Bright ideas…

…from our champion in WA-08.

• Guarantee local biofuels entrepreneurs access to existing fuel-distribution channels.

• Apply local manufacturing expertise to wind turbines. (Twenty years ago, Boeing built the world's largest wind turbine right here in Washington. Since then, while our country was cutting funding for alternative-energy research, other nations pressed forward and today's largest wind turbine manufacturers are in Europe, the leading producer of the world's fastest-growing power technology.)

• Capitalize on the confluence of our software industry, innovative local utilities, world-class universities and top-notch research labs to design "smart grid" technologies to run electrical grids more efficiently, operate our traffic arteries more smoothly, and design and operate green buildings that will cut fossil fuel dependence without compromising quality of life.

There's more (including a withering assessment of the Preznit's energy opportunism) in Darcy Burner's Seattle Times op-ed.

One thing you can be sure of - none of this will happen while Sheriff Dave's wielding the Bushco™ rubberstamp in Congress.

Reward good ideas.

Tip of the solar powered beanie to Carl.