The Obama administration has proposed a 25 percent cut in the research and development budget for one of the most promising renewable energy sources in the Northwest - wave and tidal power.At the same time the White House sought an 82 percent increase in solar power research funding, a 36 percent increase in wind power funding and a 14 percent increase in geothermal funding, it sought to cut wave and tidal research funding from $40 million to $30 million.The decision to cut funding for tidal and wave power came only weeks after the Interior Department suggested that wave power could emerge as the leading offshore energy source in the Northwest and at a time when efforts to develop tidal power in Puget Sound are attracting national and international attention.
The Obama administration has proposed a 25 percent cut in the research and development budget for one of the most promising renewable energy sources in the Northwest - wave and tidal power.
At the same time the White House sought an 82 percent increase in solar power research funding, a 36 percent increase in wind power funding and a 14 percent increase in geothermal funding, it sought to cut wave and tidal research funding from $40 million to $30 million.
The decision to cut funding for tidal and wave power came only weeks after the Interior Department suggested that wave power could emerge as the leading offshore energy source in the Northwest and at a time when efforts to develop tidal power in Puget Sound are attracting national and international attention.
together with an international program of energy efficiency, the cheapest of all, we wouldn't need to promote marginal tech. "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
No, research is research. The brainless should not be in banking. — Willem Buiter
Also, research into mature technologies is not interchangeable with research into experimental technologies. The brainless should not be in banking. — Willem Buiter
Odds are that, a) someone forgot to submit one of the grant requests, and b) Obama never got within earshot of this. Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.
Frank Delaney ~ Ireland
