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Gore Challenge: 100% Clean Electricity by 2018

Posted Jul 17, 08 10:20 AM CDT in US,  Science & Health,  Technology,  Politics 

(Newser) – Al Gore is challenging the US to produce all its electricity through wind, sun, and other clean sources by 2018. Speaking to the AP ahead of a major address today, the Nobel laureate compared the goal to JFK’s 1961 pledge to make it to the moon—and said that both Barack Obama and John McCain are “way ahead” of most politicians on the climate change issue.

“I have never seen an opportunity for the country like the one that's emerging now,” the former veep said, adding that spiking fuel costs, climate change, and national security threats have created “a new political environment” for bold action on energy. Nuclear energy should remain constant, he advised, while the nation should up its solar, wind, geothermal, and clean coal use.

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, listens to the endorsement of former Vice President Al Gore at the Joe Lewis Arena in Detroit, Monday, June 16, 2008.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
In this March 11, 2008, file photo, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore speaks   (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)
Former US vice president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore speaks at a conference in Tel Aviv.   (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, and former Vice President Al Gore appear at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Monday, June 16, 2008. Gore announced his endorsement of Obama....   (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Former Vice President Al Gore speaks at Middle Tennessee State University in this March file photo inin Murfreesboro, Tenn.   (AP Photo/Bill Waugh, FILE)
Former Vice President Al Gore smiles after speaking at a news conference in Palo Alto, Calif., in this Oct. 12, 2007 file photo.   (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file)
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