Energy experts are excited that “energy security” is now being given serious attention in Washington. Development of solar, wind and other renewable energy technologies is coming closer to reality as the Obama administration proposes spending billions of dollars to reduce U.S dependence on foreign oil. But while all this talk is exciting, it is also disconnected from the economic reality that many alternative energy technologies still are neither industrially scalable nor commercially sustainable, says National Defense columnists Michael G. Frodl. He looks at how Russia and China view energy security: The explicitly promote expansionist tendencies while discounting or even ignoring environmental objectives.
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