Reply #5: Fine by me, if we can take the next step. [View All]

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To me, the auto industry bailout was about preserving real, worthwhile talent: the skilled men and women who MAKE STUFF with their hands. (As opposed to the Wall Street "talent," which by and large has only acted as a parasite for too long.)

But... I don't expect or wish that they all go back to building cars in bubble-era numbers. I'm hopeful that they will very soon be needed in every aspect of a large and growing alternative energy industry based right here in the USA.

I'm more and more convinced that market forces alone won't get us there, though. Rather, I believe we'll need an FDR-style program to Just Get It Done Already Ferchrissake. There is plenty of technology ready to go, right now, and I'm confident we as a nation could mobilize quickly to put all the elements of production and deployment in place... if only we could muster the political will.