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State of Mind

-- Amanda Meade -- 10/24/2008

Changing the way we think about energy and realizing we can't continue to rely on a petroleum based economy is the most important issue we face. We have to change. We have to transition to real, clean energy and not false choices that continue to enrich big oil and coal companies.

Big oil and coal only care about profits. “Clean coal” is a deliberately false choice. A misleading phrase created to keep the status quo in place and keep billions in subsidies going to fossil fuel companies instead of proven-to-work renewables, such as solar and wind.

Sen. John W. Warner (R-Va.) when asked why Congress is paying more attention to the energy business leaders than the legions of scientists who have been warning of climate change for years said "There's real money in that group."

Meaning the Big oil and coal lobbyist prime the campaign contribution pump and grease the wheels for favor on their kind of ‘clean energy’; the same old dirty oil, black rock of coal, and money sucking nuclear plants that cost an average of 4 billion government dollars.

We need to shift existing subsidies from big oil, dirty coal and extremely expensive toxic waste producing nuclear to real clean energy technologies of wind and solar. We can be energy independent in ten years. Drastically reducing our dependency on foreign oil and CO2 intensive coal is what we need to do to address climate change. It is a fight against industry giants to change the way we produce and use energy. The U.S. has failed to make progress because the current energy industry giants spend millions to lobby our government and protect profit rather than the common good.

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