Oh, not those special interests 1

The Science Debate folks got both the candidates to answer a list of 14 questions. (h/t Andy Revkin) Drawn from John McCain's answer on climate policy:

I am also committed to investing two billion dollars every year for the next 15 years on clean coal technologies, to unlock the potential of America's oldest and most abundant resource. ... In the quest for alternatives to oil, our government has thrown around enough money subsidizing special interests and excusing failure.

Hmm.

David Roberts is staff writer for Grist. You can follow his Twitter feed at twitter.com/drgrist.

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  1. vakibs's avatar

    vakibs Posted 7:58 pm
    16 Sep 2008

    how stupid ..I further propose we inspire the ingenuity and resolve of the American people by offering a $300 million prize for the development of a battery package that has the size, capacity, cost and power to leapfrog the commercially available plug-in hybrids or electric cars.
    Innovation doesn't proceed by announcing prizes, but by supported federal funding for R&D.
    If somebody creates this magic battery, he/she doesn't need McCain's prize to become rich. The global transport industry is worth trillions of dollars. McCain's "prize" is peanuts compared to the real catch..
    It is time the environmentalist community took McCain to task.. for this joke of a prize !!



    Let's think in terms of eco-dollars.

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