[Moonliner]

Short term I suppose those are all good ideas but they are not going to win the battle.

What we need is a true leader for this country that understands not only that "it's the economy stupid" but that we are getting to the point that the economy depends on the environment. Environmentalism is no longer just a "Feel good" issue but is now a real world life/economy issue. What this country needs is NOT more people on public transit or for everyone to stop using air conditioning. What we need is an Apollo style incentive program to get this country off fossil fuels and onto some combination of clean energies (hydrogen, solar, wind). Until that happens we are just using umbrellas to ward off a hurricane.