Lisa’s Reviews > Clean Energy Nation: Freeing America from the Tyranny of Fossil Fuels > Status Update

...limited philosophy of our respective ideologies, we realize that we are not "Democrats" or "Republicans." We are Americans. We are all participating in a patriotic partnership called democracy. A key component of effective leadership in creating a clean-energy nation is to ensure that all values and view are freely expressed and heard in a fair and fact -based argument."

...Dickinson's opposition to Thomas Jefferson , John Adams, BEnjamin Franklin, and other in Congress proved to the British people that the American people were not embarking on this revolutionary quest for self-government without seriously thinking about the consequences... we would be wise to remember the example of our Founding Fathers and strive for a balanced and evenhanded debate. When we move beyond the...

"The balanced disagreement by Dickinson and the other conservatives members of the Continental Congress confirmed to the world that America's leaders considered both sides of the argument...

"Republicans for Environmental Protection"

So successful was the state government's prompting that the objective was met in 2005, four years ahead of schedule....Thanks to Governor Bush, the Lone Star State is now the number-on producer of wind power in America."

to develop a statewide wind-energy program to be included in the 1999 industry restructuring law. That program, the Teas Renewable Portfolio Standard, gave the stat's power companies a deadline of the year 2009 to produce 2,000 megawatts of electricity from sustainable sources...

As Wood started to leave the governor's office that day, Bush shouted out from his desk, "Pat, we like wind." The astonished Wood responded with the question, "We what?" Bush answered, "You heard me. Go get smart on wind...Under Bush's orders, the utility commission began working with the energy companies and environmentalists...

"Many Americans might be surprised to learn that George Walker Bus started one of America's most successful clean-and-green energy programs. In mid-1996, Texas Governor Bush had his monthly chat with Pat Wood, then the chairman of the states' Public Utility Commission. They were discussing the expansion of the state's power transmission grid...

"Many large American manufacturers can also gain financial savings by partnering with state and federal government energy agencies to introduce more fuel-efficient innovations and renewable-energy systems such as solar panels and wind turbines that over time pay off handsomely in substantial energy savings."

I wish I had more time to research this. Putting it here in case some appears.

Of all the solutions I’ve ever seen any politician offer for improving education, I’ve never heard any suggest make the material more interesting or even fun.

Learning should be a joyous experience but instead the solutions generally involve more strict regulations and less flexibility in what is taught.

The human soul thirsts for the new and interesting. Why not give it what it wants?