I think all sorts of things are changing much more quickly than I thought.  2010 is going to be when we actually start moving into "the future".

 Thanks for the youtube vids. It goes to show we can make great commercials in this country. Can we do what it takes to force the necessary changes to protect our environment?

 Adam, I think the better question is: How do we incentivize the changes?  Right now, our tax system rewards business for the way they currently do business.  Can we stop the incentives for coal and increase the incentives for solar, wind and tidal (hydro is mostly maxed out)?  One of the problem for alt energy is that carbon-based fuels externalize a lot of their costs where alt energy doesn't.  Futher, cheap transport incentivizes overseas production because again the fuels used externalize the costs associated.

Thanks for this TomW~ this earth is so rare,so very lovely....we will make the changes needed,we simply must.