Good idea... Now how do we do it?

This came in a news release today from the National Wildlife Federation:

The House Energy Bill that passed in August requires that by the year 2020, 15 percent of electricity be generated using renewable energy sources. The question on the table is will the House and Senate conference report a bill that includes both of these meaningful provisions to move the nation toward a clean, renewable energy future?

Meanwhile, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is scheduled to mark up the bipartisan America’s Climate Security Act of 2007 , co-sponsored by Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and John Warner (R-VA).

This is a strong bill that deals with the root cause of global warming – greenhouse gas emissions. It has the support of a wide cross-section of America, from liberal to conservative and has the best chance of passage of any bill yet. The bill requires large emitters such as power plants and oil refineries to collectively cut their greenhouse gas emissions every year, starting in 2012, at a pace scientists say is needed to avoid catastrophic climate changes. It sets the pace for reductions at about 2 percent per year, cutting emissions from these sources to 15% below current levels by the year 2020, and 70% below current levels by 2050. The ripple effect of this vote will carry well beyond America’s boundaries as the international community assembles in Bali, Indonesia to discuss the framework that will follow the Kyoto Protocol, set to expire in 2012. Moving this climate legislation out of committee and to the full Senate for a vote will demonstrate to the world community that America is serious about global warming.

I don't care all that much about demonstrating to the world community that America is serious about global warming. What I want to know is, where is all this renewable energy going to come from? Are there hydroelectric dams yet to be built? How long will it take to build enough factories to convert cellulose to ethanol? What if Ted Kennedy doesn't want a wind farm being built within view of his front porch? (Oh).

In other words, how long will it take to develop the technology and infrastructure to accomplish this? That's really what I want to hear. I'm all for renewable energy. I'm all for cutting pollution, because pollution is bad. But do it for the right reasons, people. Setting unattainable goals won't help anything.

If anything, the efforts to cut back global warming have been hampered by alarmists who overstate everything and by people who want to use global warming to seize power to control our lives while they go about theirs unaffected.

Someone answer these questions, please. And don't tell me I'm in ExxonMobil's pocket. I'm still waiting for that check. Megacorporations are jumping on the anti global warming bandwagon because there's money to be made in forcing new technologies on people (Think GE and its subsidiary NBC).

And has anyone been following how this conference in Bali is going to lead to more greenhouse gas emissions because of all the private jets that are boing halfway around the world to a remote location so rich and powerful people can tell us how carbon dioxide is destroying the planet (another ridiculous phrase, but we can save that for another time).