Salon: McCain lies about his support of clean energy

[Wags]

Black Landlord wrote:
[quote=Wags]
but since Arizona has enough solar capacity to power the entire country

That might be true if you could just place an electronic device out in the sun and power it, but the unfortunate reality is that the technology to harness the sun's energy is not up to the job-- the energy and resources needed to create solar panels result in a negligible payoff presently, to the point that solar power could barely even be called "clean".
Exactly the point - capacity = potential. McCain is proposing tax subsidies to big oil that amount to 39 Billion dollars over the next 5 years. http://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/2008/true_cost.html This, as we lag behind our international competitors who already are moving in the direction of what will be the future for energy, while we continue to whip a dying horse.

Wonder how far that might go toward developing better solar capacity and other clean/renewable power sources (or, heaven forbid, conservation)?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_Germany

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_conservation