Canada, US, Mexico sign energy science, technology pact

Here we go....get ready cause the ride is realllllly going to move and be quite bumpy! Please speak with family and friends about this as I believe many are 'sleeping' and wish to remain ignorant of what's taking place.

VICTORIA: Mexico, the United States and Canada Monday signed a five-year agreement they said will increase energy security, boost the economy and protect the environment. US Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman called the agreement signed in the western city of Victoria a "milestone" on the road to "a strong, unified North American energy market."

In a joint press release, Bodman, Mexican Energy Secretary Georgina Kessel, and Canada's Minister of Natural Resources Canada Gary Lunn, said it was the first science and technology agreement in North America, where three-way energy trade is worth 150 billion dollars.

The Victoria pact will stimulate innovation and increase energy capacity, Lunn was quoted as saying. Multinational cooperation will bring down the cost of new technologies, including the next generation of nuclear power, he added.

The agreement seeks to accelerate the development of biofuels, gas hydrates, hydrogen, enhancing carbon capture and storage, cleaner coal and transmission of electricity.

In addressing concerns about the environment, Mexico's Kessel said the "challenge in North America is to make the use of energy compatible with economic growth and the preservation of the environment."

The ministers also pledged to work on common standards for energy-efficient consumer appliances, and announced a joint workshop on the issue in Mexico in September.

We have to have an agreement in place to accomplish this!????


St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle....