Mr._NNB Obama_NP1 's_GE Energy_NN1 Future_NN1 During_II his_APPGE run_NN1 for_IF the_AT White_NP1 House_NN1 ,_, Barack_NP1 Obama_NP1 pledged_VVD to_TO transform_VVI the_AT way_NN1 Americans_NN2 produce_VV0 and_CC consume_VVI energy_NN1 ._. 
Such_DA promises_NN2 come_VV0 cheap_JJ on_II the_AT campaign_NN1 trail_NN1 ._. 
In_II the_AT real_JJ world_NN1 they_PPHS2 cost_VV0 money_NN1 and_CC political_JJ capital_NN1 ._. 
This_DD1 week_NNT1 ,_, in_II his_APPGE speech_NN1 to_II Congress_NN1 ,_, Mr._NNB Obama_NP1 made_VVD clear_JJ that_CST he_PPHS1 is_VBZ ready_JJ to_TO spend_VVI both_RR to_TO combat_VVI climate_NN1 change_NN1 and_CC reduce_VVI this_DD1 country_NN1 's_GE dependence_NN1 on_II fossil_NN1 fuels_NN2 ._. 
Obviously_RR ,_, a_AT1 lot_NN1 of_IO very_RG heavy_JJ lifting_NN1 lies_VVZ ahead_RL ._. 
The_AT president_NN1 must_VM persuade_VVI everyone_PN1 from_II Congress_NN1 to_II American_JJ taxpayers_NN2 to_II the_AT Chinese_JJ leadership_NN1 to_TO follow_VVI ._. 
We_PPIS2 applaud_VV0 his_APPGE vision_NN1 and_CC urge_VV0 him_PPHO1 to_TO push_VVI forward_RL ._. 
Mr._NNB Obama_NP1 listed_JJ energy_NN1 ,_, along_II21 with_II22 health_NN1 care_NN1 and_CC education_NN1 ,_, as_CSA critical_JJ to_II the_AT nation_NN1 's_GE economic_JJ future_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 urged_VVD Congress_NN1 to_TO send_VVI him_PPHO1 legislation_NN1 that_CST would_VM place_VVI a_AT1 mandatory_JJ and_CC steadily_RR declining_JJ cap_NN1 on_II carbon_NN1 emissions_NN2 from_II power_NN1 plants_NN2 and_CC other_JJ sources_NN2 ._. 
This_DD1 would_VM require_VVI emitters_NN2 to_TO invest_VVI in_II more_RGR efficient_JJ plants_NN2 and_CC cleaner_JJR fuels_NN2 and_CC ,_, at_RR21 least_RR22 initially_RR ,_, is_VBZ likely_JJ to_TO lead_VVI to_II higher_JJR energy_NN1 prices_NN2 ._. 
It_PPH1 was_VBDZ impossible_JJ to_TO listen_VVI to_II him_PPHO1 without_IW drawing_NN1 contrasts_VVZ to_II the_AT early_JJ Bush_NN1 days_NNT2 --_JJ to_II former_DA President_NNB George_NP1 W._NP1 Bush_NP1 's_GE swift_JJ renunciation_NN1 of_IO his_APPGE campaign_NN1 promise_NN1 to_TO regulate_VVI carbon_NN1 dioxide_NN1 and_CC his_APPGE easy_JJ and_CC unsubstantiated_JJ assumption_NN1 that_CST fighting_VVG climate_NN1 change_NN1 could_VM only_RR damage_VVI the_AT American_JJ economy_NN1 ._. 
Mr._NNB Obama_NP1 's_GE commitment_NN1 has_VHZ been_VBN more_RRR than_CSN rhetorical_JJ ._. 
