Sandy brought 4 more years to go green

Soon after the confirmation of his victory in the latest US presidential elections Obama tweeted as “four more years” and entire media re-flashed it all across the globe. But that was an incomplete tweet which missed the ending tag phrase “to go green”.

US has to go green massively because it is 30 per cent ahead of world’s total CO2 emissions. It is the biggest threat to climate change and global warming the sole cause of the erratic weather. No any climate expert has so far unequivocally denied the excessive CO2 emissions as one of the causes of the hurricane Sandy. It shows that our irresponsible acts against environment lash back on us in the shape of natural disasters.

It was Sandy which made him elected for the second term to be the most powerful person of the world. Before this super storm Americans were divided over the issue of green versus black energy. A huge number of Americans believing in consumerism were of the view that energy needs must be fulfilled through whatever type. They still hold the view of clean coal technology that is not a trustworthy way to extract energy according to majority of the environmentalists.

Obama hit the election campaign with his pledge for the green fuel that is not only environmental friendly but also relatively cheap if its production is carried to the economies of scale with more focus on it. However, he was cautious to make huge pledges for going green because his previous tenure was not admirable on this score.

His team earlier failed to develop a comprehensive plan to combat climate change. It also did not take on board all the stakeholders in climate change debate and American public was not welcome at every stage of green policy making. However, after super storm Sandy was over, all pinned hopes on huge efforts to go green in energy sector.

Obama and his team should not have to wait for any other eye-opening incident and put aside the pressure of the cartels of the black energy. They people are playing tricks with Mother Nature just for the few bucks as profit. In the long term green energy is more profitable than the black one. But unfortunately most of the people think in short term especially if it is a matter of monetary gains.

Legislation is the only way out to restrict the act of polluting, either it is direct or indirect. In its second term Obama government has to introduce stringent laws and regulations to make entire technology go green for the cause of more sustainable development. This would help reduce pressure on climate and ultimately Americans would not be facing natural havocs in future.