Gore sets 'moon shot' goal on climate change

[Chris_]

Gore sets 'moon shot' goal on climate change

WASHINGTON (AP) - Just as John F. Kennedy set his sights on the moon, Al Gore is challenging the nation to produce every kilowatt of electricity through wind, sun and other Earth-friendly energy sources within 10 years, an audacious goal he hopes the next president will embrace.

The Nobel Prize-winning former vice president said fellow Democrat Barack Obama and Republican rival John McCain are "way ahead" of most politicians in the fight against global climate change.

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Gore said he fully understands the magnitude of the challenge.

The Alliance for Climate Protection, a bipartisan group that he chairs, estimates the cost of transforming the nation to so-called clean electricity sources at $1.5 trillion to $3 trillion over 30 years in public and private money. But he says it would cost about as much to build ozone-killing coal plants to satisfy current demand.

Hey algore.  I got yer moonshot right here... 

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[DumbAss Tanker]

That is frickin' insane.  Fossil and nonfossil hydrocarbon fuels are gonna be required for a Hell of a lot longer than that, in 10 years we might see substantial replacement of fossil fuel in the -maybe- up to 30% of the Grid, but replacement for mobile power sources would require a massive redirection of effort and infrastructure to even hit 10% by then. 

[djones520]

So...  what happens when you get a massive polar high stalling out over the US Gore?  Winds over thousands of square miles will just die out to minimum levels.

Wind energy is not a reliable ****ing source.  And it never will be, until we figure out a way to put a turbine field onto Jupiter, and pipe the energy back here.