Breakthrough President Michael Shellenberger comments in an MSNBC report on why energy efficiency efforts in the economic stimulus package have not delivered jobs as promised.
As the Obama administration promotes a second home energy-savings program -- a $6 billion rebate plan -- some experts are asking whether that will pay off for homeowners or for the planet.
"A very rosy picture was painted that energy efficiency would be a great way to create jobs and save money," said Michael Shellenberger, an energy expert who heads the Breakthrough Institute, an Oakland-based think tank that is financed by nonpartisan foundations and works on energy, climate change and health care issues. "The Obama administration risks overpromising again."
