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Sunday, October 2, 2011

Energy Innovation Should be the Primary Goal of Policy Makers

Energy Innovation Should be the Primary Goal of Policy Makers

The national energy and climate policy debate is broken. If it doesn't get fixed, any new policy at the city, state, or national level may very well fail to address America's energy challenges in any meaningful way.
So it's time for a recalibration that makes innovation the driving goal of our default energy and climate policy choices. In doing so, the policy debate would become a more cohesive discussion on what correct, targeted long-term public investments should be made;
whether our deployment policies are correctly aligned with our technology development policies, and whether there is synergy among our energy policies
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