Who, we are told, cares the most about our dependence upon foreign oil — the left, correct? And which party allegedly cares about about finding workable "green" sources of power — the left again, correct? And which party is allegedly the most pro-science, pro-technology, etc? The left, again.

If all that were true, you'd think there would be tremendous interest on the left in a clean, green, renewable, technologically cutting-edge source of energy, no? That would have far more real-life impact than the discovery (however important) of another set of ancient hominid bones, no?

I noticed that Glenn Reynolds was writing a lot about Polywell Fusion, which, if it works (and that's a big "if" — I don't claim any insight either way) would provide exactly such a source of energy. So, on a whim, I decided to search Technorati to see which blogs were interested in the subject, and what their political alignment was — if any was discernible.

So what were the (extremely non-rigorous) results?

Instapundit - Libertarian (which I count as "right" these days, or at least non-left). Two posts, of course.

Dean Esmay - From his profile on Amazon: "my politics are vaguely libertoid..." - Also two mentions.

Power and Control - Biggest blogger on the issue: three mentions (1, 2, 3). Politics (described here) strike me as also being libertarian or center right. (Indicates he'll be voting for Republicans ("leeches"), anyway.)

Fresh Bilge - Conservative Christian. One science-fiction tinged mention.

So including myself and the guy below, we find zero interest from the left, and ten mentions from the disaffected center or right. If we can assume Techorati isn't somehow deeply biased toward the right: the situation strikes me as being similar to that with nuclear power, where the very people you'd think (from their own very public self-description, anyway) would be most interested, seem instead completely uninterested.

To clarify: I'm not meaning to imply the left isn't interested in science. But perhaps we're seeing a bifurcation of scientific interest, with those more interested in technological progress being more towards the center and right, and those interested in biological progress, or other forms of research which (they hope) keep the JudeoChristian God at bay being towards the center or left.

Good marks for libertarians on both accounts, I'd note, even though I'm not one.

Another thing which strikes me, as I wander the right side of the blogosphere, is that whereas being on "the left" often means having truckloads of enthusiasm for your party, and similar quantities of bile for your opponents, many on "the right" also seem to be, like me, completely unimpressed with Republicans as well.

Perhaps another downside to this, for those on the left, is that it presents an opportunity, not a crisis — where bad news is far more conducive to concentrating power in the state than good news. Indeed, as Synthestuff notes:

As they say on their website: "Successful Phase 2 marks the end of fossil fuels." And to think that clods like George Soros could find $100M in the crack in their sofa. All the good that this would do for the world.

Yeah. It's almost like he doesn't care about actually solving problems.