March 27, 2012

Want Renewables? Stop Fighting Big Oil

David Lee Smith, Motley Fool

Having spent my teen years near the Florida winter home of the Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus, I'm convinced that the men and women on the flying trapeze have an easier gig than those who attempt to forecast our energy future. . .

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