Energy solutions may be our single most pressing problem, but it also might provide the single greatest opportunity for our country to fix our financial problems. But, just how bad is American energy policy, and how out to lunch are we and our government on the issue of climate change?

To start to find solutions on the energy and climate crisis, we talked to one of our favorite experts on the topic, Brad Johnson of Think Progress. Brad provides excellent coverage of the behind-the-scenes wrangling in Washington as it pertains to both energy policy and the climate crisis, and is also co-author of the Technomanifesto, a history of the information revolution.