another. Yet there are people in this town who won't support Obama, who are afraid of the future. They are afraid of the next wave of energy technology.
This president needs your support to get through this door that has been closed for so long. This door is to innovation in energy technology. Every president running for office since Richard Nixon has talked about energy independence but none has been able to deliver. We have a wealth of solar power in America. We have a wealth of wind resouces. What we have never done is connection our clean energy centers to our population centers.
Let's put people to work, putting up solar panels, building wind turbines. We are relying on Barack Obama to get this revolution started, but he's relying on you to get it done. Get it done generation Obama!
Poor people are going to most affected by these climate/environment related problems, from the downsides of global warming.
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Just a quick clarification:
The block quote above is from Van Jones, not Staceyann Chin.
Nuclear energy is conspicuously absent, and it's the most practical energy source relative to how green it is (yes, heat pollution is a problem). We should be focusing on developing and using more nuclear power in place of coal and oil.
Most of the hesitation to use more nuclear power is a knee-jerk fear coupled with a lack of understanding of just how safe it is.
Nuclear energy is conspicuously absent, and it's the most practical energy source relative to how green it is (yes, heat pollution is a problem). We should be focusing on developing and using more nuclear power in place of coal and oil.
Most of the hesitation to use more nuclear power is a knee-jerk fear coupled with a lack of understanding of just how safe it is.
Sorry about the double post, I got an error message the first time and I thought it hadn't gone through.
i think what really needs to happen is that we need to change our culture to understand that we shouldn't even be using as much energy as we are. you can talk about alternative energy sources til the end of time, but there is no real adequate replacement for oil in terms of the amount of energy it produces. so yes, we do NEED these sources, obviously, but we must also be aware that they will not fix our problems.
also, climate change is already pretty unstoppable. so we are going to have to come up with something even better. i dont know if i believe that can happen or not, but its worth trying.
http://www.350.org/