Obama’s newest energy focus: appliances
Posted on February 06th, 2009 in News
President orders higher efficiency standards for everyday products
msnbc.com staff and news service reports
updated 12:49 p.m. ET, Thurs., Feb. 5, 2009
WASHINGTON - Eager to show action on energy savings for consumers and reduced warming emissions for the planet, President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered quicker, and in some cases new, efforts to make many appliances much more energy efficient.
“This will save consumers money, this will spur innovation and this will conserve tremendous amounts of energy,” Obama said in remarks at the Energy Department, where he briefed staff on his plan for a new energy economy.
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February 6th, 2009
We need to utilize everything in out power to reduce our dependence on foreign oil including using our own natural resources.OPEC will continue to cut production until they achieve their desired 80-100. per barrel. The high cost of fuel this past year seriously damaged our economy and society. Oil is finite. We are using oil globally at the rate of 2X faster than new oil is being discovered. We need to take some of these billions in bail out bucks and bail ourselves out of our dependence on foreign oil. Jeff Wilson has a really good new book out called The Manhattan Project of 2009 Energy Independence Now. He explores our uses of oil besides gasoline, our depletion, out reserves and stores as well as viable options to replace oil.Oil is finite, it will run out in the not too distant future. WE need to take some of these billions in bail out bucks and bail America out of it’s dependence on foreign oil. The historic high price of gas this past year did serious damage to our economy and society. WE should never allow others to have that much power over our economy again. I wish every member of congress would read this book too.
http://www.themanhattanprojectof2009.com
February 8th, 2009
Check out this article by author Jeff Wilson on his Better Place Blog called “How Much Electricity Does It Take To Replace Gasoline.”
Better Place is the company that is setting up infrastructures in San Fransisco, San Jose, and Oakland as well as Hawaii to accomodate electric cars. There is a place on the upper right hand side of the blog that says get involved. You can click on that and sign a online petition to bring similar projects to your area. http://planet.betterplace.com/profiles/blog/list?q=how+much+electricity
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