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Energy, the American Experience, Mid-70s Government Fiction

By Alexis Madrigal ⋅ February 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Here, we’ve just got a video produced by the Energy Research and Development Administration, the precursor to the Department of Energy. It’s actually quite a good summary of American energy usage up through the mid-70s while the film was made, but the pre-20th century bits are bizarre fiction. Watch for the  little boy in period [...]

The DOE’s Solar Photovoltaic Budget 1975-2002

By Alexis Madrigal ⋅ December 20, 2008 ⋅ One comment

I recently read Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute spouting nonsense about how much funding the Department of Energy has wasted on renewable energy.
“[Mr. Chu] is an indication that Obama really is committed to pursing renewable energy, which the Energy Department has been subsidizing and researching for 30 years,” Ebell told the Washington Times. [...]

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