I'd like to tip my imaginary hat off to Jessica O. Matthews, the black female founder and CEO of renewable energy tech startup Uncharted Play.
Global subsidies and incentives for fossil fuels and nuclear power are ten times that for renewable and clean tech.
Remarkably, the America of 2010 is exporting raw materials and importing high tech renewable energy products.
He wants to push hard for California to continue its leadership role on renewable energy, green tech, and climate change, develop future-oriented transit and water systems, and restructure California government, both by making sense of its sprawling agencies and by realigning services to bring them closer to the people who benefit.
"We need a next step because the jobs and industries of the future is renewables and clean tech," he said.
This year, the company has already invested 10 times as much in renewables and clean tech as it did in 2010, reaching a total of $780 million--including, this month alone, $102 million for a wind energy center and $280 million for a residential solar panel partnership.
Previously, renewable energy and clean tech companies (both public and private) were a popular option.
The country's leaders, staring at the prospect that their estimated reserves could run out in 50 years, invested in tourism, tech and renewable energy.
"[Osborne] keeps on making the fundamental mistake of thinking that investment in renewable energy and clean tech 'costs' jobs," said Mark Kenber, chief executive of the Climate Group, a business campaign group backed by big businesses including Deutsche Bank and Coca-Cola.
You make a good point that clean tech and renewable energy have disappointed.
