“I’ve long thought two things about politics and cleantech,” says Adam Lesser, GigaOM Pro’s Green IT analyst, in his weekly column (subscription required):
1). Cleantech is a question of national security first, and the environment or job growth second.
2). It is a political mistake to sell renewable energy as a jobs solution.
Adam says his first point should make cleantech a core Republican issue. The second should inform how Democrats communicate about energy policy.
The value of developing an economy not dependent on fossil fuels is ultimately about national security, which means it should be held to a different standard than, say an economic stimulus package. When the military asks for appropriations to send additional troops to Afghanistan, nobody asks about job creation. It should be the same for cleantech.
To read the rest of his column check out GigaOM Pro.

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