Alternative-Energy Spending Fizzles Out

Congress ends without funding research programs, as the United States falls behind in alternative technologies

Despite the hype and numerous promises that began 2006, including President Bush's declared plans to curb the United States' addiction to oil, the 109th Congress ended the year without allocating funding for proposed increases in research spending for alternative energy. Full Story »

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Duncan Brown
2.4
by Duncan Brown - Oct. 1, 2008

The story quotes only three sources, all of whom have well known and predictable points of view: a university administrator (Moniz), an institute direcotr (Romm), and the director of a trade association (the American Council On Renewable Energy). The argument is simple: It's a huge problem: therefore it requires dollars galore (like "another Manhattan Project"). The article doesn't distinguish between different energy sources (such as ethanol, biodiesel, wind, geothermal, or photovoltaics).

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