Clean Energy "misinformation"

I'd barely finished yelling at my television during C-SPAN coverage of the H.R. 2454 vote before the president started in on the senate:

"My call to every senator, as well as to every American, is this," he said. "We cannot be afraid of the future. And we must not be prisoners of the past. Don't believe the misinformation out there that suggests there is somehow a contradiction between investing in clean energy and economic growth."

Misinformation? I think John Boehner said it best during his "fillibuster" yesterday (via DVR):

6:04 PM EDT [Reading from the 300 page back-door amendment.] "Now let me get to page 83. Consumer Behavior Research. The Secretary of Energy is authorized to establish a research program to identify the factors affecting consumer actions to conserve energy and to make improvements in energy efficiency. Through the program the Secretary will make grants to public and private institutions of higher education to study the effects of consumer behavior on total energy use."

"Do we really need to spend government money to do a study on why people don't want to pay twice the cost and get half the quality?"

Then there's this:

Obama said the bill would create jobs, make renewable energy profitable and decrease America's dependence on foreign oil.

Does nobody recognize this tacit admission that renewable energy is NOT profitable?

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