The Turning

" Today I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within 10 years.
This goal is achievable, affordable and transformative. It represents a challenge to all Americans -- in every walk of life: to our political leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators, engineers, and to every citizen."---Al Gore

"I've been an oil man all my life, and this is one emergency we're not going to drill our way out of."--T. Boone Pickens

Update: Al Gore made a surprise appearance Saturday

at the Netroots convention in Texas: Mr. Gore spoke for a few minutes, noting that the polar ice cap, which is about the size of the continental United States and has been there for three million years, has a 75-to-80 percent chance of completely melting in five years.