Environment

Will America 'Go Green'?

by jjenet | April 24, 2009 at 01:11 am

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In a time of recession and job and money crisis will America participate in 'Go Green' is a big question. Can America afford to 'Go Green' is the burning question in current circumstances. What will happen will America join to Fight Global Warming in Deep Recession?.We will have to wait an watch and hope for ht best so that America can join 'Go Green'.

Strange-looking synthetic trees that suck carbon dioxide out of the air. Algae that can turn into gas. A candy factory fueled by methane from a local dump.

Climate change solutions could create more jobs, save energy and money.

These examples may sound bizarre, but all are potential moneymakers.

It's the unlocked potential of these eco-friendly ideas that has many saying that the government should spend taxpayer dollars on "going green."

At an Earth Day celebration in Newton, Iowa, today, President Obama said the United States must lead the world in renewable energy. He said his energy plan would simultaneously help the environment and the economy.

"The choice we face is between prosperity and decline," Obama said. "The nation that leads the world in creating new sources of clean energy will be the nation that leads the 21st century global economy."

In the middle of the worst recession since the Great Depression, skeptics question the wisdom of spending billions of dollars to fight global warming.

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Amitjha

at 01:50 on April 24th, 2009

US will go green in real sense, it may develope any tactics to delay it as much as he can, till the disaster comes.

Go green unless there will be no other color to talk about except BLACK

tlreed

at 03:32 on April 24th, 2009

A recession is the best time to "go green". When everything is going well with the economy no one cares about the environment, just as long as they are making more money that is all they care about. But now people have been forced to take a step back and look at what damage has been done and that they are a part of it. Many are losing their jobs and have to retrain for a new career. In their search for a new career to pursue the most promising field for growth is in "green" careers, or "green collar jobs". If there were no recession there would no reason to consider pursuing a "green collar job" or giving a rip about the environment in general.

albertacowpoke

at 03:57 on April 24th, 2009

I think Obama has been pretty clear on his intentions to go Green. Creating a Green economy is a major point in his platform. The question remains how much money will it take and how long will it take. Actually about 6 months ago when the price at the pumps were high, the argument to change from an oil based economy to GREEN was more compelling.

Barbara McPherson

at 05:45 on April 24th, 2009

Pollution and envrionmental degradation costs money. Good stewardship makes money sense.

Amy Judd

at 07:31 on April 24th, 2009

I think that mow is the time to make that change so that when the economy begins to bounce back up, those changes will already be in place.

PIM of SPAIN

at 09:10 on April 24th, 2009

I prefer to look at this from a different point of view:

Electrical power production from nuclear energy does not produce any CO2 emissions and the approx. 100 nuclear power plants in the U.S.A. have produced reliable, low-cost electrical power without a single fatality over the past half-century. With this type of energy clean diesel fuel can be extracted from coal. Diesel Fuel is the best Transportation Fuel and cleaner than electricity generated from coal fired plants. Diesel has effectively twice the specific energy of Ethanol and 10x that of Hydrogen.
Why not start with this program: converting coal into bio car fuel and becoming independent from the Middle East in the process. It will generate many new jobs and an improved balance sheet for the country. And last but not least it is very environmental friendly.

Patricia Turo

at 10:19 on April 25th, 2009

There is no question in my mind that there is a change taking place in the US. I've spent several months in Atlanta last year and just returned from New England. The move is on and people are taking a hard look at what they can do to become more conscious of their surroundings. Recycling is well entrenched and efforts to weatherize homes to save electricity has take root. People are looking into and talking about alternative forms of energy. It will come from the bottom up and it is clear that it is already underway. The questions is how fast can the government move to get significant changes implemented. Here also there seems to be a true and hard effort to make the necessary changes to have a real impact. There is no question that the next generation is learning and completely aware of the issues, which are being taught in school and will make it easier for them to make the decisions that some of their parents are fighting with today. This is happening and I think it will happen faster then most think.

PIM of SPAIN

at 10:42 on April 25th, 2009

That's true Patricia what you wrote. In the EU additionally all ordinary light bulbs are phased out by 2012 by law. Today this process is ahead of schedule.