Inside the Transition: Meeting with energy and environmental leaders

[williamwieting]

We will see...

[danielbachhuber]

I think the video is a bit short, and I would like to be more involved with the discussions, but the whole concept is certainly a great start!

[Gerpinator]

This is an uplifting video. It shows that there is already work being done so that our policies on the environment will immediately begin to be directed in the appropriate direction as soon as Obama is in office. Just as he said on the campaign trail, his environmental and energy policies, as well as foreign policies, will be linked, which will make his administration well rounded and responsible.

[CIinton]

Green is good, but I wish ppl don't go too fast.

It need a lot of investments, and we need to use money slowly and smartly.

(Cody)

[outragious007]

Thanks for posting!

[WeylandYutaniInc]

Environmentalism is what is going to destroy industry in America. CO2 causes global warming? Obama does'nt have the scientific community behind him on this one. Science is being ignored, and we as a people are going to suffer.

[ZarathustrasFinalSin]

RRRIiiiiiiiiiigggggghhhhhhhttt­tttt...... .. . says the wing-nut "IT'S A SOCIALIST CONSPIRACY!!!1111!"

[izzyidl1]

are you out of your mind? he wants there to be more scientist and engineers to compete with countries like india and china. O hahah wtf industry do we have in the united states besides oil companies. im glad this man is going to be president because all your right wing fags dont want to move this country forward all you guys want to do is bring us down into a bigger hole hahahaha, i feel bad for your fallacious reasoning buddy. go back to your hole

[BTTHEBAND]

Ok... I'm for Obama and all that, but did they really have to "make up" these people. And use the cheesy "Shaky camera" technique. To me the effort put into making this video seem not staged... Makes it look really staged.

[jessi330]

By staged what do you mean?

They knew they were being filmed.

[Shimmi147]

"make up" these people?

google their names.

[izzyidl1]

is it that unreal to you that there is a president actually gettin ready to do something for this country?

[jasbcor]

"Well intentioned" or not, these "leaders" represent a specific special interests.  I am concerned there is not enough scientific and engineering representation in this group.

[prowsej]

The central issue that Obama is being hammered on by environmentalists of late is the way that his stimulus package is going to massively expand road infrastructure, and ergo, automobile use. And this video makes no mention of that concern.

[FredFoothand]

Obama's thoughts going to China & comparing notes...

"hmmm...okay lets see...Chinese doing all the jobs created by and stolen from Americans because they do it cheaper because they are brainwashed and intimidated and are paid less,are less regulated because some Americans are dumb enough to buy the crap China makes at Walmart... note to self... 1st thing when I get back to USA... tell these knuckleheads to stop spending their unemployment checks at Walmart."

[ectogamut]

A better solution would be to raise import tariffs on products from China, thus making it harder for China to make a profit. This will back Chinese companies into a corner and the only way they'll get out of it is by making sate, quality products. This is the way it was done for 200 years in this country, until Reagan came along in the 80's and dismantled the regulations that had kept us safe and competitive. I say we bring those regulations back.

[auntiedingdong]

This is VERY true, however, I don't see anyone caring enough to set up protest parties in front of EACH Wally Mart!!!

[cadavison]

This is not informative. This is hope propaganda. It has little to no content.

It is an abuse of all of our subscriptions to changedotgov to post this.

Transparency means sharing important information. Change means keeping people informed.

[Subtalvik2]

Great, I enjoyed seeing their points. Now I and Garter's Government Elaboration Reforms share much in common!

[xsleef]

Restore the Constitution,

[shizzle5150]

I'm glad the internets tubes are working smoothly so I can see this.

[broXc]

finally - a future to be optimistic about.

[demorra]

This is a disjointed puff piece without substance. It is not up to he general standards of the Obama campaign.

[911Bovice]

What a con-artist. I can't believe we elected this guy.

There is NO such office as the "Office of the President Elect." People buy into this stuff?

[Wesdabest]

If the President-Elect has an office, then there's an Office of of the President-Elect. It's pretty dang simple. Just because it looks official doesn't mean that it's an official government office. Obama is attempting to create the presidential environment so that there will be smooth transition into the Oval Office. Secondly, there needed to be a label for his cabinet structure/meetings/ etc. and he chose the Office of the President-Elect. What would you have chosen to label it?

