At some point in time it will be concluded that a landscape covered with windmills and solar panels is less attractive than one of trees, plants and critters.  That some agricultural land should be used to grow food not corn, flack and sugar beets.

The current energy debate is all about alternative means to generate electricity.  While I am a firm believer that many alternative energy solutions exists for local situations, there are regions of the country that the destruction to the environment by implementing these solutions far outweighs the benefit.  Nuclear energy and developing a national repository, not the Congressional boondoggle at Yucca Mountain must be included in the debate.

Our economy needs energy to operate, without it out we have no jobs, produce no food, manufacture no products.  We as a nation must move to an electrical future.  The more of our economy we convert to electrical energy produced locally, the less imported oil we require.  Let us set a National Goal say 80 percent of non-transportation energy is electrical and 50 percent of transportation is electrical by 2025.

I would like to see Senator Obama and Senator McCain discuss their visions of our energy future, not oil, gas or coal, but energy.  Electricity is our future!  If we Americans can accept that, then the private sector like T. Boone Pickens will take care of production.  There is room for government in Americas' energy future and that is distribution of electricity.  The current electrical grid mosaic is a National disaster and needs Presidential attention.  An efficient National distribution system where producers can supply users is as critical to America's future as a National highway system was when President Eisenhower created the Interstate system. 

Senator Obama, Senator McCain what is your position on electricity?  Energy?  A National distribution system?