Obama pledges $150 billion for renewable energy; McCain taps Palin as VP

摘要

Senator Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for president Thursday night, as party loyalists in Denver finished a week marked by soaring rhetoric decrying America's reliance on oil while extolling alternative and renewable energy. Before 80,000 people in a packed football stadium, Obama said he would tap domestic natural gas reserves, invest in "clean coal" technology and harness nuclear power.rn"I'll invest $150 billion over the next decade in affordable, renewable sources of energy - wind power and solar power and the next generation of biofuels," he said, pledging to create 5 million new jobs along the way. "For the sake of our economy, our security and the future of our planet, I will set a clear goal as president: In 10 years, we will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East," said Obama, who capped the four-day Democratic National Convention.