New at Reason: Ron Bailey on the Unwelcome Return of Alternative Energy Subsidies

May 15, 2009

During the 2008 presidential campaign, Democratic candidate Barack Obama declared almost daily that developing new energy sources and breaking our addiction to foreign oil would “take nothing less than a complete transformation of our economy.” He explicitly compared his plan to putting a man on the moon and building the Interstate Highway System. But as Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey writes, unfortunately for Obama’s Jimmy Carteresque agenda, Washington has a very poor track record when it comes to alternative energy research and development.

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