energy independence

Offer someone well known and well respected (Al Gore? T. Boone Pickens?) a cabinet level position as Secretary of the Environment. It is a long overdue position.

On day one, the President and his family will move into a new house -- one which belongs to the American People. The VERY first thing they should do is set about making it energy independent, using every strategy: from reduced usage, using CFL bulbs, all the way to beginning installation of a solar power or geothermal energy grid to use at the White House. Think about the example this would set! A Carbon Neutral goal for the White House would get massive attention.

Couldn't America's farmland be interspersed with wind turbines? This might help to lower cost within farming communities - and they might end up with a net gain in energy. If every household is paying $100 a month for the war - couldn't that pay for solar panels on every roof especially in the warmer southern states? Why are people working on fuel technology in their garages? Shouldn't the government give support to anyone with a viable idea – to speed its entry into the market?

We're the most innovative country in the world. We can stop funding terrorists and dictators; increase our national security; attack global warming; reduce the costs of defense; revive and distribute prosperity; protect and preserve our natural resources and environment; increase our quality of life; and re-emerge as the model and leader for the world. Under Kennedy we went to the moon in ten years. We can do it again. Aim 300 million Americans at energy independence, and watch what happens.