Al Franken on Energy & Oil

Investing in renewable energy is win-win-win-win-win

Investing in renewable energy is win-win-win-win-win. It'll pay off in so many ways:

We'll dramatically improve our environment.
We'll finally be taking steps to address global warming.
We'll make our nation more secure and less dependent on an uncertain global fuel economy.
We'll revitalize our manufacturing sector. We should be making wind turbines, and we should be putting them up all over Minnesota.
We'll create high-tech, high-paying jobs in conservation and R&D.

Source: Campaign website, www.alfranken.com, "Issues" Mar 9, 2008

Apollo project for renewable energy development

We need a new "Apollo project"--this time to fundamentally change our energy policy and end our reliance on foreign oil. This "Apollo project" should provide financial support for research into new forms of renewable energy and development of currently-identified sources to make them more efficient. Of course I'm talking about corn ethanol. But I'm also talking about cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels. I'm talking about solar power. And I'm talking about wind power. We live in a windy stat Source: Campaign website, www.alfranken.com, "Issues" Mar 9, 2008

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