http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/daa98f80956e40c18ee9e3d375b9ae3e/KS–Brownback-Kansas-Wind/

The Republican governor of Wyoming has also been campaigning more support for wind.

Wind may have crossed the threshold where it is no longer a “greenie” thing. It might now be “big business”.

But we’re in good shape for returning control of Congress to Democrats if we choose to do so. In general voters are disgusted with Republicans and they have very little chance of capturing the White House.

If we work at it we could see next year’s budget giving renewables and EVs the last push they need.

The wind industry is saying that they need only four more years of subsidy before they can prosper on their own. Even Republicans are likely to extend support for wind as many conservative/Republican states are enjoying the jobs and tax revenues that wind is bringing them.

Solar prices are dropping very fast and should be at or below grid parity price for much of the country within a few years. At this point the rest of the world is moving to solar fast enough to keep panel prices falling. Here, in the US, it’s all about installation costs. We need some subsidies to keep volumes up and pull installation costs down.

EVs, a few more years of subsidy. Battery prices are falling but we need to keep the industry moving along until ranges are up and prices have fallen a bit more.

But even if the overall budget proposal is hurting, I’m not convinced that the renewable energy part is.

Within the last couple of days Congressional Republican seem to have shifted their strategy. They seem to have walked away from their efforts to make PBO a one term president (figuring that they don’t have a “real” candidate) by destroying the economy and turned their attention to holding on to their own jobs in November.

Republicans gave up on blocking tax reduction for working people, even though it’s likely to help the economy and PBO’s reelection effort.

Will Republicans block renewable/EV subsidies if it promises to put Americans out of work? Possibly not.

I suspect you’re including state and local taxes which do not flow to the federal budget.

As for the federal government ‘not lifting a finger’, how much do you think we spend to keep our oil supplies operating?

Don’t forget to include the cost of the two Iraq Wars and the Afgan War. And the cost of Homeland Security, including all that airplane screening/marshal stuff.

(Step away from the Fox crack pipe. It makes for teh stupid….)

You think the trillions we have spent on wars in the Middle East were really about something other than oil?