Looking at the Obama administration’s second 100 days, nothing short of a national mobilization effort combined with global assertiveness will be needed if the vision of addressing global energy, environmental, security and leadership challenges is to become a reality, according to a white paper released Monday by Deloitte.

According to the white paper, authored by energy strategist Joseph Stanislaw, the Obama energy policy is “progressive” and in need of steps to ensure that “private-sector players can participate” through market share and funding. Stanislaw calls his paper, “America’s Renaissance: Energy, Environment, Security and Global Leadership — An Energy Agenda for President Obama’s Second 100 Days.”

In a nutshell, Deloitte’s Stanislaw is advocating five broad areas:

Stanislaw emphasized that the Obama administration needs to recognize that oil and gas are “essential” to a movement to a low-carbon future. He said the president’s work “has only just begun.”

“To a significant degree, [the president] can disarm opposition to his plans by underscoring that he will not play favorites on the new energy playing field — and that instead, his goal is to set clear, transparent targets and all players to compete in meeting them.” said Stanislaw, recognizing that what he is advocating carries a multi-billion-dollar price tag.

In a federal budget and economic stimulus package context, Stanislaw broke down billions of dollars into green jobs ($150 billion over the next 10 years), covering 10% of the nation’s energy needs with renewables by 2012, instituting a carbon trading system that could produce up to $645 billion in new revenues, and $8.8 billion in federally funded R&D to unlock various green technologies, such as clean coal and industrial carbon capture.

Stanislaw said his World War II analogy highlights the scale of the effort that he thinks is needed to address the green energy challenges. Energy must be “woven” into every American’s daily experiences, he said.

“The home-based energy policy was hinted at in the Obama administration’s first moves, including the stimulus bill’s allocation of $5 billion fore weatherization,” Stanislaw said. Noting the stimulus funds are aimed at public housing and public buildings, he said, longer term Obama should pursue national standards that revolve around all homes.

There are equal amounts of work needed domestically and globally, Stanislaw said. The willingness to promote carbon legislation nationally should be expanded to include a climate change consensus globally, particularly with nations such as China, he said.

“Above all, the administration should be guided by a fundamental three-part vision,” according to the Deloitte white paper: “To create a set of goals with respect to carbon emission, to establish clear/transparent rules of engagement, and then to allow any and all players to compete for market share and funding.”

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