Van Jones: We Can't Drill Our Way Out of Our Energy Problems

By Van Jones, AlterNet. Posted September 20, 2008.

In an electrifying speech, Van Jones explains that we have to invent
and invest our way out of the economic and environmental crises.

The following speech was given at Netroots Nation 2008 in Austin,
Texas.

I have a little bit of whiplash. Thirty-six hours ago I was in the
Arctic with Jimmy Carter. This is not a joke, you all. (Laughter) It
sounds like a joke, right? You hear about the black guy in the Arctic
with Jimmy Carter? No, I was really ... (Laughter)

Zaroc Stone wrote:

Keep spreading the manure.