Opinion: Alternative Energy: Will U.S. lead or follow?

Seth Doane of CBS writes “In the wake of the Gulf oil disaster, calls for cleaner, greener energy, are growing louder. ‘Now is the moment for this generation to embark on a national mission to unleash America’s innovation to seize control of our own destiny,’ President Obama said in June. If that rallying cry sounds strangely familiar, it should.” Follow along in the rest of the story through a legacy of missed political opportunity in the U.S.