Here is my response to Obama on his web site inviting responses. This is a personal response, and not party affiliated. In ooking at it afterward, it seems almost like a prayer: I applaud your efforts so far to set up mechanisms for tapping group creativity and giving personal responses via the Internet. Hope you're keeping up. I am very happy to see the President-elect calling for massive spending aimed at creating the jobs that will be needed to build the future. Make this a jobs program to build the next bubble in sustainable alternatives to the way things are. Building that future will simultaneously address climate change and economic instability. I am a long time Green Party activist, a founding member of the California Green party and until recently a co-coordinator of its Green Issues Working Group. In that regard, I hope President-elect Obama will be as conciliatory and willing to reach across differences to his left as he is to his right. I have to I say see little evidence of that in his new cabinet or economic team. I admit that Clinton veterans are pretty much the only Democrats who possess beltway experience. But people like Ed Markey, Cynthia McKinney and even Ralph Nader, though from farther to the left also have beltway experience, and should be tapped for at least some admininsration position or advisory roles in environmental, energy and consumer affairs. I also strongly oppose carbon Cap and Trade. I do not trust free marketeers to handle them responsibly. I would suggest a two cent per pound carbon excise tax on all carbon emissions, from whatever source, to go in to renewable energy and public transit funds. It could raise fourty cents from each gallon of gasoline sold, alone while encouraging conservation. I could go on, but I am wary you can keep up and don't want to add to your struggles. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you for listening. Abalone Alliance wrote:
This link is to Obama's official website <http://www.change.gov/page/s/energyenviro> to make suggestions and comments on for energy!
Go there and suggest Ed Markey for being the next Secretary for the Department of Energy!
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Susan Swift wrote:
In response:
Yes, we know that Obama is at best neutral on nuclear. He lives in a state that is pretty dependent on nuclear power and he has chosen as one of his chief energy advisors Daniel Kammen (UC Berkeley)- who advocates the use of nuclear power as an "appropriate technology."
Nonetheless, until recently, Joe Biden has been outspokenly opposed to nuclear power. We can hope that he will continue to be on our side, and will speak to the issue when he takes his seat as vice president.
And, we should remember that no one president or any other leader will perfectly reflect our values. Now is not the time to relinquish power to someone we 'kind of trust,' but it is the moment to become ever more active while the doors to power are slightly ajar... Susan
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