renewables

James Fallows of Atlantic on USA leadership on clean energy:

On energy, a disturbing factlet. (And obviously not the only disturbing observation on the energy-and-climate front.) I heard three people separately observe that when it comes to future sources of "clean" energy, there is not a single field in which U.S. companies are the technical or market leaders.

and nobody invested?

Those of us who are of a certain age can recall a poster that adorned many a dorm room wall back in the 70s, entitled "What if they gave a war and nobody came ..."