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Obama scathing about critics of renewable energy

Obama Blasts Renewable Energy Critics United States President Barack Obama has blasted critics of renewable energy, referring to them as ‘professional politicians’ and comparing them to those who once believed the earth was flat.

“A lot of the folks who are running for a certain office who shall go unnamed, they’ve been talking down new sources of energy,” Obama told a crowd of students at Prince George’s Community College in Washington’s Maryland suburbs on Thursday, according to a report on Australian Associated Press (AAP).

“They dismiss wind power. They dismiss solar power. They make jokes about biofuels. They were against raising fuel standards. I guess they like gas-guzzlers.”…. http://designbuildsource.com.au/obama-blasts-renewable-critics

March 20, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general