The WashPost gets it wrong again: The replacement of old technologies by new ones drives growth

Guest blogger Kate Gordon is CAP's VP for Energy and Climate Policy.

In yesterday's Washington Post, Peter Whoriskey argues – predictably for the Post these days – that making lightbulbs more efficient puts Americans out of work.  The last US-based GE factory to make old-school incandescent lightbulbs is going out of business, and here is Whoriskey's explanation:

During the recession, political and business leaders have held out the promise that American advances, particularly in green...