Winning Our Energy Independence

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He was a guest on this mornings Air Talk. I was really impressed. He fielded questions from callers.

Click on the link to hear this mornings interview

Here's a bold First 100 Days agenda for the next President of the United States. Outlaw the construction of all new coal-fired and nuclear power plants in America.

That's right make it illegal to build any more dirty, polluting, radioactive "factories", as S. David Freeman calls them. And then set in motion a fixed time table to dismantle all existing such power plants, replacing them with comparable renewable energy systems including massive solar and wind installations.

Sound impossible?

Freeman, who has headed the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Sacramento Metropolitan Utility District or SMUD, as well as served as an energy advisor to President Jimmy Carter, doesn't think so. In fact, it's his view that this is the only sane, logical, economic and environmentally-viable course we -- and the rest of the nations on the planet -- can take.

He spells out how we accomplish this goal in his soon-to-be-released (Oct. 2007) book, Winning Our Energy Independence: An Energy Insider Shows How" .

Some of his prescriptions include the following:

* Existing coal and nuclear plants should be retired in harmony with renewable replacement, with older plants shutting down first.

* No new fossil fuel or nuclear plants should be built.

* The nation should adopt a portfolio standard that requires every publicly and privately owned utility to meet the following standards:

1. 20 percent renewable by 2017

2. 40 percent renewable by 2027

3. 60 percent renewable by 2037

In addition, he would require all utilities to submit to their Public Utility Commissions a 30-year plan to retire their coal and nuclear power plants. Natural gas plants -- which are the lowest emitters of carbon dioxide and most efficient fossil fuel plants -- can continue to operate largely as back-up power for wind and solar.

Importantly from the perspective of EV World, the nation would encourage the development and deployment of plug-in hybrids and all-electric cars, the acquisition of which is encouraged by offering owners low-cost, off-peak power rates, along with tax credits.

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(Link below also has an MP3 audio of the interview)

http://www.evworld.com/article.cfm?storyid=1315

Edited November 19, 2007 by Mister Fancypants