Al Gore challenges academia to accelerate the advancement of scientific research that would dramatically transform the energy infrastructure in the United States. ...
... "Gore urged the United States to be 100 percent free from carbon-based energy in a single decade -- a commitment he acknowledged is so sweeping and dramatic that it would require a one-time massive investment. ... It would also break the back of an energy system that every year sends 700 billion American dollars overseas in pursuit of foreign oil. " ...
Via The Harvard University Gazette:
Gore on University Role in Sustainability