{"id":812,"date":"2005-02-25T18:40:00","date_gmt":"2005-02-25T18:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/02\/25\/do-we-need-more-government-involvement\/"},"modified":"2005-02-25T18:40:00","modified_gmt":"2005-02-25T18:40:00","slug":"do-we-need-more-government-involvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/do-we-need-more-government-involvement\/","title":{"rendered":"Do We Need More Government Involvement?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That question will send chills down the spines of free-marketers everywhere, but according to <a href=\"http:\/\/cascadiascorecard.typepad.com\/blog\/2005\/02\/regulation_and_.html\">this post<\/a> at Cascadia Scorecard Weblog, a little government interference may be just the ticket for jump-starting the economic potential behind renewable energy technologies.  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