Moving Forward

It was interesting to see that one article was written after he made his speech at Georgetown University and in that same article the writer pointed out to President Obama visiting the UPS shipping plant in Maryland. Something that both articles narrowed in on was Obama's administration and there goal in having the big 5 companies switching their transportation fuels from gas to fuel efficient as well as domestically produced oil. Its a definite sign of moving ahead as he has made a pact with Verizon, UPS, FedEx, Pepsi, and AT&T. These five companies are America's biggest commercial fleets and they have all agreed to use 20,000 fuel-efficient vehicles by saving over 7 million gallons of diesel/gas a year. Between the 5 companies they combine for almost 300,000 vehicles which is an significant amount especially if that will mean 300,000 vehicles that are not being hazardous.

With the way the economy and international world has been going through the first quarter of this year, President Obama has been doing an efficient job in keeping his word from the State of the Union address. On answering the question if there on the right track, they've been doing a lot more recently than Bush did previously or Clinton before him. Washington has been occupied with wars and terrorism for a while and for them to pursue and be persistent in saving energy and changing fuel reliance is a positive sign. I would suggest that the administration also talk to the public school system and push them to make their busses more environmentally friendly as we know that school busses are provided from elementary school to high school throughout the country. And if the President wants to be more specific i would ask him to narrow down to certain cities like Los Angeles and New York to clean up the city via transportation, street vendors, offices, etc. I look forward to seeing where the U.S is in one year with their concern and goals of energy.