TOKYO - The world needs to invest $45 trillion in energy in coming decades, build some 1,400 nuclear power plants and vastly expand wind power in order to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, according to an energy study released Friday.

The report by the Paris-based International Energy Agency envisions a “energy revolution” that would greatly reduce the world’s dependence on fossil fuels while maintaining steady economic growth.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080606/ap_on_sc/japan_iea_climate_change

Energy is vital to our economy - not sure how you can ask that. Energy independence from OPEC is smart, especially if you look at the demands from emerging economies and the military we keep in order to protect access. To reduce our usage of oil then what would JNP do? You can do things like cap & trade or raise the CAFE standards. The first definitely hurts our economy while the second probably doesn’t do enough. You can try to produce more of our own oil by drilling in ANWR or more offshore, but I’m guessing JNP is against that. Or you can change to alternatives to oil - like Nuclear/Coal. Nuclear is definitely something we should consider. Just invest in technology and plants to handle the waste like the French do.

Finally, where do you get 57% of our budget going to military? The actual figure is just short of 25%. JNP is definitely anti-military and the fact that he wouldn’t have even gone into Afghanistan would be a huge problem for him.

What needs energy go grow our economy?

Industry outsourced to China?

You interpret not wanting Congress to spend 57 cents of every appropriated dollar to Dept of Defense as anti-military that ‘might play a little bit?’

It’s reasons like this that JNP is down right scary.

“Pallmeyer is to the left of Wellstone.”

That’s for sure - and it would really scare off a lot of voters. His anti-military message might play a little bit after “W” & Iraq but his far left views on substantially higher taxation and “economic fairness” wouldn’t play well at all. If you’re against nuclear & coal that means you’re in favor of huge subsidies for other forms of energy or in favor of crippling our economy to hold back energy usage.

Despite a few good breaks and a generally progressive audience in My SD convention Jack still lost by quite a few delegates. That’s what’s been happening around the state. Jack would have to switch a TON of delegates and these delegates are the hardcorest of the hardcore. I find it hard to believe he’s switched more than a few.

I find it hard to believe it will go past the first ballot.

Even worse are the dirtball Democrats (McCollum, Oberstar, et al) who all of a sudden are offended by Playboy magazine enough to carry Michael Brodkorb and the GOP’s (well, they are one and the same) water in trashing Franken over this nonissue. In the case of McCollum, it’s clearly her desire to get her losing candidate (Ciresi) back in the race) but it’s a pretty shitty way of doing it and I hope she pays a heavy price for it.

For the record, I’m not a fan of Franken, but for very different reasons.

don’t give up hope yet. i think the delegate race is closer then anyone could imagine at this point.

Pallmeyer is to the left of Wellstone. Norm will cream him into a fine puree.

I’m not a Republican, just a realist - come on, you gotta be kidding me with this.