Al Gore calls for abandonment of fossil fuels in 10 years
Speaking at an energy conference in Washington today, Al Gore declared that the U.S. should abandon the use of fossil fuels for the generation of electricity within the next 10 years. Gore argued that the confluence of climate change and geo-political dangers stemming from our excessive consumption and reliance on fossil fuels has created an unsustainable situation that must be addressed immediately. Gore’s main policy proposal is centered around the imposition of a broad carbon tax on emissions. Gore also criticized the current political leadership by calling them “defenders of the status quo.”
More information about his specific proposals can be found at WeCanSolveIt.org, a website run by The Alliance for Climate Protection, a bipartisan environmental action group led by Gore. According to the Alliance, the costs of moving from fossil fuels to clean energy generation would be between $1.5 trillion to $3 trillion over 30 years. (It is unclear what the costs would be under his 10 year proposal.)
Our only criticism would be: we need more specifics! Unlike the Pickens Plan, which is very clear in its proposed course of action (shift current natural gas use in electricity generation to transportation and replace it with wind power), Gore’s proposals are more broad based and are not as much of a specific call to action. Maybe this is due to the fact that Gore is a politician and Pickens is a businessman?
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