And we better hope (or pray, if so inclined) it works, because the Obama administration seems to be trusting that it will (from SciAm.com):
ASPEN – Shifting the United States to clean-burning renewable fuels has the potential to cut through a thicket of thorny social ills and solve long-standing problems across the entire spectrum of American life, from manufacturing to national security to clean water, the country's top environmental cop said on Wednesday.Read more...this is my favorite quote:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson spoke before 150 scientists, lawyers, industry executives, activists and others gathered at this alpine town for a three-day conference on the country's energy future.
She said weaning the country from fossil fuels remains a top priority of the Obama administration because it offers such a broad suite of solutions across all aspects of American life: rewarding innovation, discouraging pollution, investing in jobs and encouraging energy independence.
"It's extraordinary to be at a time where one answer answers so many extraordinary big issues," she said.
"If you think climate protection endangers economic growth, wait 'till you see what climate change does."
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