[Keith_McClary]

GE's Immelt Says U.S. Policy Deadlock Holds Back Clean Energy Development (NYT)

Immelt said that global technology leadership requires four things: a big local market, technology innovation, a low-cost supply chain and supportive government policies. In the United States, the traffic light on those four areas is either yellow, for caution, or red, he said. Demand is weak. Innovation and supply chains are passable. Energy policy is halted in its tracks.

NYT didn't seem to take this as a threat to move GE to China.

[Plantagenet]

Its not just that US energy policy is stupid....its that Obama lied about his energy policy in his 2008 campaign.

Obama's energy policy is a pack of lies

How can we develop a modern and responsible energy policy to deal with peak oil and other issues when politicans like Obama lie to us during their campaigns and then do something quite different when they are in office.

[IslandCrow]

IF it is true that both parties are just controlled by the big corporate players, then the US Energy Policy is a reflection of the big corporations, and as GE is important in the energy field this is a ringing endorsment of their own
"Stupidity".

On the other hand it may mean that the Obama admistration is somewhat independant of the Corporate leaders as is not doing everything that Big Business wants. As I am not American I will not comment whether this is a good thing or a bad thing to have a President that is not controlled by the corporate leaders.

[Keith_McClary]

On the other hand it may mean that the Obama admistration is somewhat independant of the Corporate leaders as is not doing everything that Big Business wants.

Another possibility is that what Big Business wants may not be what is a smart policy for the US.

EDIT: Or the Auto, oil and F.I.R.E. businesses may want different policies than GE.

[Outcast_Searcher]

Its not just that US energy policy is stupid....its that Obama lied about his energy policy in his 2008 campaign.

Obama's energy policy is a pack of lies

And this makes Obama different than other politicians, how? They're all liars. They all promise a bunch of stuff to get elected, and then don't do it.

Pointing this out is like pointing out that lions and sharks are carnivores. Yes - they are. And why are we surprised??

[Frank]

Posting a link to a right-wing info-blog doesn't prove anything...

I have 2 words for you: Carbon Tax. Make that 4 word: Revenue Neutral Carbon Tax.

[efarmer]

In my industry, GE under Jack Welch sent out public press releases and informed everyone that if they wished to remain or become a supplier to GE of materials or finished goods, they had to increase their content of Chinese sourced materials into whatever it was they intended to sell GE or consider themselves off of the vendor list. They did, in every way possible, and when they had moved in that direction it still was not enough, because in the process the Asian vendors became aware of what was needed, the criteria that it had to meet, the processes involved in rendering the goods, and then qualified to be a direct vendor instead of a source for a vendor for GE.

I am waiting for someone to tell GE that their quote better include as much Chinese content as they can possibly use for price competitiveness or else GE should disqualify themselves from the vendor list.

[Plantagenet]

Its not just that US energy policy is stupid....its that Obama lied about his energy policy in his 2008 campaign.

Obama's energy policy is a pack of lies

And this makes Obama different than other politicians, how?

Obama is different from all other politicians in that only he is the president NOW, and it is specifically his lies and his lack of leadership and his failure to push smart energy policies through Congress which is stacked with huge majorities of his fellow democrats that is screwing us up NOW.

Unless you can change the PAST We can't have smart energy policies IN THE FUTURE unless we recognize Obama is a liar NOW and then work to change Obama's stupid policies and implement a smart energy policy for the USA.

[Frank]

A major issue is that NO ONE in Washington is willing to say that we might have to incur some short-term pain to realize long-term gain. The Chinese are much better at this than we are.

[Pops]

The US voters are used to division, in fact they encourage it.

Compromise means everyone gets a little of what they want. But when everyone gets something, "I" don't get everything and that just isn't good enough.

Let's get together and get things done went out of fashion long ago, today there is only one stump speech: Here is what I'll get for you and here's what I'll deny to everyone else.

[Serial_Worrier]

Of course GE wants big government spending on "smart grid" NOW because they gain a lot of business right away! Never mind the opportunity cost that those tax dollars take away from other private entities that innovate in other ways that are not as high-profile as GE. All that matters is to say the right falutin' words that appease the green eco-freak crowd. As if they were a majority of Americans.

[Serial_Worrier]

The US voters are used to division, in fact they encourage it.

Compromise means everyone gets a little of what they want. But when everyone gets something, "I" don't get everything and that just isn't good enough.

Let's get together and get things done went out of fashion long ago, today there is only one stump speech: Here is what I'll get for you and here's what I'll deny to everyone else.

I'd rather have our gridlock then China's tyranny. No thank you. Of course most lefties would prefer the tyranny. "The trains would run on time".

[megna73]

Thanks for sharing the post with us!!

[careinke]

Posting a link to a right-wing info-blog doesn't prove anything...

I have 2 words for you: Carbon Tax. Make that 4 word: Revenue Neutral Carbon Tax.

I'd go for a carbon tax in lieu of all other taxes (payroll, corporate, death, etc.etc.), a carbon tax is a voluntary tax. Works for me.

[Serial_Worrier]

Posting a link to a right-wing info-blog doesn't prove anything...

I have 2 words for you: Carbon Tax. Make that 4 word: Revenue Neutral Carbon Tax.

I'd go for a carbon tax in lieu of all other taxes (payroll, corporate, death, etc.etc.), a carbon tax is a voluntary tax. Works for me.

Instead of a carbon tax, I'd go for a general fuels tax in place of the income tax.