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Renewable energy touted at Nevada policy 'summit'

The Associated Press -- LAS VEGAS — With clean-energy legislation trapped in a political deadlock, renewable-energy advocates called big business the new leader in the nation's green revolution during a national summit meeting Tuesday.

John Podesta, president of the Center for American Progress, said untapped potential in the sustainable energy market could revive the stalled economy and end the recession.

"The focus now has got to be on getting these worlds and mechanisms together to finance innovative, renewable technology," Podesta said.

The Center for American Progress Action Fund and Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid hosted the third in a series of national clean-energy summit meetings Tuesday at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. More than 40 people rallied outside the event, with some

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1006 All-Star Author Birmingham Posts:928 Points:1,026,725 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Sep 11, 2010 2:51:19 PM Ignore 1006 Report Abuse time for a change . .
honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:15,252 Points:1,141,025 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Sep 10, 2010 4:58:00 PM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse caddillac wrote: "renewable-energy advocates called big business the new leader in the nation's green revolution during a national summit meeting Tuesday." That is an oxymoron. Imagine, big business being green, and the "new leader in the nation's green revolution" at that. Makes me wonder what the people making that claim were smoking just before they came to that conclusion.Amen! That's one of the best responses I've read.
ashishpa All-Star Author St. Louis Posts:951 Points:217,540 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Sep 9, 2010 9:04:01 PM Ignore ashishpa Report Abuse Good luck... though i hope its cost effective
honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:15,252 Points:1,141,025 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Sep 9, 2010 3:19:50 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse paul: it is working rather nicely in Europe where there are also large cities (although probably not quite the size of LA or NY).
paulg72 Champion Author Boston Posts:1,558 Points:543,375 Joined:Apr 2010	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 9:42:07 PM Ignore paulg72 Report Abuse You people are thinking to small with solar and wind cities are too big nuclear is the only way to power new york or L A
Jeannemarie Champion Author Las Vegas Posts:26,922 Points:1,944,585 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 9:36:41 PM Ignore Jeannemarie Report Abuse The people fiddling around with this (five years now) have yet to get off their duffs and build SOMETHING on the best acreage they got from BLM sort of spraddling the California/Nevada line near Primm - 14,000 acres and nada so far. They will use a lot of our unemployed and underemployed lower wage workers for a good deal of this once they get it going. When we need it so badly why do they drag their feet so??????? [Edited by: Jeannemarie at 9/9/2010 12:37:40 AM EST]
Bezalel Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:9,758 Points:1,827,505 Joined:Oct 2006	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 9:36:34 PM Ignore Bezalel Report Abuse Notice a rant from the LEFT coast? Some of the countries opposed to taking out Saddam were supplying him weapons. France and Russia are known contributors. Not generally made public by the liberal media.
Gnusman53 Champion Author San Diego Posts:3,832 Points:654,230 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 9:34:14 PM Ignore Gnusman53 Report Abuse even Pickens has warned the US to get moving on renewable energy generation..... or LOSE the Energy RACE to the ChiComs.
Scotty99QC Veteran Author Montreal Posts:275 Points:74,950 Joined:Jul 2010	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 9:33:54 PM Ignore Scotty99QC Report Abuse It gets more complicated.
Gnusman53 Champion Author San Diego Posts:3,832 Points:654,230 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 9:32:31 PM Ignore Gnusman53 Report Abuse The Southwest is a Saudi Arabia of energy potential that the Boner & his FWB want to lay fallow, while they make more money off us as gasoline prices keep going higher... Under Bush/Cheney & the GOP, gas prices TRIPLED...., safety inspectors were cut and look what that got us...... gas prices stabilized at more than double the price when BushCo went in......, energy prices in California more than triple (thanks Enron & GOP), and we had a massive spill in the Gulf which is like going to the bathroom where you eat....(putting a lot of crap and poisons into the Gulf)...
Gnusman53 Champion Author San Diego Posts:3,832 Points:654,230 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 9:26:42 PM Ignore Gnusman53 Report Abuse Sorry, that is believable only about the GOP and the Tan Man..... where everything is political..... Compared to the Boner, Reid is apolitical.
