[CPEO-MEF] ENERGY: Wesley Clark: "Make Solar Energy A Military Mission"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Make Solar Energy A Military Mission

Opinion by Gen. Wesley K. Clark
Forbes
February 14, 2012

In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama called for  
the U.S. to "double-down on a clean energy industry that's never been  
more promising."

Solar, wind and other clean energy technologies played a central role  
in the president's address because of their importance to American  
economic competitiveness and prosperity - and rightly so, the sector  
is already providing a welcome spot of job and market growth with the  
opportunity for much more with further U.S. commitment.  But while  
all eyes are on the economy, let's not forget that those same clean  
energy investments are mission critical to another top national  
priority: to strengthen American energy security.

...

For the entire column, see
http://www.forbes.com/sites/toddwoody/2012/02/14/wesley-clark-make- 
solar-energy-a-military-mission/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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