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We have been hearing a lot lately about “green jobs,” which would be created largely by subsidizing politically correct energy sources like wind mills and solar panels. Senator Obama described his “green jobs” plan in a major address Monday:
And I will invest $15 billion a year in renewable sources of energy to create five million [...]

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IER Analyzes the Obama and McCain Energy Plans
Washington, D.C. – The Institute for Energy Research (IER) today issued a comprehensive analysis of the energy proposals outlined by presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. Drawn from information from the candidates themselves, IER’s analysis is both [...]

As Congress wrestled with the $700 billion bailout program, Google has come up with another massive spending program. Google wants the Federal government to spend $4.4 trillion to subsidize renewable energy. Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO quipped, “Given the apparent willingness of the U.S. government to write big checks in a crisis, we can do this on [...]

On Saturday, September 27, the “Green Jobs Now” campaign is fielding what it calls a National Day of Action to “build the new economy.” Their goal is to repower “America with 100% clean and renewable electricity within 10 years.” The goal sounds laudable, but repowering America in 10 years comes with a hefty price tag [...]

United Technologies Corporation Power, a Connecticut based company, reported that it will supply 110 PureCycle geothermal power systems to a Utah-based company. This is in addition to the 90 that were ordered one year ago.
The 200 systems total will have capability to generate 40 to 45 megawatts per hour of renewable electric power. The geothermal [...]