# Can someone explain to me why conservatives are against renewable energy?

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**Created:** [March 14, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-to-me-why-conservatives-are-against-renewable-energy/574686 "2011-03-14T18:52:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-to-me-why-conservatives-are-against-renewable-energy/574686/162 "2011-03-18T05:35:15Z")

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> [@Sam\_Stone](#):
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> Good infrastructure is about cost efficiency. It’s about providing a good bang for the taxpayer’s buck. It’s about the _overall_ cost of business and transportation being lower than in neighboring states. Just having a big train does not guarantee a good infrastructure. In fact, so far it’s been the opposite.

And so far as I have seen there are studies supporting the plan and studies against. Incidentally the study dealing with the prices did very little regarding the benefits that the planed infrastructure will bring to the cities, on that the studies I have seen are positive.

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