ACORE Renewable Energy Conferences Are Good, But This One Offers To Tell Us What We Already Know

If I had another reason to be in Washington DC this week, I’d find a way to piggyback my participation at the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) conference: Renewable Energy – National Policy Forum. But though I generally find these conferences valuable, I don’t feel like herniating over this one.  After all, its main promise is answering the question:

Will Democrats and Republicans come together on a clean energy agenda for the nation, led by renewables and efficiency?

Are they serious? I’m going to fly across the country to hear that the answer is, in a word, No?  Who in blazes thinks that’s possible in today’s climate?

I have to think there is hope for the world of clean energy and environmentalism. But if you think there’s a chance for bipartisan support on these ideas in Congress right now, you’re living in a dream world.