Energy policy: We won’t get there by tinkering

Leadership in the White House is about to change, and with that change comes the possibility of a smarter energy policy.

There was a time when one could tell who was a Democrat and who a Republican by asking what the candidate’s position was on energy and global warming. Today, such distinctions are blurred. All three front-running candidates


…Clinton backs the creation of a $50 billion energy fund to support investments in alternative energy. She also supports adding 100,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles to the federal fleet by 2015 and $2 billion in research and development to reduce the cost and improve the longevity and durability of batteries. I like that.

Plug-in hybrids are a building block to a transition to a more fuel-diversified transportation sector