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March 7, 2012

The Emerging Energy Consensus

E.G., The Economist


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I see that Mitt Romney, campaigning in Ohio, has turned his attention to Barack Obama's energy policy. "You can't drive a car with a windmill on it," he said, in a poor choice of imagery for a man who is famous for having driven a car with a dog on it. Joel Kotkin, in any case, argues that Republicans are blowing a big opportunity by neglecting energy policy as a campaign issue. . .

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TAGGED: Republican Party, President Barack Obama, election 2012, Politics, the Economist

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