Post Carbon Institute Releases Plan for Al Gore's Generational Challenge to Repower America
10 Steps in 10 Years to 100% Renewable Energy
Published on Jul 24, 2008 - 9:14:05 AM

By: Post Carbon Institute

SEBASTOPOL, Calif., July 24 2008 - Post Carbon Institute today announced a comprehensive 10-point plan to achieve Vice President Al Gore's goal of 100% renewable energy in 10 years:

1. Reduce 2. Share 3. Diversify 4. Distribute 5. Store 6. Reinvest 7. Relocalize 8. Reengineer 9. Reskill 10. Remobilize

A detailed framework has been released online at http://www.postcarbon.org/ to serve as a guide for policy makers, citizens, and businesses.

"Climate change is the greatest environmental crisis that humanity has ever faced, but it is not the only serious challenge confronting us. There is a simultaneous 'source' problem, known as peak oil, arising from the depletion of the fuels we are burning, particularly petroleum. The solution to both climate change and peak oil is to develop renewable sources of energy, to use less energy, to use energy differently-and to make this shift as rapidly as possible," said Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow, Post Carbon Institute. "Al Gore's ambitious goal provides a national focus and call to action. Now what's needed is a clear-sighted plan for achieving it, one that recognizes the complex issues of energy depletion, the vulnerability of the supply chain and the limits of technology. We are taking up Gore's call and presenting a powerful framework to realize this vision, a vision that would revitalize America and make it genuinely sustainable."

"Al Gore's Generational Challenge to Repower America, which places energy at the forefront of the national agenda, should be the top issue debated by all candidates this fall," said Debbie Cook, Mayor of Huntington Beach (California), Democratic Candidate for the 46th Congressional District, and Post Carbon Institute Board Member.* "Energy touches almost every critical issue facing our country including the economy, security, and the environment. Gore's courageous and rational plan to move to 100% renewable energy sources in 10 years has my full support. Our 10 point plan provides the stepping stones to achieve this target."

Julian Darley, President of Post Carbon Institute said, "We thank Al Gore for articulating the most urgent action needed to safeguard America's environmental, economic, and societal future, and that of the entire world. Our mission is to get society off of fossil fuels fast and we embrace the need to move to 100% renewable energy with this plan."

Post Carbon Institute, headquartered in Sebastopol, California, conducts research, develops technical tools, educates the public, and informs leaders to help communities around the world understand and respond to the challenges of peak oil and climate change.

*affiliation for identification purposes only

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