52MPG Champion Author Dayton Posts:4,904 Points:1,275,680 Joined:Apr 2006	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 9:23:49 PM Ignore 52MPG Report Abuse If Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is involved its probably more political than science.
Gnusman53 Champion Author San Diego Posts:3,832 Points:654,230 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 9:22:14 PM Ignore Gnusman53 Report Abuse And Inhofe the idiot leads the bozo contingent....
Gnusman53 Champion Author San Diego Posts:3,832 Points:654,230 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 9:20:51 PM Ignore Gnusman53 Report Abuse GOP loves being in business with terrorists and sending them hundreds of billions each year.... [Edited by: Gnusman53 at 9/9/2010 12:21:18 AM EST]
Gnusman53 Champion Author San Diego Posts:3,832 Points:654,230 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 9:18:44 PM Ignore Gnusman53 Report Abuse You're right Buddy... except we have billionaires and bozos spending billions to fight being smart....and saving money... [Edited by: Gnusman53 at 9/9/2010 12:19:41 AM EST]
janctx Champion Author Lubbock Posts:2,715 Points:882,880 Joined:Nov 2007	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 9:18:08 PM Ignore janctx Report Abuse I wonder if they are the so called 'experts"
DEG Champion Author Las Vegas Posts:15,392 Points:3,053,405 Joined:Jul 2003	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 9:17:42 PM Ignore DEG Report Abuse We need renewable energy; however, I'd expect that most new jobs in this field will be lower paying jobs.
REKEY Champion Author South Carolina Posts:6,201 Points:1,232,505 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 9:17:00 PM Ignore REKEY Report Abuse Glad someone is making use of solar power.
Buddy2264 Champion Author Tampa Posts:9,253 Points:1,892,465 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 9:15:52 PM Ignore Buddy2264 Report Abuse I would think that there would be a lot of work in the renewable energy field. Conservation keeps your money in your pocket.
Gnusman53 Champion Author San Diego Posts:3,832 Points:654,230 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 9:14:58 PM Ignore Gnusman53 Report Abuse Wrong way cobra leader..... you can put the sun into one's car. Just have a EV or hybrid, with a solar array for charging it at home. You have just powered the car with the sun..... Simple. [Edited by: Gnusman53 at 9/9/2010 12:15:28 AM EST]
Gnusman53 Champion Author San Diego Posts:3,832 Points:654,230 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 9:13:06 PM Ignore Gnusman53 Report Abuse Boy, the level of inanity here is ubiquitous.... Please gents... buy a clue...... Build it here, build it now, build it local..... and that means jobs at EVERY LEVEL..... and not jobs in China or India.
CobraLeader Champion Author New Jersey Posts:267,902 Points:1,200,750 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 9:12:47 PM Ignore CobraLeader Report Abuse ... One cannot put wind or sun into one's car! ...
Blue_Cruzer Champion Author Lexington Posts:5,147 Points:1,201,650 Joined:Mar 2007	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 9:11:08 PM Ignore Blue_Cruzer Report Abuse Solar and wind powered energy for the southwest sounds like a no brainer, to me.
rxman1 Champion Author Toledo Posts:6,996 Points:1,396,195 Joined:Nov 2007	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 9:10:52 PM Ignore rxman1 Report Abuse Harry Reid was promoting Harry Reid. The best thing said was that we need all types of energy. That we all can agree on.
JohnofGB Champion Author Flint Posts:3,070 Points:630,245 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 9:10:47 PM Ignore JohnofGB Report Abuse Las Vegas has to get people to spend money somehow. And this conference is just the waste of money they needed.
TBONE3 Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:6,383 Points:1,509,670 Joined:Mar 2005	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 9:10:12 PM Ignore TBONE3 Report Abuse Podesta and Ol Harry, what a team??????
hank1326 Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:6,691 Points:1,279,415 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 9:09:35 PM Ignore hank1326 Report Abuse Huge ditto to PetroPedro. Time to get rid of the DC morons.
Gnusman53 Champion Author San Diego Posts:3,832 Points:654,230 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 9:08:04 PM Ignore Gnusman53 Report Abuse Yes.... those MBA who went into the White House in 2000 ran the country like a business.......INTO BANKRUPTCY...
HEBster Champion Author Kentucky Posts:6,474 Points:1,915,715 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 9:06:24 PM Ignore HEBster Report Abuse Never happen!
tedjm1 Champion Author New York Posts:3,535 Points:388,610 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 9:06:00 PM Ignore tedjm1 Report Abuse Politicians have no business in hosting these meetings. Whayever they have in mind probaly is not good foe most of us.
