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Economies are risky. Some industries rise, and others implode, like housing. Some places get richer, and others drop, like Atlantic City. Some people get new jobs that pay better, many lose their jobs or their wages.

Local economies are suffering as people spend more on fuel and less on consumer goods and travel.

For small businesses to thrive, they require an environment that is conducive for growth.

Prosperous communities are much better able to survive hurricanes or other natural disasters because they have greater resources, both public and private, to fall back upon.

Businesses typically look at issues like price, quality, time of delivery. They don't often think about social and environmental impact because they're focused on their financial bottom line.

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

As they grow, companies saturate their markets, become more complex and difficult to manage, and face larger and more entrenched competitors.

Properties have different characteristics, like companies, and the market throws up more opportunities because it is inefficient.

Companies that grow create wealth. This, in turn, allows people to have jobs that create more growth and more wealth. It's a virtuous cycle.

There are jobs to be created on both sides of the climate argument. Whether we are investing in oil or sun, coal or wind, gas or algae, the economy will be stimulated by the investment. The economy, unlike each of us, is not swayed by ideology.