Praise for Sen. Thune's Alternative Energy Promotion

See this Black Hills Pioneer editorial on Sen. John Thune's promotion of alternative energy.  Excerpt:

Thune is working to lessen our dependence on foreign oil while also helping to clean up the environment. He is a leader here at home, in the Senate and in his party on these issues deserves credit for promoting these forms of energy and for working to get the approval and the funding needed to covert them from ideas to national policies.

But Thune is no one-trick pony. He knows that there is no magic bullet to solve our nation's - and the world's - energy needs. His support for legacy energy industries remains strong.
Few thoughtful people doubt the country will one day soon enact policies that will reduce carbon emissions. There are many ways to accomplish this and we expect to see Sen. Thune playing a leadership role in the crafting of sensible, balanced solutions.