Toppers Champion Author Atlanta Posts:6,673 Points:2,006,475 Joined:Mar 2005	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 9:02:33 PM Ignore Toppers Report Abuse Nice if it were true...but way off base.
Arktander Champion Author Illinois Posts:1,716 Points:1,390,210 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 8:46:38 PM Ignore Arktander Report Abuse Ridiculous.
PetroPedro All-Star Author Florida Posts:753 Points:163,590 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 8:31:17 PM Ignore PetroPedro Report Abuse Podesta and Reid are life-long politicians who have no clue on how business runs. Two Democrat Morons.
TIGERPAW46 Champion Author Florida Posts:5,149 Points:963,855 Joined:Mar 2004	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 8:28:56 PM Ignore TIGERPAW46 Report Abuse FOR EVERY RENEWABLE ENERGY JOB CREATED THEY ARE PROBABLY KILLING TWO EXISTING JOBS THROUGH ANTI CARBON LEGISLATION. Through Carbon taxes and subsidised competition basically. While at the same time they are raising our cost of living. But what the heck the government is going to support all of us right? With what when everyone is on welfare? Who is going to be left to pay for that; the Politicians who exempt themselves from all the legislative boondoggles they create? [Edited by: TIGERPAW46 at 9/8/2010 11:29:39 PM EST]
mstearno Champion Author Dayton Posts:5,862 Points:1,285,210 Joined:Jan 2008	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 8:26:49 PM Ignore mstearno Report Abuse We need to be producers and not just consumers of energy
sammynorge Champion Author Columbus Posts:1,259 Points:326,340 Joined:Jan 2006	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 8:15:48 PM Ignore sammynorge Report Abuse To paraphrase a Clinton-era slogan: It's the American jobs, stupid!
civicdutie Champion Author Rochester Posts:3,010 Points:611,275 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 8:15:43 PM Ignore civicdutie Report Abuse I'm not against sustainable energy but I highly doubt there are enough jobs out there in that particular market to make a signifigant change in our current economic climate.
OGW Champion Author London Posts:3,337 Points:1,111,980 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 8:15:26 PM Ignore OGW Report Abuse They don't have a clue.
Lukus Champion Author Halifax Posts:6,021 Points:1,215,535 Joined:Nov 2007	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 8:07:53 PM Ignore Lukus Report Abuse OK
96sc1 Champion Author El Paso Posts:7,440 Points:1,141,455 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 8:06:33 PM Ignore 96sc1 Report Abuse Smart move by the Center for American Progress! Hotel rooms must be soooooo cheap in Las Vegas right now.
abcdMA Champion Author Worcester Posts:5,614 Points:1,113,275 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 8:04:59 PM Ignore abcdMA Report Abuse another economic silver bullett---NOT
EVBuddy Champion Author Nevada Posts:14,333 Points:2,567,565 Joined:Sep 2004	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 8:02:54 PM Ignore EVBuddy Report Abuse Nevada sure has plenty of BLM land.
cbrueske Rookie Author Detroit Posts:70 Points:72,475 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 7:41:39 PM Ignore cbrueske Report Abuse I was of the understanding that Obama wanted to keep everyone away from Nevada.....
RENEGADEGAS Champion Author Missouri Posts:12,049 Points:1,126,105 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 7:40:46 PM Ignore RENEGADEGAS Report Abuse They dont know big business to well do they.
Lizzylou Champion Author Stockton Posts:7,025 Points:2,000,050 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 7:39:50 PM Ignore Lizzylou Report Abuse cptjames : - )
methaneman Champion Author Minnesota Posts:1,787 Points:1,093,050 Joined:May 2002	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 7:34:42 PM Ignore methaneman Report Abuse As long as he does not get on the ethanol boondoggle!
goodbuy Champion Author Michigan Posts:5,509 Points:991,935 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 7:27:51 PM Ignore goodbuy Report Abuse Another dreamer.
cptjames Veteran Author Dallas Posts:375 Points:110,095 Joined:Apr 2006	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 7:26:08 PM Ignore cptjames Report Abuse I'm always suspicious when Senator Reid is promoting something.
woodeye55 Champion Author Gary Posts:4,646 Points:1,390,655 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 7:20:20 PM Ignore woodeye55 Report Abuse Harry who?
NHLiveFree Champion Author New Hampshire Posts:7,201 Points:1,170,135 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 7:15:56 PM Ignore NHLiveFree Report Abuse You should spend more time worrying about your own energy policy in Canada, esp. the Alberta oil sands mess, PissedCanuck. The subject, promoting and developing renewable energy, is right on for our GasPrices news articles AKmailman. Thanks for the point that even T. Boone Pickens attended this Nevada renewable energy conference, Bleeder! indyjim - YOU are way off base with your last line and not at all PC. It does not say much about you when you can't even spell 'retarded'!