Dear paul,
I need your help
will you make a call? Congress will consider energy legislation this week. Of course, the oil industry is pushing its "drill, drill" slogan with all its might -- and some are hoping to use this for political advantage.
Meanwhile, tax credits for investments in renewables have not been extended, and the growing renewables business that just made America the largest producer of wind power in the world, is on the verge of shutting down huge planned projects all over the country.
Billions in private investment, thousands of megawatts of new, clean energy, and more than 100,000 new jobs expected for 2009 will be lost.
We face a stark choice: subsidize old, dirty energy or invest in new, clean energy. This should be easy, but the influence of the oil lobby is deep -- they've already spent more than $100 million in lobbying and advertising this year.
Please call your members of congress now and tell them to pass legislation that will Repower America.
Click here to find out how to call Washington is being diverted by all the political noise around "drill, drill" away from what really will make a difference -- building a new, clean energy future. Projects in the pipeline that will power millions of homes will be canceled, setting us back for years, if Congress doesn't do the right thing now. Congress needs to hear from all of us.
Click here to make a quick call today Thank you so much,
Al Gore
www.wecansolveit.org -------------------------------------------------------------
the above was taken from an e-mail I recieved from wecansolveit.org
it looks as if
the path is being laid out for us to continue using imported energy resources and not the energy
we can get from the sun or the wind.
