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Well, actually I didn't suggest Alan for Secretary of Transport, though that might not be a bad idea.
What I did do was suggest/request that TOD do a special thread "advice to the next president" where we could air the various components of what they might do to alleviate GW, reliance on Middle Eastern Oil, and mitigate PO.
The presidential candidates are putting their position papers together right now, and we have some hope of influencing their directions if we compile our thoughts now.
For next year, there will be 8 times as much wind energy install as coal (11,754 MW vs. 1,450 MW).
Unfortunately, this situation will reverse itself by 2009.
2009 & 2010 should see 18,469 MW & 15,142 MW respectively of coal burning plants. Wind drops to 742 MW and 687 MW respectively.
I don't know if wind has a much shorter lead time, and (hopefully) there will be far more wind installed than projected. However, looking at the enormous surge of coal generating plants coming on line at the end of the decade, we have a very good idea of where electricity for electric transport will be coming from.
Mountaintop removal for fuel.
"I Love Mountains.org" was advertising with TOD for awhile, and I would strongly urge everyone to look at their website and check out their video (they are working with conjunction with Google Earth to show the full extent of mountain top remove in the Appalacians).
Anybody advocating for greater reliance on coal really needs to look at this issue.