Green Daily

On Monday, Obama talked again about the stimulus package dollars marked for renewable energy development.

The best part about his speech at the townhall meeting in Elkhart, Indiana, was that he made the case (yet again) for the green choice being green for the environment, and for the economy.

He explained the tax breaks and loan guarantees in the package are necessary to make wind and solar companies price-competitive. Mandatory requirements for utilities to generate up to 20% of their power from renewable resources, will provide steady demand from these companies. Over time, the combination will reduce and stabilize the cost of clean energy.

President Obama put the big bait out there, too, saying that the first country that figures out how to do this will be the next economic superpower. Since the U.S. loves being a superpower, I expect this to shut up all of those naysayers and doubters who want to stick with clean dirty dirty coal and pollution-o-rific oil energy.

Actually, Obama is proposing some pretty tame -- and gradual -- goals for switching to renewable energy sources, just increasing by 4% by 2012 and 8% by 2015. I say, there's loads of incentive to beat those goals, right?

Did you write to your members of congress yet to support renewable energy legislation? If not, go to the Repower America site and use their fast form. Nancy Pelosi already wrote back to thank me for preaching to the choir, but hey, it's the thought -- and vote -- that counts.