Two recent articles in the NY Times focus on energy efficiency. One in the greeninc blog points to Obama'sreference in the debate of Tues 10/7 on weatherizing and conserving. The other refers to Amory Lovins' legendary "Soft Energy Paths" concept. I couldn't help thinking today that Amory Lovins would be a great addition to the cabinet as Energy secretary. And while I was thinking about the cabinet , I thought about Van Jones, founder of Solar Richmond and Green for All which is a green job corp for the green economy. It's designed to create a more egalitarian and inclusive green economy. How about Mr. Jones as Secretary of Labor? How can we make that happen? And all that leads me to the question of who will run treasury. I don't have an idea for that one yet. But can we possibly get someone in there who can simultaneously work on our current crisis while expunging Milton Friedman's concept of externalities from business lexicon?
Am I crazy? Someone help me out.
But back to energy efficiency. Go read all you can at Rocky Mountain Institute http://www.rmi.org/, read about all the hard research that's been done about how much energy conservation can yield to our economy...and not in two, three or five years, but virtually now.
This is my first post ever. I am calling it sustainagility..because sustainability is crucial but so is agility regarding the path to sustainability. We see problems now..but not problems in the future...so creating an economy and a society that accounts for that...is, well, important. Looking forward to more in this space
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The best of luck to you and this blog. I look forward to reading more soon.
One wonders what the current economic meltdown will do to efforts toward mediating global warming and the "greening" of that economy.
Thank you for reading. My hope and the great need is for the decisions made now on economic stimulus and energy must take into account the environmental and social impacts. For example, the Financial Bailout must have components in it that incentivize clean tech investment and more micro- lending. It must reward those organizations that have already made strides to improve the world.
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