Why not spend $700 billion for solar, for efficiency, for conservation? Why not?

—California Attorney General Jerry Brown, speaking at the West Coast Green conference, alluding to the $700 billion bailout package being negotiated in Washington, D.C.

Brown's speech preceded Al Gore's, who also said the climate crisis should get the 'same type of attention and money from Washington that the financial meltdown is getting.' Obama has made it clear that there will be a place at the table for Gore if he's elected president.

jerry brown  - Attorney General   |09-28-2008 19:05 Of course it is smart to invest in sources of energy that will cut our dependence on foreign oil. Renewable energy and fuels will put Americans to work instead of transferring massive sums of our wealth to foreign countries, many of which do not wish us well

John Galt  - WHY NOT?   |09-29-2008 10:36 First of all, an investment is something that is supposed to have a future payoff, not something that is a never ending expense. Second, the question that should be asked is "Why spend billions or trillions on experimental technologies over existing answers that work?" I'm sure someday we will have better alternative energy sources -- something that works when the sun doesn't shine or when the wind doesn't blow. And that someday is when we should start spending more money on those technologies. We can't just throw a bunch of money at a problem and assume we'll find a solution any faster.

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