Romney snubs wind and solar with call for focus on 'real energy'

President Barack Obama’s likely opponent in November elections has accused him of focusing on an “imaginary world” where government-subsidized solar panels and windmills could power the $15trn US economy, instead of promoting development of "real" carbon-based energy.

"Solar and wind is fine, except it's very expensive and you can't drive a car with a windmill on it," Mitt Romney, the Republican Party's likely nominee, told supporters during a campaign stop in Youngstown, Ohio.

The state was one of ten where party members were to vote Tuesday for either Romney or his three remaining rivals for the nomination. The Republican primary season began in January and will end with a candidate elected by delegates at a party convention in late August.

Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts and private equity fund…

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