Comments on: What Obama's Energy Speech Means for Cleantech

By: Bill Clinton speech

Bill Clinton speech — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:47:02 +0000

Bill Clinton speech - test skills for Obama !!!

While Bill Clinton's speech on the third night of the convention will only be a courtesy accorded former presidents, Obama -- who speaks tomorrow, the last night of the convention -- needs his support desperately.

By: bob bobberson

bob bobberson — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:02:41 +0000

Point number 3 is dumb. If we can generate power cheap and clean why not use it? I hate when politicians promise to make us use less. I can promise that the politicians will not be using 15% less power than the average US household (except Jimmy Carter, he actually backed it up by doing it).

Point 3 is possible. Replacing all incandescent lights with LEDs can and probably will happen by 2020, probably resulting in a 10% drop in power usage so I don't want to ridicule the concept of saving power/efficiency. A penny saved is a penny earned, but a penny saved AND a penny earned is two pennies. Why can't we have 2 pennies Mr Obama? (I also know is may be cheaper to save a penny than to earn a new one, EROEI is probably better on efficiency rather than new production, but new production is necessary too)

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Quick Updates « The Unofficial Morgansolar Weblog — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:34:04 +0000

[...] great analysis of Obama’s speech on Energy over at Earth2Tech (video embedded at the bottom of this post). My favourite quote from [...]

By: Charles

Charles — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:14:39 +0000

FWIW, Rep. Jay Inslee (D,Wash.) introduced feed-in tariff legislation this year. Of course, it's gone nowhere in this climate, but if the Ds can pick up enough seats to actually control the Senate (not just have a majority), the bill would certainly have a good reception next year.

By: Aiken BLue

Aiken BLue — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:00:15 +0000

Germany is a great example but this is a start. Hopefully, we'll get there some day. Please vote for Obama, visit WHYOBAMA08.ORG!

By: Deep Patel

Deep Patel — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:04:42 +0000

bleh, same ole useless goals....I would of been more excited if he said he would put in feed-in tariffs, a nationwide standard for making utility companies pay a premium for clean energy generated by homes and businesses. Tax credits are ok, but not everyone can benefit from a tax credit, you have to have a tax liability to benefit. A feed-in tariff evens out the playing field so anyone who puts up a system, no matter how small or large can be paid on the production of the system per kWh generated, this can push the industry further than any tax credit. Lets take Germany as a good example.