Five_MC weeks_NNT2 into_II his_APPGE presidency_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 has_VHZ signaled_VVN a_AT1 readiness_NN1 to_TO regulate_VVI greenhouse_NN1 gases_NN2 from_II cars_NN2 ,_, trucks_NN2 and_CC new_JJ power_NN1 plants_NN2 ,_, to_TO require_VVI more_DAR fuel_NN1 efficient_JJ vehicles_NN2 and_CC to_TO invest_VVI heavily_RR in_II energy_NN1 efficiency_NN1 --_NN1 including_II high_JJ speed_NN1 rail_NN1 and_CC weatherizing_VVG homes_NN2 --_NN1 as_II31 well_II32 as_II33 renewable_JJ energy_NN1 sources_NN2 like_II wind_NN1 and_CC solar_JJ ._. 
Nearly_RR one-tenth_MF of_IO his_APPGE economic_JJ recovery_NN1 package_NN1 ,_, $80_NNU billion_NNO altogether_RR ,_, is_VBZ devoted_JJ to_II these_DD2 purposes_NN2 ._. 
Not_XX surprisingly_RR ,_, given_VVN the_AT state_NN1 of_IO the_AT American_JJ economy_NN1 ,_, his_APPGE speech_NN1 dwelled_VVD less_RRR on_II the_AT perils_NN2 of_IO climate_NN1 change_NN1 and_CC more_RRR on_II the_AT economic_JJ promises_NN2 of_IO clean_JJ energy_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 spoke_VVD of_IO the_AT profit_NN1 to_TO be_VBI gained_VVN by_II American_JJ industries_NN2 and_CC workers_NN2 if_CS the_AT United_NP1 States_NP1 took_VVD the_AT lead_NN1 in_II investing_VVG in_II manufacturing_NN1 wind_NN1 turbines_NN2 ,_, more_RGR efficient_JJ solar_JJ panels_NN2 and_CC next-generation_JJ batteries_NN2 --_NN1 reminding_VVG his_APPGE audience_NN1 that_CST on_II these_DD2 fronts_NN2 China_NP1 ,_, Germany_NP1 and_CC Japan_NP1 are_VBR doing_VDG better_RRR than_CSN we_PPIS2 are_VBR ._. 
This_DD1 was_VBDZ smart_JJ ._. 
Emphasizing_VVG the_AT economic_JJ potential_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 program_NN1 that_CST will_VM carry_VVI a_AT1 substantial_JJ price_NN1 tag_NN1 is_VBZ surely_RR one_MC1 good_JJ way_NN1 of_IO selling_VVG it_PPH1 ._. 
There_RL also_RR are_VBR extraordinarily_RR thorny_JJ questions_NN2 of_IO design_NN1 ._. 
Congress_NN1 's_GE last_MD effort_NN1 produced_VVD a_AT1 bill_NN1 of_IO nightmarish_JJ complexity_NN1 ._. 
To_TO get_VVI one_PN1 through_II this_DD1 year_NNT1 or_CC even_RR next_MD will_VM require_VVI all_DB of_IO Mr._NNB Obama_NP1 's_GE persuasive_JJ skills_NN2 ._. 
Merely_RR acknowledging_VVG a_AT1 problem_NN1 is_VBZ not_XX the_AT same_DA as_CSA addressing_VVG it_PPH1 ._. 
It_PPH1 has_VHZ been_VBN four_MC decades_NNT2 since_CS Richard_NP1 Nixon_NP1 urged_VVD Congress_NN1 to_TO free_VVI the_AT nation_NN1 from_II its_APPGE dependence_NN1 on_II foreign_JJ oil_NN1 ,_, and_CC the_AT country_NN1 is_VBZ more_RGR dependent_JJ than_CSN ever_RR ._. 
It_PPH1 has_VHZ been_VBN well_JJ over_II a_AT1 decade_NNT1 since_CS the_AT world_NN1 's_GE industrialized_JJ nations_NN2 agreed_VVN in_II Kyoto_NP1 ,_, Japan_NP1 ,_, to_TO control_VVI global-warming_JJ emissions_NN2 ,_, and_CC emissions_NN2 continue_VV0 to_TO rise_VVI ._. 
Mr._NNB Obama_NP1 is_VBZ challenging_VVG not_XX just_RR the_AT country_NN1 ,_, but_CCB history_NN1 ._. 
