Article 10: Barack Obama and Joe Biden: New Energy for America

- Obama Biden's plan for energy in the coming years creates many opportunities for Americans to get rebates and subsidies from the government.
- Obama wants to create "five million new jobs by strategically investing $150 billion over the next ten years" in the sustainable energy market.
- By 2015 he also intends to get "1 million plug-in hybrid cars on the road."
- Obama plans to have 10% of our energy be renewable by 2012, and 25% by 2025
- He wants to "reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2050."
- Barack Obama and Biden have promised the nation "immediate relief," and as a start to this relief they are making the gas companies provide 500 dollars to the individual and 5,000 to every married couple.
- Their plan includes a cap on carbon emissions as well as creating manufacturing and training facilities for the making of green products.
- Not only does Obama plan to create $7,000 tax credits for Americans willing to buy plug-in, or battery powered cars, but will also convert all the white house's cars into plug-in vehicles.

- There is currently "68 million acres of land, [and] over 40 million offshore" that are not being used.

- Barack Obama is cracking down on oil companies, those companies that have excess land that they are not drilling on must either "use it, or lose it." If the oil companies do not use their spare land, they must turn it over to another company that will.
- Nuclear power accounts for over 70 percent of our non carbon generated electricity.
- Obama is looking into clean coal and nuclear power as other energy alternatives.
- His plan is also focused on energy efficiency. Another goal states that "new building efficiency by 50 percent and existing building efficiency [must be improved] by 25 percent over the next decade."
- Obama plans to weatherize "1 million homes annually."

Final focus; further research needed

The isearch process is finally coming to an end and while I am delighted to hear thism, there is also a certain reality that sets in. I am surprisingly deflated when it comes to the thought of no more blog posts. I may even continue with research of my topic after the end of this project; however I would really like to incorporate some very useful information in my last two blog posts and interview. One aspect of the blog I'd love to pursue is Obama's plans for energy for the future. The energy crisis is a reality regardless of what some disbelievers think. I am hoping Obama will really put forth a sincere effort in finding solutions sooner rather than later. I have a general idea of what his plan merely by listening to some of his speeches. From these I gathered a genuine interest on his part to address the issue and not put it off as did some of our previous leaders. I imagine it will not be terribly difficult to find an article that describes his plans for energy as it is such a popular focus in the media today.
My final article should be a real 'wrap up' to my blog. Something that gives it a bit of a conclusion. Obviously there is no end to this topic as fuels will continue to be transformed and improved in the future; however I would like to do the best I can in comparing the practical fuels of our world today. I'd like to focus my blog on the real life issue of sustainable fuel, not the research and possibilities of the future, but what system is best for your home in America now. Specifically fuels such as wind and solar as these I have come to accept as the most legitimate answers to the energy crisis in our homes.
The interview/experience aspect of my blog needs to be realistic. Specifically I would like to interview someone who either owns a sustainable energy system in their home or at their workplace. This will hopefully give my isearch a personal touch that will connect it to its readers/viewers. I can't stress enough how interested in this issue I am. I feel people need to become more educated when it comes to our impact on the environment, and not view it as 'something that won't effect me in my lifetime' because the truth is; it will. Scientists have already predicted when certain catastrophes like the final melting of polar ice caps will happen. My message to listeners is; this is a real crisis, and it will affect you.