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Energy-Related Items In Obama’s 2011 Budget

I wanted to know a little more about President Obama’s proposed 2011 budget as it related to energy items.  I’m wondering what priorities his administration has, for instance.  I can’t say that after taking a brief look around I’m totally pleased with what I found.  There is too much of a budget boost to legacy energy systems and not enough emphasis, in my opinion, to the energy systems of the future.  Those future systems are what I think the government should be funding.  Without a doubt, the subsidies to the dirty energy industry need to be cut off completely.  They’re mature to the point of being nearly monopolistic, which means they can stand or fall on their own merits now.  With that in mind, here is some of what I’ve found.

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