Campaigns Debate Energy

[handmade34]

http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/10/at-mit-romney-and-obama-campaign-2.html?ref=hp

"...Obama’s champion was Joseph Aldy, an economist at nearby Harvard University and a former White House adviser on energy and environment. Romney’s man was Oren Cass, a lawyer and domestic policy director for the Romney campaign.

The early part of the debate, moderated by Technology Review editor Jason Pontin, focused on the long-sought American dream of “energy independence.” Both sides cling tightly to that dream. Aldy recalled growing up in the mid-1970s, when his family joined the long lines of cars stranded at the gas pumps during the oil crisis. Cass lamented that the United States has actually grown more dependent on foreign oil since then. They both agreed that domestic natural gas will be crucial for weening the United States to energy independence. Their few differences hit familiar Republican vs. Democrat talking points. Aldy talked up the promise of alternative energy sources such as wind and solar, while Cass argued for more oil drilling on U.S. territory, particularly in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska..."

[abumbyanyothername]

1. This would be better with a video at the link, I think.

Story does not shed much light.

[handmade34]

2. part

[abumbyanyothername]

4. Thank you. nt.

[caraher]

3. This is just sad

Having surrogates addressing this at MIT rather than the candidates themselves debating in front of a national audience is a disgrace.