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title: "Clean Energy Inflection Point"
summary: |-
  Clean energy innovation is a goal that either Presidential candidate can support.
date: "2012-11-06"
issues: ["Clean Energy Innovation"]
authors: ["Matthew Stepp", "Clifton Yin"]
content_type: "Op-Eds & Contributed Articles"
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/publications/2012/11/06/clean-energy-inflection-point/"
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# Clean Energy Inflection Point

America is either going to develop cheap, high-performing zero-carbon energy technologies that everyone can afford or continue to hope that a mish-mash of declining clean energy subsidies and stagnant research budgets will cut it. Doing so requires a cohesive and aggressive strategy with innovation as its central goal – a goal that either Presidential candidate can support.

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/publications/2012/11/06/clean-energy-inflection-point/*