'EVENTS, DEAR BOY. EVENTS'

摘要

Remember the billions President Obama was to pour into research and energy-efficiency? Well, some of it is looking a bit iffy. Let's look at the 'progress' since last month's 2012 Budget announcement. First, John Holdren, one of two senior presidential science advisors, has admitted there is unlikely to be a US national energy plan until 2012. And most observers take' 2012' as referring to that year's general election, so realistically we're looking at 2013.