overall i would give you you maybe 250.

I have a 60 Gb so don’t really need it.

Point-by-point:
1 – I’d add a provision to limit the roadblocks that the Green movement can put up to slow or stop projects that provide renewable power or distribute it. Off-shore wind farms are also very feasible and tapping some of the energy beneath Yellowstone would provide enormous amounts of energy. Funding basic research thru grants and such is the best way to get the technology we need, then use tax incentives to make it easier to adopt

2 – Our grid is so dated and obsolete much of it should just be retired, it’s like using telegraph while your neighbor has broadband.

3 – hybrids are a great idea and we could power them using ethanol-fueled engines to further reduce the need for oil. There’s nothing wrong with ethanol if it’s produced wisely, not with corn but from switchgrass or specialized algae. The NASA project will probably give us much better storage options than we have now so the day of an all-electric car may arrive sooner.

4 – I’d need evidence that this isn’t already done, if it saves money then individuals and businesses have probably already done this, along with checking their thermostats and tire pressure. But if new technology becomes available then incentives for adopting that technology would be smart.

5 – The only carbon limit I’d accept is a direct tax on emission, not any sort of cap and trade. If your fuel bill goes up because your utility relies too heavily on coal and not enough on renewables and nuclear then you’ll encourage them to make the switch. Cap and trade is already full of fraud and theft so let’s not adopt that here.

Overall I’ll admit I’m surprised this has Al Gore’s name on it and as long as we don’t allow the cap and trade shell game to spread further, this is a plan I’d encourage my legislators to support.

2) How can a dumb guy build a smart grid?

3) Why not just have cars burn coal? It would be more efficient.

4) Waste of time, and other people’s money. (and the alternative lighting is, so far, full of poison.)

5) Why not just turn industry off?

In conclusion, you silly liberals always have these bizarre delusions that if you wish a thing to be so, it will be so. You think you can penalize industry for making things, and still expect things to be made. You think that if you wish alternative energy to work that it will, and that just because something isn’t oil, that its good.

When the free market finds fuel or a source of energy that is more efficient than coal, nuclear and oil, they will jump on it. That source of energy does not yet exist, and all of the alternatives being promoted are currently in the fantasy stage.

Asking if we like this plan is like saying “well, how about if we all drive cars like George Jetson’s car? Wouldn’t that be nice?”

Well, yes it would, there’s just one tiny little problem. It’s not possible with current technology, period.

If not….. I’m not buying into it!!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/opinion/09gore.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&hp

Is Gore posturing for a position in the Obama administration? I don’t know about that, but it seems like he’s wasting no time in trying to put the idea out there to the general public. And yes, he and Obama’s plans overlap. Gore’s editorial is a brief 2-pages, tailored to the attention span of most trying to get a feel for a topic of interest. Reading through Obama’s 11 page document is not something most Americans are inclined to do unless they are specifically drawn to this topic. There are similarities, yes, but Obama’s plan goes into topics libio fuelsels and clean coal technology, and Gore’s plan mentions support for America’s car manufacturers, both established and break-out. That part of the plan I’m still chewing on. I’ve owned many a Ford, but fell away from American cars because they weren’t hungry for my business, in fact, I feel they spurned it. I don’t want to support companies that lack business smarts, but I don’t want to increase unemployment significantly, either. But any “bail out” would have to be finely crafted to ensure that America’s automakers stay competitive.

I think Gore and Obama are on the right track. I think Obama has the tools and motivation to help educate Americans on the issues involved here. Yes, I would be pleased to see Gore serve in a formal or informal advisory position. He would be an asset to the team currently being structured.