The Mix: How Can America Compete in the Global Energy Race?

The U.S. clean energy industry was already facing funding headwinds from the global economic downturn. Now continuing fallout from the Solyndra bankruptcy is fueling political opposition to federal funding for renewable energy, and that could lead to cutbacks in taxpayer support.

Anchor Thalia Assuras discusses how America can compete in the global energy race in the face of reduced funding with Robert Bryce, senior fellow at the conservative think tank Manhattan Institute and Amanda Little, energyNOW! contributor and author of "Power Hungry: The Myths of Green Energy and the Real Fuel of the Future."