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Gore says building new grid kills two birds

Former VP says revamping energy industry will help economy and environment Can a total revamp of the energy industry be a way out of the current economic crisis?Former Vice President and Nobel Prize winner Al Gore thinks so.Gore is joining a growing list of Silicon Valley notables, including John Doerr and Eric Schmidt, in saying that the government should undertake a massive investment in the energy infrastructure, not just to tackle global warming but to create jobs.The plans argue that we can replace the burning of fossil fuels with renewable power by putting solar collectors in the desert Southwest, wind turbines near the coasts and in the mountains, and geothermal plants near sources of that energy.Gore's plan, as explained to the audience at the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco, would ... [ Read more ]

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