Comments on: Thoughts on seeing Al Gore in person http://blog.mapawatt.com/2009/11/29/al-gore-in-person/ Energy and Water Conservation, Clean Energy Implementation Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:41:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Steve A. http://blog.mapawatt.com/2009/11/29/al-gore-in-person/comment-page-1/#comment-2527 Steve A. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:41:27 +0000 http://blog.mapawatt.com/?p=2004#comment-2527 I had very similar feelings to you and was quite impressed hearing Al Gore speak at the Greenbuild conference earlier in November. He is very passionate and inspiring in his effort. Excellent post. I had very similar feelings to you and was quite impressed hearing Al Gore speak at the Greenbuild conference earlier in November. He is very passionate and inspiring in his effort. Excellent post.

]]> By: Ed Fitzgerald http://blog.mapawatt.com/2009/11/29/al-gore-in-person/comment-page-1/#comment-2525 Ed Fitzgerald Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:27:42 +0000 http://blog.mapawatt.com/?p=2004#comment-2525 I think the idea of "foreign oil" gets to much attention. As long as oil is purchased from a global market, it doesn't matter where you buy it from. If the US we self sufficeint for oil, and the middle east, or any other world supplier took their goods off the market, the price would go up. Then oil would still cost more in the US, because the US suppliers would still sell at the market price. And for that reason we still care about stability in all of these places. Unless the oil, and other related resources are nationalized or [b]heavily[/b] regulated we would still have the same problems we have today. I think the idea of “foreign oil” gets to much attention. As long as oil is purchased from a global market, it doesn’t matter where you buy it from. If the US we self sufficeint for oil, and the middle east, or any other world supplier took their goods off the market, the price would go up. Then oil would still cost more in the US, because the US suppliers would still sell at the market price. And for that reason we still care about stability in all of these places. Unless the oil, and other related resources are nationalized or [b]heavily[/b] regulated we would still have the same problems we have today.

]]> By: Elaine Kaiser http://blog.mapawatt.com/2009/11/29/al-gore-in-person/comment-page-1/#comment-2523 Elaine Kaiser Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:59:27 +0000 http://blog.mapawatt.com/?p=2004#comment-2523 Wow! What a great article! Have you sent this to Gore? ...and Friedman?..maybe even the Atlanta Constitution? I love the idea of working with neuroscientists and behavioral psychologists....how to stimulate people to really care about doing something!(I also agree that people are only interested in changing if there is an immediate threat..once gas prices go back down, they forget about the problem...we need to study this thinking because it's so prevalent in our culture. I also agree that "special interest" groups have too much power. How can we change laws when politicians thinking is biased in favor of these groups? ...and the dollars these groups give to their campaigns! Wow! What a great article! Have you sent this to Gore? …and Friedman?..maybe even the Atlanta Constitution? I love the idea of working with neuroscientists and behavioral psychologists….how to stimulate people to really care about doing something!(I also agree that people are only interested in changing if there is an immediate threat..once gas prices go back down, they forget about the problem…we need to study this thinking because it’s so prevalent in our culture.

I also agree that “special interest” groups have too much power. How can we change laws when politicians thinking is biased in favor of these groups? …and the dollars these groups give to their campaigns!

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