Recently, John Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, gave some suggestions on the direction our energy production needs to head in.
In a statement on September 29, 2009, his suggestions included working "together – East and West, North and South– to transform our energy technologies from polluting and wasteful to clean and efficient. " He pointed out that by doing this we will "benefit not only by avoiding the worst damages from climate change, but also by reducing our dangerous overdependence on petroleum, alleviating the air pollution that afflicts our cities, preserving our forests as havens for biodiversity and sources of sustainable livelihoods, and unleashing a new wave of technological innovation – generating new businesses, new jobs, and new growth in the course of creating the clean and efficient energy systems of the future."
Newsweek picked up on his increasing thoughts on changing the way we get our energy and pointed out that now he needs to convince all the people "who believe they know more than he does." Check out two articles and tell me what you think.
http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/28939
http://www.newsweek.com/id/216505
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