The Pickens's Plan

I'm currently in the states, assisting with some coal ignition experiments.

Naturally the TV is stuffed with adverts, some of which relate to the on-going presidential campaign. It's really quite boring stuff (as an aiside I'm told that people don't vote because they can't see the difference between the two candidates).

One of the adverts on the TV is for the Pickens Plan. It's sold as being the solution to stop the US from being so heavily dependent upon imported oil.

The trouble is that it's excessively simplistic (possibly to keep rural americans interested).

It calls for 20% of the US's electricity to be generated from wind power, and for natural gas to be used to power vehicles.
The goal isn't to reduce CO2 emissions, rather to reduce the american dependency upon imported oil.

Nothing about CO2, demmand reduction or electric cars.

What strikes me is that people probably know about global warming - it's just that they really don't care about it.

This country has a long way to go.