Tuesday, December 13, 2011
"Energy Smackdown: Keystone XL vs. Solyndra"
This article compares potential results from building the Keystone XL pipeline and the solar and wind industries.
The current administrations clearly favors one over the other.
If reducing our dependency on "bad guys" oil is truly our desire, then we should embrace both of these ideas...
The current administrations clearly favors one over the other.
If reducing our dependency on "bad guys" oil is truly our desire, then we should embrace both of these ideas...
Robert Bryce writes about the issues on the National Review website. He begins:
"The two big energy stories of the moment are the Obama administration’s announcement that it will wait another year before making a final decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, and the continued pummeling of the Department of Energy and Energy Secretary Steven Chu for their handling of the $529 million loan guarantee to Solyndra.
So how do those two projects compare on critical issues such as economic impact and overall energy use? Even a cursory look at the two deals shows that, once again, the Obama administration’s energy priorities are — how to put this charitably? — misguided."
