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Renewable energy also creates more jobs than other sources of energy - most of these will be created in the struggling manufacturing sector, which will pioneer the new energy future by investment that allows manufacturers to retool and adopt new technologies and methods.

What we are investing in, from a generation standpoint, are renewables and natural gas.

There is growing demand for renewable energy.

The more we focus on using renewable fuels, the less we are dependent upon foreign oil.

We are already witnessing a transformation in the U.S. economy to increased production of lower carbon energy through fuel switching to natural gas and expansion of wind, solar, geothermal, and other renewable non-carbon intensive energy sources.

When you increase the cost of energy, jobs go elsewhere.

It's important to understand that oil and renewables do different things. Wind and solar are for power generation, so they don't replace oil. About 70% of all oil produced is used for transportation fuel. Renewables are good projects, but they don't get us off of foreign oil.

We have more natural resources - coal, oil, wind - across the board not only to be energy independent but to be a leading exporter.

The more that energy costs, the less economic activity there can be.

Anytime we make additional investment in a coal plant, we are really challenging whether that investment is economic.