[juraclips]

this clip is too short to really contain information, but it shows the good direction.

[mochiam]

Please support the free energies, such as magnetic motor, cold energy, cold fusion. If it is time to change, show this new attitude helping the free energy network. It's free energy, more efficient than solar panels, it works 24/7. We beg you.

[CruciFixedMan]

Why isnt anyone talking about Mako energy? Shinra could provide energy for the whole planet if we build it like in ff7. I could be Cloud... ;)

[leojsivad]

Because we've already had Sephiroth for president for the past 8 years...

[mohawow]

Great! Good luck ;)

[jem286]

I could really get used to this whole government openness thing.

[2102apples]

OMG This is amazing. We are here to help you President-Elect Obama. Lets hit the ground running.

[jlarpi]

Post vids that won't waste our time.

[hillsad]

"Hit the ground running"???

Obama already backed off the windfall tax on oil companies.

[Gamer100gs]

Where is Al gore?

[Oxbloodred]

I Love the Nature Conservancy...They protect a lot of beautiful places in America and in the world. States need to create more wilderness areas on their own and fast before it's all gone or destroyed by mining and grazing etc.

[j0seph4300]

I love how we get an inside look at what is happening. Thank You for showing us, and i am looking forward to your term!

[baskil]

Look at all those lobbyists.

[myha16]

I see a lot of smart minds around this table. I hope Obama will appoint sensible progressives to Interior, Energy and Environment.

[kidd13news]

Very excited.

[KnowledgeProductions]

good to know theres politicians actually acting on climate change...as opposed to just talking about it in their campaigns.

[CAITLlN]

Green is the future <3

(but eventually, we all have to leave the Earth, our solar system won't last forever, lol)

[KENTISAICON]

we need energy and environmental "leaders"

[2004JETTA]

this is soo cool to see

[ReliableInsider]

Bin Laden's message to the world is that our purpose on earth is to engage in endless warfare until one or another of the great Abrahamic religions dominates the earth.

That message should be ignored.

We have work to do, together, as a species to feed the world and simultaneously to save the biosphere.

Our children and our children's children need a clean world to allow them to live long healthy lives without succumbing prematurely to cancer.

[neotoy]

Thank you so much for doing this! Glad that someone finally understands that you can't have a healthy democracy without transparency.

[DynastiaUnlawfulBro]

I think this is one of the clearest videos I've ever seen on Youtube.

[LynxChan]

I love that you're releasing these videos, but I wonder if it could be possible to take it a step further.

How about, in addition to the weekly address by the President, we get weekly addresses from the heads of the main departments concerned with Energy, Environment, Economy, Health Care, Education etc. giving us a short update on what's going on in the department.

So often we don't have a clue what each department is doing until something goes wrong, why not take transparency a step further?

[tigerakabj]

I was thinking that too. I'm sure all of that is on its way, especially when he's actually the president.

[Prigmon]

This is good. I love the idea of recording meetings.

[th3d3wd3r]

It is absolutely necessary to converse with the rest of the world, work together on solving this energy problem as it is something we are all facing. A sharing of technology and research. If we are to get anywhere as a human race, we need to work together and not race each other to the finish. Take the human genome project as an example, corperations working on their own failed, the rest of the world worked together and solved the problem very quickly.

[th3d3wd3r]

The energy crisis is perhaps the biggest problem the globe is facing. As consumers, we use more and more power every year but the source of our power is forever dwindling. Education is needed, we need to erradicate people's fear of the word nuclear. China are heavily researching tokamak based fusion reactors which is one technology that might be usable in the not too distant future. For the here and now, we need to look at the likes of HPG's solutions with compact self-regulating reactors

[d2tminc]

where are the people of color in this video are there no experts from those communities????? the hispanic,Asian and African American community.

[EricOerinToo]

The openness policy is a great leap forward in allowing the people to understand the process and content of government functioning. I think that a structure to allow people to participate in these processes, to mine the minds of the nation, will herald the beginning of true participatory government.

[AmericanGatoona]

Thank you for the updates. I am more involved with the government today because it is easier for me to get information.