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Vast majority of war veterans favour renewable energy

Clean energy: It’s not just for wussies and hippies anymore By Greenbang on Wednesday, 7th April 2010 If going green and promoting renewable energy is such a wussy, hippy thing to do, how come the vast majority of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans want the US to adopt Clean Energy Climate Change legislation? Clearly, time spent in the petroleum- and conflict-rich Middle East makes a difference in one’s clean-energy mindset.

A new poll conducted for VoteVets.org, an organisation of recent veterans that aims to be “the voice of the 21st century patriot,” finds that 73 per cent of veterans from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan want the US Congress to pass a new law in favour of fighting climate change and shifting to clean energy sources. A full 67 per cent also believe such legislation would help their own economic prospects…

…Upon releasing the poll results, VoteVets.org also announced that it will run a new series of television and internet ads that frame energy reform as an issue of national security. The ads are co-sponsored with Operation Free, another veterans organisation that is calling for a shift to clean energy for both security and climate reasons.

Clean energy: It’s not just for wussies and hippies anymore | Energy

April 8, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, energy efficiency, renewable energy, solar