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Renewable Energy Is at the Center of the Presidential Debate

Did Obama really say we import oil from Iran? I thought we didn't and the EIA import table for 2008 doesn't mention Iran.

A post on Carpe Diem is against energy sufficiency on the basis that other people's oil is cheaper! Like, should we also be coffee independent by the same logic? I can't really buy such simplistic thinking. Doesn't the balance of trade and our economy come in there somewhere?

The potential for alternative energy in the USA is quite a small fraction of our total future use. We would gain as much, if not more, by simply increasing energy efficiency in buildings, vehicles, appliances, etc. by a surprisingly small percentage.

McCain is perhaps a little more realistic than Obama on the energy front. On the other hand, McCain is less convincing on his grasp of economics. Sad, isn't it?

Roll on the NAU ;-)

T.C.