Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Post Carbon Institute proposes "Real New Deal" to Obama administration
Staff, Post Carbon Institute

Post Carbon Institute today announced the release of "The Real New Deal: Energy Scarcity and the Path to Energy, Economic, and Environmental Recovery," a proposal to the incoming Obama Administration. The plan calls for responding to the current economic crisis with a massive policy and investment shift towards a fossil fuel-independent economy. The plan has been endorsed by Bill McKibben, Michael Moore, Randy Udall and Lester Brown. The 24-page report is available online.

pdf for the proposal

Advice to President Obama: an actuary's impractical perspective
Gail Tverberg, The Oil Drum

Several steps come before energy policy: we need to get the worst of our financial problems behind us and we need to understand where we are, before we can make intelligent decisions going forward.

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