[TB – A quick note from one of my favorite thinkers, Scott Sklar…]

American Exceptionalism and Renewable Energy: What the Tea Party Missed in 2011 | Renewable Energy News Article

In the political gladiator wars within the U.S. parties, there is mostly heated mud-slinging. This fighting may make great sound bites, but it doesn’t make much sense. Republicans are attacking everything “green” mainly because the president has made “green” a major theme of his administration. But many republicans over the decades have embraced green: If you heard former California republican Governor Schwarzenegger speak recently at the ACORE dinner or sitting Governor Haley Barbour (former head of the Republican National Committee) speak about the new biofuel and PV manufacturing plants in Mississippi, you’d wonder what all the fuss is about.

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