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Graphic from Yale Project on Climate Change Communications.

We’ve pointed it out here before, but it bears saying again: Americans love renewable energy. There’s just no ifs, ands or buts about it.

The map above from the Yale Project on Climate Change Communications, which breaks down support for renewable energy at the county level, shows clearly that a majority of Americans in every county in the U.S. support funding for renewable energy. Well, perhaps except for one lone county in southeast Texas–the heart of oil refining country.

And in most places, it’s not just mere majority support, it’s landslide-level support for renewable energy.

So why is it so hard to get production tax credits–a proven mechanism for renewable energy development–renewed through Congress every time they expire? And why does Congress even continue to force them to expire every couple of years, setting up new battles over their continuation? After all…