‘60 Minutes’ Attack on Renewable Energy Ignores The Facts

By Joe Romm

Clean technology is booming by every key indicator—but you would never know that from Sunday’s absurd 60 Minutes piece touting an imaginary “Cleantech Crash.”

As documented in the recent Department of Energy (DOE) report, “Revolution Now: The Future Arrives for Four Clean Energy Technologies,” the only thing in cleantech that is crashing is the cost of key components. This price crash has enabled explosive growth in wind power, solar power, LED lights and electric vehicles, as shown in the charts from the report reposted here.

[source: http://ecowatch.com/2014/01/06/60-minutes-attack-renewable-energy-ignores-facts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=60-minutes-attack-renewable-energy-ignores-facts]