Little Green Energy Source, Big Bucks for Oregon

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Heel, toe, toe, heel. Toby Kincaid's left loafer taps and slides along the floor. He's delivering an impassioned pitch to renewable energy advocates and state officials at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. His right foot is still.

Minutes earlier, a Department of Energy staffer had made a list with permanent marker on white paper taped to the walls. The state's renewable energy working group is drafting its strategy for the coming year. It's just achieved its goal of the past two years - convincing Gov. Ted Kulongoski to set standards for renewable energy use in the state.

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Little Green Energy Source, Big Bucks for Oregon

Kincaid, a technologist and energy consultant for clients across the globe, is here to tell them their intentions are good, but they're applying them wrong.

"The most important thing that's not on the list is research and development," Kincaid says. Heads around the table begin to nod.

The state has set what Kincaid thinks is a modest goal - a 15 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions below 2005 levels, but "our world is a freight...

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