Obama’s win: Bright future for CleanTech?

I don’t think that the man’s arrival into the office will have immediate impact. What i do know is that his DOE team is going to be stacked with people like Dan Kammen, Sanjay Wagle, and Andy Karsner – if not these people then people like them that are ardent believers in renewables and know that sustainable solutions need to be economically and environmentally sustainable. They know that investing in the resources and infrastructure to make these technologies scale is critical, and they have been loud supporters of doing so. Hopefully Obama can get in there and shake things up, by harnessing the enthusiasm and goodwill that that he is taking into the Oval Office.

He and his team (many of which were on the CT4O board) have lain out some very compelling rhetoric, it will be interesting to see which he targets first, and which he tosses under the bus. The fact that he has a majority in Congress should mean he at least has an ability to have good dialogue with legislators, at best a fast track to get his policies forward. That is a double edged sword though…. As a taxpayer I would prefer some stronger oversight by opponents, but the Republicans have not been particularly effective at shepherding renewables and oil alternatives.

Let’s see what happens, either way I’m excited.