Obama's Stiulus Plan

Wow, it's already one of Obama's first initiatives as of the new administration. It's crazy how quickly time goes by in the political world, and with that, political objectives and regimes. I think that it's quite impressive that one of Obama's first initiatives deals with the environment. With the stimulus plan, Obama laid out the pieces of an economic plan that would add an additional three thousand miles of electrical lines. This would not only increase homeland security, but will DOUBLE the United States' renewable energy capacity within three years. At 825 billion doubles, the plan first appeared as being controversial and unappealing to republicans. With an attempt to appear bipartisan, there is still some doubt from the opposing party. 

Obama's plan aims to to the following things:

-Double within three years the amount of energy that can be produced by renewable resources, and with that providing power to 6 million households

-Upgrade 10,000 public schools with the new-found energy and improve learning for approximately five million students

-Save two billion dollars each year thereafter due to new energy efficiencies

-Triple the number of undergraduate and graduate fellowships in science

Not only will this plan be more beneficial to the environment from what I've learned so far about it, but will also work to stimulating new jobs in the midst of the devastating economy. While conservatives are worried about their pockets, the situation we are in warrants the attempt of such a solution. Even though it's not perfect, anything is worth a try at this point both environmentally and economically. And for some reason, I have much greater faith in this than I've had in any initiatives over the past eight years...