After a long day battling for the public option, Jeff “Energy Smart” Merkley sat down with a group at the Center for American Progress (courtesy of Wonkroom’s Brad Johnson) to discuss energy and climate issues.
Amid praise for the roll-out for the Kerry-Boxer climate legislation, Senator Merkley laid out a cogent and clear message that laid out the situation in a stark manner.
There are things that are easier to wrap your hands around then ecosystems.
It is a pretty choice.
It is a choice between clean air and dirty air.
It is a choice between $1 billion a day in invested in US clean energy or sending $1 billion a day overseas to Venezuela or Saudi Arabia or …
It is the difference between developign U.S. technology and products or buying technology from overseas.
It is a powerful case for pushing forward with all due speed.
Clear.
Direct.
Powerful.
Truth.
Courtesy of Energy Smart Jeff.
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