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"Senate Inaction Cedes U.S. Energy Race to China: Eric Pooley"> [
Right now the U.S. Senate is conducting a master class on the perils of
> legislation by rearview mirror. On July 27, when Majority Leader Harry > Reid
> unveiled the "Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act," the > two
> most powerful clean energy provisions were missing: a cap on carbon > emissions
> from the electric power sector and a national Renewable Electricity > Standard
> (RES), which would require utilities to generate at least 15 percent of > their
> electricity from renewable sources by 2021.
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> For years, business leaders from General Electric Chief Executive Officer > Jeff
> Immelt to venture capitalist John Doerr have warned that if America failed > to
> pass a comprehensive climate-and-energy bill, the country risked losing > the
> clean energy race to China -- sacrificing the jobs of the future in a > timid,
> ill-fated effort to preserve the jobs of the past. Now those warnings are > coming
> true.
> ....
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> The Party of No is still there.
> China will give them jobs, right?
> After all, they exported about half of all US manufacturing jobs with > bushco
> ...
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> What was that about insanity & wingers?
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> Cliff
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The Chinese apparently know what to do while waiting for renewable sources to be perfected.