US / energy To Fix US Energy Policy, Start Over Activist argues for multipronged strategy on climate change By Dustin Lushing, Newser Staff Posted Jun 10, 2008 6:28 PM CDT Copied Echelon is demonstrating how smart utility metering systems, street lighting systems, home networks, and building control systems can work together to create a complete ''smart grid." (AP Photo) The US must overhaul its environmental strategy, alternative-energy advocate Denis Hayes writes in Yale Environment 360, and here's how: Cap carbon at its source—coal mines, oil fields, pipelines—not where it leaves the atmosphere. Promote renewable energy and buy photovoltaic devices in bulk to drive prices down. story continues below Construct a nationwide smart grid. Improve automobile mileage: 50mpg by 2020, 100mpg by 2030. Build high-speed electrified railways. Do it now. To see the complete list, as well as Hayes' reasoning, click the link below. (More energy stories.) Report an error