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The Department of Energy made an investment that failed, and it got raked over the coals for that failed investment. This is ridiculous. The fact of the matter is, the government should be making a lot of risky investments, the majority of which are likely to fail.

As a policy-maker in our country, I would much rather we have that investment in our refineries.

Meanwhile, people have to join us and fight back against the federal government that has dropped the ball, that is in bed with these energy companies, that wants them to make more money than they've made before.

Battering down solar cells on the roofs of Wal-Marts in California. I think that will be some of the highest-return investments that anyone ever makes.

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

Wouldn't it be amazing if we spent as much energy investing in experiences as we do investing in things?

We ought to be allowing the private sector to pursue every form of energy because the energy of the future, it's not going to come from the government picking winners and losers.

If oil companies were to invest their high profits into alternative fuel research it will help America move toward new forms of energy.

Now, in the space of a year, we've spent 450 percent more for power than we did the year before, and bought essentially the same amount of power. This year, that number's likely to go up. That can't go on forever and have us continue to be the economic engine for America.

If it's in people's interest to invest in renewables and invest in clean technologies, I'm convinced it will happen.