From the day he took office, Barack Obama had a unified theory of how the United States could recover and prosper. At the center of his plan—which he voiced in an address to a joint session of Congress in February 2009—was the need to reduce the use of carbon-based fuels, whether through energy efficiency or through their replacement by renewable sources. This course of action, he said, was the only way to “truly transform our economy, to protect our security, and save our planet from the ravages of climate change.”
Compelling questions have certainly been raised about this claim. How many jobs would a green economy create? What is to be the role of nuclear energy? Would wind and solar be sufficient without relying on coal and oil?
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