“Every day I get to 'Think' and work on everything from digitizing electric grids so they can accommodate renewable energy and enable mass adoption of electric cars, helping major cities reduce congestion and pollution, to developing new micro-finance programs that help tiny businesses get started in markets such as Brazil, India, Africa.” ThinkingHelpingEnergyCitiesCarMajorsMassProgramIndiaTinyFinanceDevelopingPollutionElectricAdoptionBrazilAccommodateRenewable EnergyGridsCongestionElectric Car Author:Ginni Rometty
“I have no problem with a war for oil-if we accompany it with a real program for energy conservation. But when we tell the world we couldn't care less about climate change, that we feel entitled to drive whatever big cars we feel like, that we feel entitled to consume however much oil we like, the message we send is that a war for oil in the gulf is not a war to protect the world's right to economic survival-but our right to indulge. Now that will be seen as immoral.” IfsWorldFeelsWarRealProblemBigsCareEnergyEconomicCarProtectMessagesSurvivalProgramClimateClimate ChangeOilAlternativesEntitledConservationImmoralNo ProblemIndulgeAccompanyEnergy ConservationBig Cars Author:Thomas Friedman
“As one of the nation's top agricultural states, Nebraska has a great opportunity to provide input that will help shape the 2007 Farm Bill, .. This legislation will help determine commodity price supports, priorities with regard to conservation programs, as well as rural development, renewable energy and beginning farmer initiatives for several years to come.” YearsWellsStatesHelpingOpportunityEnergyNationsSupportDevelopmentShapesProgramRegardBillsDeterminePrioritiesFarmsFarmersInitiativeAgricultureCommodityConservationLegislationInputRenewable EnergyGreat OpportunityNebraskaCommodity Prices Author:Dave Heineman
“At a time of record energy prices, when we are trying to break the very addiction the president talked about in his speech, it does not make any sense to cut funding for energy efficiency programs and research.” TryingDoeEnergyPresidentBreakRecordsCuttingSpeechResearchProgramAddictionEfficiencyFundingEnergy Efficiency Author:Bob Menendez
“The US needs a cap and trade system with auctioning of licenses for emissions rights. The revenues from these auctions can be used to launch a new, environmentally friendly energy policy. That would be yet another federal program that could help us to overcome the stagnation.” NeedsHelpingWould BeUsedEnergyRightsPolicyProgramOvercomingTradeFriendlyRevenueLicenseCapsEmissionsStagnationAuctionsEnergy PolicyLicensesEnvironmentally Friendly Author:George Soros