[Sustain] Obama's Absurd Statement To Governors' Climate Conference

[David Fairley]

I agree with your conclusion, but the spin I got was different.  President  
Obama may not lead the way, but he seems to be signalling that, at least,  
he won't block the way and Bush has tried with some success to do.  Obama  
is acknowledging the problem and also praising various governors who have  
taken the initiative.

I have more hope that we will actually deal effectively with global  
warming than I do with some of our other problems.  As I see it, the US  
ruling class generally favors practical action and eventually the real  
solutions will get sorted out from the bogus ones.  This is where we come  
in.  We need to push first and foremost for energy conservation and, more  
generally, a less consumptive way of life.  This is something totally  
missing from Obama's speech.  We need to aim to eliminate the use of  
fossil fuels and not to replace them with nuclear white elephants.  We  
need to increase local self-reliance so that we grow more of our own food  
and produce more of our own goods locally.

Obama said during his Demo acceptance speech: "... the change we need  
doesn't come from Washington. Change comes to Washington. Change happens  
because the American people demand it."  It sounds to me like he's saying  
that behind the doors in Washington, it will be business as usual.  But at  
least this time we're being invited to knock.

David


On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:20:33 -0800, Eric Brooks <brookse32 at aim.com> wrote:

> Just watch this bullshit (link below) and you'll see why we cannot
> depend on the federal government to do anything real to combat the
> global climate crisis.
>
> It is vital that we continue our work to independently get San Francisco
> to 100% renewable energy as rapidly as possible so that the world will
> have a model of climate leadership that counters Washington D.C.'s
> complete idiocy.
> Please keep up to date on efforts to move the Community Choice energy
> project forward, and be ready to help. (See
> http://our-city.org/campaigns/communitychoice.html and
> http://communitychoiceenergy.org/ for details.)
>
> Here is the video of Obama's statement to the global Governor's Climate
> Conference:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvG2XptIEJk
>



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