Obama's new climate policy

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Kasz216 said:

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Pretty much this. I'd be much happier with a $50 billion commitment to fusion research, and a stopgap plan to expand nuclear fission capacity.

Or really ANY renewables.  Renewable enrgy research or even any alternate energy research is awesome.   Trying to stop using fossil fuels though only hurts us, with no actual enviromental benefit.  

Instead of spending more for gas, we should use those savings on scientific research.

 

That's how China got so good at renewables. (well that and hacking American solar companies.)

Yes. I've seen some very cool ideas about geothermal in the US, for example. But I don't want to encourage wind (never going to work) or "biofuel" (not clean at all, serious downsides, misleading name, huge lobbying interest). A general $50b plan to invest in "clean energy" would be misappropriated to biofuel, wind and solar (which doesn't need the cash).