Why aren't windmills being made in America? Look no further.

After I choked on my coffee while reading the PD letters on 12/14, I had to answer one of them. (See below.)

I have one question for Ann Ludlow of St. Louis County ("American jobs first" 12/14): Where have you been hiding for the past 10 years? Do you not know that most of the progress Americans had made in the renewable energy industry came to a screeching halt during the Bush administration? Maybe you haven't heard how Dick Cheney invited the oil company executives for lunch and asked them to write America's energy policy. And what happened to the environmentalists who rang the alarm about other countries getting a jump start on wind turbine and solar energy technology? They were ridiculed as "tree huggers" and worse.You ask why our government doesn't have a "campaign to promote renewable energy?" That's what progressives have been screaming about for 30 years. If you don't know who has blocked and fought against every effort to invest in future technologies, just follow the money. The same fossil fuel companies that are spreading disinformation about the human component in climate change are pouring billions of dollars into ad campaigns to convince us that coal isn't really dirty anymore and all we have to do is "drill, baby, drill" our way to cheap energy again.If the Obama administration recommends some serious money be invested in renewable energy, you can bet there will be a hue and cry of "socialism" and "deficits destroying our grandchildren's future." If you've been voting Republican in recent years, you can find the answer to all your questions by looking in the mirror.