Sustainability swingometer - Obama and optimism

The latest in my haphazard series of random musings on the future state of the globe.

So just how excited can we get at the prospect of the man who likes to say change entering the White House? Let’s hope he gets there in the first place.

I’m somewhat reminded of the heady days of 1997 when we all got very excited about one Tony Blair. It’s probably unfair to tar Obama with this brush before he’s even started. And yesterday he did pledge a green new deal in America, according to the Independent. “We’ll invest $15bn a year over the next decade in renewable energy, creating five million new green jobs that pay well, can’t be outsourced and help end our dependence on foreign oil,” he said. We can all live in hope.

It’s a tough call to make. Should he win, will the complete incompetence of his predecessor hold him back from being ambitious (sorting out economic and foreign policy crisis) and tackling the climate crunch or will it inspire him and his population to act on his watchword?

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