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The big picture is jobs. America must remain committed to investing in clean energy jobs.
That means innovation,
that means development and deployment. The movement towards
clean tech has grown continuously even during the heart of the recession. This
is where economic productivity is gonna come from, this is where efficiency
in the economy is going to come from and this has a great potential to
produce more jobs. China’s investing
in carbon sequestration and clean energy,
because out of necessity.
Out of necessity, pure, absolute necessity.
We’re either going to lead or follow.
Right now, today, more than half of the U.S. trade deficit
comes from the importation of oil from foreign sources,
more than half. We buy too
much fossil fuels
from potentially or actually volatile places on earth.
We’re going to help industries in the United States
accelerate the pace of decline in price through research
and development,
so that the cost of solar energy would be competitive with any
form of fossil energy without subsidy. And the one thing extra that the navy
brings
is we bring a market.
To
flip the line from
Field of Dreams,
if the Navy comes,
they will build it.
A sustained commitment clean energy will employ Thousands of
more Americans. Will help us achieve the
clean energy future
that we have heard about all day today.