Early stage startups will provide true clean tech innovations.The U.S. Senate is poised to consider historic climate-change legislation that promises to address global warming and reduce America's dependency on foreign oil. Yet questions are being raised about the current need for this legislation. With energy demand down, why do we need to focus on clean energy right now? Won't new standards just drive up energy prices and create more economic pain at a time when we can least afford it?
To understand the future of clean energy it's important to remember the past. Today, the discussion is centered on issues like renewable energy sources and cap-and-trade. But back in the late 1970s a similar debate surrounded the nascent computing industry.
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