My Question

Should the Obama administration allocate large amounts of money ($150 billion) in this time of economic crisis to alternative energy sources?

The reason I chose this question is that my dad gives grants to low income people to improve their houses, and in having a converstation with him, he told me that his boss had told him that they need to start looking into what alternative energy sources could help them save on costs in the future.  I figured we could learn a lot from one another on this topic.  I have also been interested in this subject because I have heard both sides of the story and I am wondering if ideas such as those of people like T. Boone Pickens can really help us move into the future on this crisis.  I am also very interested to see if investing in alternative energy really can create as many jobs as President Obama says.  I think that if President Obama’s plan works it could help the economy, environment and national safety, which  makes it a very important and wide-ranging issue.  I just want to know if all of these ideas that sound so great in theory are really a plausible answer to our country’s energy and economic problems.

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