In an article written by Leon Steinberg, National Wind, he has identified some pretty interesting goals, problems, and recommendations for the Obama administration based on what we have seen President Eisenhower do while he was in office. The one goal that stood out to me was his identification of the administration wanting to secure 25% of our electricity from renewable sources by 2025. This goal lines us very well with what our website has put together as a milestone in our overall goal of getting to 100&% renewable energy by 2060.The first claim that Leon had laid out in this article is that President Obama should demand action by Congress much like President Eisenhower did regarding our energy infrastructure. He goes on to discuss how there is a problem with our current infrastructure because the self interest of the state and regional regulators are acting in their own self interests. What Leon offers up as a solution is one I think is very fascinating.
He suggests that instead of their being a state plan for our energy there should be a national plan. In other words, instead of each state only being concerned with what's going on in their own neighborhood and getting a chunk of the budget to handle this energy infrastructure on their own it should be on a national level where Congress deals with the allocation across the national to ensure we are all on the same page.
This article suggests that the Obama administration may benefit from hindsight in this issue and on this issue I would like to see how the administration will handle making it to their goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025.
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