In the months after George W. Bush's reelection, a lot of liberals and environmentalists were ready to take a hard look at their political agenda, the Democratic Party, and the interest groups they supported. — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
All of the barriers to innovation in the energy sector are arguments for a big commitment to public investment. Only the public sector can… — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
Energy is a sector of the economy that has been particularly resistant to innovation. This is precisely the problem. It is why we are… — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
We can still cap carbon, but that needn't be at the top of the agenda that we communicate to voters. — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
Environmentalism has become a special interest, incapable of addressing large, complex, and global problems such as global warming. — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
It is worth noting that virtually every alternative energy source we have - solar, wind, nuclear, and battery and fuel cell technologies for storage… — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
We know that things like energy independence, getting off oil, getting out of the Middle East, and creating jobs and economic development in the… — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
As social values shifted through the '80s and '90s, as modern conservatism rose to power, and as the electorate became a good deal more… — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
Environmentalists needed to stop imagining that they were representing a thing called Nature or the Environment, separate from us (e.g. humans) in politics. — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
Making big investments to get off oil, making clean energy alternatives widely available and cheap, and creating millions of new jobs in clean energy… — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
After a brief couple of years in the late '70s, public funding for clean energy technologies dried up and has been on the decline… — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
The levels of technology investment in the energy sciences pales compared to the kinds of investment we make in the computer and bio-sciences. — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
In the months after George W. Bush's reelection, a lot of liberals and environmentalists were ready to take a hard look at their political… — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
