Could a greener military prove more powerful?

Lawmakers are mostly supportive of efforts to reduce the military's dependence on fuel, but some critics in Congress say the Navy's more ambitious plan to transition to biofuels has gone beyond those limited military objectives and is a thinly disguised environmental initiative.

"It's the secretary of the Navy's green agenda," says Rep. Randy Forbes, a Virginia Republican. Forbes said the expenditures on biofuels has meant less money for shipbuilding and operation and maintenance of the Navy's fleet. "He never stopped to say, 'What's the price tag?' " Forbes said of Mabus.

Chinese solar panel maker flames out - The Washington Post

Suntech — which in 2011 was the world’s biggest seller of silicon-based photovoltaic modules — was once valued at $13 billion on the New York Stock Exchange; it is worth less than 1 percent of that today.

China A Green Energy Leader? Don’t Make Me Laugh | The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)

Did you know that China is the greenest country in the world?

I confess, it was news to me. And I am pretty sure it will come as news to the inhabitants of Beijing, where memories of January’s two-week toxic coal smog linger like a foul smell.

Ignorant Arrogance: Energy “Market Failure” Revisited — MasterResource

“The first principle,” [Jimmy Carter] claimed, “is that the energy problem can be effectively addressed only by a Government that accepts responsibility for dealing with it comprehensively, and by a public that understands the seriousness and is ready to make sacrifices.”

There was an extraordinary degree of both ignorance and arrogance in that statement, yet if anything we seem to have even more of both today.