Comments on: Presidential Debate: Candidates Agree, Cleantech Can Fix Economy and Planet

By: Five things to watch in Poznan « It’s Getting Hot In Here

Five things to watch in Poznan « It’s Getting Hot In Here — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:51:26 +0000

[...] 3. Money – for adaptation and technology transfer Moving our great big resource-munching world to a low-carbon lifestyle isn’t just about political will (although that’s a big part of it). It’s about money. In this case, the money is specifically needed for two things: adaptation, to help poorer countries cope with the effects of global warming, and technology transfer, to help other countries grow their economies in a clean, green, lean sort of way. The UNFCCC has already established an Adaptation Fund, but it’s yet to be seen whether this fund will get the money it needs. The U.S. has tried to block proposals for technology transfer in previous negotiations, but this may change under an Obama administration – remember during the debates when he repeatedly mentioned exporting clean technologies to China? [...]

By: Green Ink: The Energy Debate | John McCain

Green Ink: The Energy Debate | John McCain — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:23:57 +0000

[...] The second presidential debate largely focused on the economy and tax plans, but also found room to put energy at the center of the conversation. Grist details how both candidates’ energy plans seek to address energy security, climate change, and the economic situation, with both Senators Obama and McCain touting their recipes as job-creation machines. Earth2Tech notes why Sen. Obama enjoys more backing from the clean-tech community: Sen. McCain’s mixed answer to the “Manhattan Project” question shows he doesn’t understand how Silicon Valley works. [...]

By: Earth2Tech Week in Review | Mature Observations in Numbers

Earth2Tech Week in Review | Mature Observations in Numbers — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:48:04 +0000

[...] while stocks tumbled into the red we’ve gathered the important headlines for you here. Presidential Debate: Candidates Agree, Cleantech Can Fix Economy and Planet: Energy emerged as a major topic of discussion in the second presidential debate, and while Obama [...]

By: Earth2Tech Week in Review

Earth2Tech Week in Review — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:06:55 +0000

[...] Presidential Debate: Candidates Agree, Cleantech Can Fix Economy and Planet: Energy emerged as a major topic of discussion in the second presidential debate, and while Obama and McCain disagreed on the details, both candidates agreed that clean technology is necessary to both help fix the economy and fight climate change. [...]

By: Earth2Tech Week in Review « Earth2Tech

Earth2Tech Week in Review « Earth2Tech — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:30:54 +0000

By: k.folie

k.folie — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:15:14 +0000

CNBC will be airing “The Nuclear Option” Tuesday October 14th at 9p ET. Melissa Francis goes inside the nuclear energy debate with a provocative look at the facts and fears behind this controversial energy source. See why some are even arguing for a nuclear power plant in their own backyards.

Additional web extras can be found at http://www.cnbc.com/id/26868716?__source=vty|thenuclearoption|&par=vty .

Please let me know if you would like any additional information.

Thanks,
Kevin
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By: The Daily Sprout

The Daily Sprout — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:27:10 +0000

[...] Checking the Debate on Climate and Oil: In case our commentary on last night’s presidential debate wasn’t enough, the folks over the New York Times have fact checked the debate and highlighted [...]

By: The Daily Sprout « Earth2Tech

The Daily Sprout « Earth2Tech — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:21:05 +0000

By: steve, inventor of solar carports, I am the one of the 100,00 garage type inventor

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:47:58 +0000

Somebody please respond to my former email..please! I love a good debate, especially when it exposes how big buiness is ran in the USA, as well as how this countys lobbying efforts influence certain senators..that is some senators, not all of them, excluding Mr. Obama of course. The blue collar hero and hopefiully the blue-collar backyard inventors best friend.!

By: steve, inventor of solar carports, I am the one of the 100,00 garage type inventor

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:32:27 +0000

Forget a "Manhatten Project" monies will go to corrput universities and there instutitions baord members. We need to invest in available inventions that are patented or pending for use with "solar carport" type technology and/or turbine assisted magentic motors with assisted rotational solar cells incorporated into the blades of oach wind turbine for a hybrid device that can work at night and during the day..

In rergards to other renewable energy technologys and the development and (solar electric carports used in commercial parking lots, decentaizedand) its utilization of renewable energy sources, the Govt. needs to implement improved and/or new inventions that can be proven to work from "garage tinkerers" and back yard inventors across America..and find out what the universites and govt. labs in co-operation over the years has stalled or put on their shelves... regarding the commecialization of many proven non-patented and patented technolgioes and available hidden knowledge that just sit on the shelves of coal, oil, and nuclear agencies over the years..

I am in the same boat as Apple founder, Microsoft founder and Google founder etc..and dont need any development money, at this point, but could have used it back in 2000 to develop my solar electric carport "type" inventions when none of the Labs including, DOE, NREL, or Lawrence Livemore wouldnt back any of my backyard developed inventions as an independent inventor, as it so happens.. I could be considered the poster child for this presidential political campaign that Obama and Tom Brokhaw could use to make their respective points across the USA that, "backyard garage inventors get no respect or funding and are the pivotal role that america was based and founded on.. but has sold out to big business, universities and corrupt corporation intersted and their lobbying efforts that such comanies such as big oil, gas, nuclear and coal etc.. have dominated for years for the creation of energy.

I could really embarass the Labs and university's across america and show how right on Senator Obama is with Mr. Brokhaw regarding investing in creative gifted back yard garage inventors to improve our ecomny with renewable energy prducts and its uses and/or develop novel impovements with this techology to increase the efficienys of each new techonolgy with creative backyard thinkers.

The DOE and NREL labs are useless to garage inventors..as I can offically attest to and are very secretive. This secretive development needs to be reversed, so all private companies can develop the technology's as soon as it is patented..

Funny that garage tinkerers/inventors are who dominate when it come back yard novel inventions and the larger funded corrput labs and college professors/universities work in unison over grant monies and seriously take way to many years to commecialize these technologies.. do not commerciaize their inventions or purposefully disclose their research so no one else can file for patents..interesting mix of universiters, large oil backed companies, reserach personal have been doing this for years at the back yard inventors expense.