The U.S. lost some forty years of advancing into the modern alternative energy fields, we started then stopped, and advancing the technology and products from. We lost some forty years of the once innovative ideal's and workforce we were envied for around the world. We lost some forty years of inclusion of another much needed industry into our economy and the lead in, those that envied are now leading and moving away rapidly. At the same time we allowed the special interests to block this move forward we were loosing the needed trades and experience in other fields to the same that envied and now lead in many fields of economic growth. Meanwhile our new capitalist have garnered huge growth in wealth, they were supposed to be investing in economic growth here with that wealth, instead they've changed their rules with fictitious other reasons they can't invest in economic and job growth, to maintain the con of their capitalist idea's and continue same growth into their greedy little hands!
Chris Huhne has hit out at critics of renewable energy, but rising home energy bills remain political kryptonite. Tackling this issue is the key to making the UK a green industrial powerhouse
27 October 2011 - It feels good to get something off your chest. And that's just what Chris Huhne did on Wednesday with his blast against "green growth deniers". But even Huhne, frequently direct to the point of bluntness, stopped short of naming those deniers. So I'll do it for him. And, later on, I'll tell him how to solve the problem he faces at a stroke.
snip The speech is worth a read as it tackles three renewables "myths" head on. First, the myth that renewables are uneconomic and held up by government cash alone. In fact, more than 70% of global renewables investment in 2010 was private finance. Furthermore, said Huhne: "Globally, subsidies for fossil fuels outstrip subsidies for renewables by a factor of five." Another analysis suggests a factor 12.
Second myth: renewables cannot deliver secure power at scale. Not so, says Huhne, citing the fossil-fuel focused International Energy Agency which says diverse energy sources increase security. As for intermittency, Coronation Street ad breaks and broken-down nuclear power stations mean the UK knows how to deal with this.
Third myth: people don't want renewables. Again, not so, says Huhne, citing an Ipsos MORI poll asking for UK views on wind (82% favourable) and gas (56%).
snip Osborne is cutting investment in clean energy while giving handouts to highly polluting businesses, pandering to the delusions of the green growth deniers. Take the misleadingly named Renewable Energy Foundation, whose director John Constable, said: "Corporate welfare on this scale is actually counter-productive, since it provides no incentive for the green industries to grow up, drive down costs and improve technologies." So where's Constable's call to abandon the far greater fossil fuels subsidies?
Others say the Chancellor is simply arguing for "cost-effective" carbon reduction policies. Who is in favour of non-cost-effective policies? The problem is Osborne is talking about reducing the ambition, not deploying the same funds in a different way. read more>>>
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