The Climate for Change Summary

The Climate for Change Summary In the November 9, 2008 edition New York Times, an article titled The Climate for Change as a follow up to Al Gores speech where he challenged the United States to end its reliance on petroleum based fuels and to generate 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources within ten years. He gave a five part plan to repower America and to achieve his challenge.Al Gore stated that the new chairman and the new Congress should offer large-scale investments in incentives for the construction of concentrates solar thermal plants in places that could produce large amounts of electricity. He says we should then begin the proviso and construction of a unified national smart grid for the transport of renewable electricity. Third, the government should help Americas automobile industry to qualify quickly to plug in hybrids that can run on renewable energy.Fourth, we should embark on a nationwide effort to retrofit buildings with better detachment and ene rgy efficient windows and lighting. Lastly, the United States should lead the way by putting a price on carbon in the US to help trim global warming pollution coming from us. Al Gore was the forty-fifth vice-president of the United States and was an environmental activist. He won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 in recognition for his work. He also won an Oscar for his documentary on the environment that year. In 2006 he founded The Alliance for Climate Protection and has written several(prenominal) books since then.