THE UNITED STATES ENERGY SOURCES AND THE QUEST FOR A UNIFIED ENERGY POLICY: ARE WE STILL GIVING THE FOSSIL ENERGY INDUSTRY THE UPPER HAND AGAINST RENEWABLES (original) (raw)
The United States is still in a quest for a Unified National Energy Regime. Whether it succeeds to bring all its energy sources under a uniform regulated national regime, it remains to be seen. But can we even debate this question in an environment where fossil resource dependence had created a preferential treatment over renewables? The Bush administration ushered in this upper hand preference on the fossil industry, over renewables. The Bush era officials, many of them petroleum enthusiasts themselves can be thought to be responsible for the less growth, and the inability to promote renewables. But the Obama administration came to break the country from this foreign oil dependence. But how long will it take before renewables can contribute and compete, while it finds itself in the infancy it is still in? This debate dives deep into this discussion.
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