Today I picked up a news story from Mary Ratcliff and it talked about 3 aggressive steps that are needed to end global warming. 

1. Push energy efficiency:

2. Put renewal energy production on a wartime footing:

3. Tax carbon aggressively just like we are taxing cigarettes today:

Now I tend to agree that we need a VERY aggressive strategy to move away from our dependance on oil. 

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