...from the News Hour with Jim Lehrer last week:

Gore Aims High on Renewable Energy Goal for U.S.

Former Vice President and Nobel laureate Al Gore outlined a bold climate goal for the nation Thursday, challenging the U.S. to create every kilowatt of electricity through renewable energy sources within 10 years.

"Our dangerous over-reliance on carbon-based fuels is at the core of all three of these challenges -- the economic, environmental and national security crises," Gore saidin his speech in Washington. "We're borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the planet. Every bit of that's got to change."

The goal of using only renewable energy within just a decade is achievable and necessary for national security, he said.

"The survival of the United States of America as we know it is at risk. And even more -- if more should be required -- the future of human civilization is at stake," Gore said. "Our economy is in terrible shape and getting worse, gasoline prices are increasing dramatically, and so are electricity rates. Jobs are being outsourced. Home mortgages are in trouble. Banks, automobile companies and other institutions we depend upon are under growing pressure."

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