Renewable Energy

The U. S. electric grid: will it be our undoing?

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Many believe that a decline in oil production can be remedied by increasing our use of electricity – more nuclear, wind, solar voltaic, geothermal or even coal. This model assumes that our electric grid will be working well enough for this to happen. There is substantial doubt that this will be the case.

Bipartisan effort to continue renewable energy tax credits

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Congressman Roscoe Bartlett and 34 colleagues introduced bipartisan legislation to break the stalemate on extension of renewable energy tax credits.
+ background on why this is important:

Thomas L. Friedman: Dumb as We Wanna Be
New York Times editorial
CSM: Arizona’s solar aspirations in peril
Summary of
Clean Energy Tax Stimulus Act of 2008