Here at Terra Rossa, we describe our blog as a forum “where conservatives consider a new energy future.”¯ But what exactly is that “new energy future” and what does that mean after Tuesday’s blowout elections?
First, the relevance of the elections: our movement (conservatism) and my party (Republican) are shaking off the effects of a 2 x 4 to the head. It was a long-telegraphed punch, but we didn’t move well enough to avoid it, so here we are. I’ll get into this more in the days and weeks ahead, but we need to stake out some new ground while standing on our principles. That’s where this “new energy future” thing comes in. What is that, you’re wondering. It’s a future that weans us from foreign oil, for one thing; one in which breakthrough energy technologies are as available to consumers tomorrow as fossil fuels are today. But more important than what that future looks like is how we get there. There’s no better way to unleash American ingenuity than the power of the marketplace. Create a market for entrepreneurs to make money from clean innovations and they’ll develop new ideas to meet the demand. Its happening already, and we highlight a few examples here.
To me the choice is easy: Markets and profits, not government subsidies and taxes. That’s the tune conservatives should trumpet. It’d be good for America (most important) and good for conservatives (nearly so).
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