Dear William,

With this I hope to bridge the two crises in my mind that have the opportunity to provide the engine for economic growth and conflict resolution, the fusion of energy technology and Industrial policy. Well, the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen has come and gone and ideas were communicated, consensus gathered, differences captured and important issues unresolved. Given the current state of the global economy it is no surprise that a major agreement did not result as governments are coming to grips with the reality of their best intentions and its realistic limitations. But also I would argue because they have not independently come to the self interested conclusion that would add to economic, environmental and national security. How do we use this crisis of climate and energy to provide incentives for conservation and economic growth? Variations on this question have been of concern since industrialization especially as they relate to growth and yet we neglect how it is manifest toda...