Funding alternative energy wouldn’t provide the best bang for the buck in a U.S. economic stimulus package, some economists said. Peter Orszag, President-elect Barack Obama’s chief budget adviser, wrote in January that some investments in alternative energy were “totally impractical” and others “could end up making the economic situation worse,” USA Today reported Friday.—During the presidential campaign, Mr Obama repeatedly pledged to introduce a windfall tax on oil company profits. Last week, he shelved the proposal from his agenda. It is likely that his new administration will be forced to drop many similar green pledges that are no longer economically or politically viable. After all, nothing is ever eaten as eagerly as it’s cooked.