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To The Honorable Jim Marshall:

 

H.R.2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 is about to be brought to the floor for debate and a roll call vote.

 

It is very important that this bill pass. I ask for your vote to support its passage.  The United States industrial sector has been in decline for decades.  In October 2008, the reckless and unsustainable practices of the financial industry came home to roost and accelerated the nation's economic decline.

 

In these dire straits, how does America reclaim its economic well being and hold on to its precarious position at the top of the global economy?

 

Reordering how we produce, consume, and manage our energy resources is the best available route to national security and economic prosperity.
Avoiding US action on climate protection because China and India might not
do likewise misses the point that the economies that convert to clean, renewable, and sustainable policies will be the most prosperous and secure
in this 21st Century.

 

Members of southern Congressional delegations that oppose this legislation in support of the Southern Company's outdated, monopolistic and environmentally degrading business practices will take their place in history on the wrong side of a vital and historic choice - not unlike their political predecessors who refused to join the rest of the civilized world when it was past time to end slavery and accept equal civil rights for all citizens.

 

There are ample solar and other native renewable resources in Georgia to meet ambitious goals in the ACES act.  A national investment in a smarter and robust electrical grid and an electric auto fleet will solve logistical challenges of moving renewable energy from supply to demand and storing it for when it is needed.

 

Conversely, we have no coal or uranium mines in Georgia and limited water resources that can be put to much better use than cooling outdated coal and expensive nuclear mega-plants.  Georgia's Statewide Energy Plan found that approximately $ 20 billion per year (about the size of GA's state budget) exits our state into other states and foreign nations to pay for our imported fuels.

 

It is past time for the deployment of clean and sustainable energy infrastrucure.  Please vote in support of HR-2454.

 

Thank you.

Ronald Cloud