No VP- Gore Taking Eco Act On the Road?

Former Vice President Al Gore has made it clear that he thinks he'll be able to do more to fight global warming as a private citizen than he ever could as a politician. Even if Obama wins the Presidency, Gore feels that his contributions to saving the environment as a politician will be thwarted compared to if he was acting as a private citizen:

"My own best role is to try to bring about a sea change in public opinion,'' Gore said on NBC's "Meet the Press. "Policy makers who know the right thing to do run up against a wall set up all around them by the lobbyists and the special interests," Gore said.

There has been a lot of talk about Gore running with Obama as Vice President, but apparently that will not happen. Gore said he couldn't be talked into a government post, and is on the path for helping the US produce all its electricity from renewable energy and carbon-free sources within 10 years.

With the declining cost of solar, wind and geothermal power this is a perfect time for him to push renewable energy, especially with the increasing fuel costs plaguing Americans. The A group Gore founded, Alliance for Climate Protection, believes it will cost anywhere from $1.5 trillion to $3 trillion to transform the U.S. to using only clean electricity sources. On October 12, 2007, Gore was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, which was shared by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

"Our current course is unsustainable," Gore said. "The climate crisis has to push us as Americans to take this issue out of the old partisan squabbling."

The U.S. Senate recently failed to pass legislation that was designed to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. 

"Congress ought to do more," he said. "When you don't have 60 votes in the Senate to overcome filibusters, nothing can happen."

Bloomberg