The idea that solar energy will have to wait for a breakthrough to reach grid parity is "crap," he says. He adds: "We're not talking about rocket science. We're talking basic engineering.

他接着说：“太阳能要达到市电同价不得不等待一个突破，这是一个赌注”，“我们在谈论的不是有关火箭的科学，我们在探讨的是基础工程。”

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Some folks in Washington also want to close the deficit by gutting our investments in things like clean energy or medical research or basic science.

WHITEHOUSE: Town Hall on America��s Fiscal Future

Indeed, a modern marvel is the bipartisan consensus that a government incompetent to make paper clips should nonetheless spearhead core frontier areas like basic research, green and renewable energy, nanotechnology, science, tech and engineering education funding and more.

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But we're not going to reduce the deficit by gutting education investments, gutting investments that we make in our infrastructure, gutting our investments in basic science and research that can lead to discoveries in clean energy or lead to discoveries in curing cancer.

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