Renewable energy as a major opportunity

The news on renewables -- particularly biofuels -- is popping all around us.

Here's a good article on renewable fuels in Minnesota. As one participant in the conference noted, "The future is going to be exciting. We're just starting to scratch the surface with renewables." Read more [1].

In a recent speech to officials in Utah, former President Clinton urged his audience to take the initiative with renewable energy. In a speech earlier this month in Las Vegas, Clinton remarked, "If I were the economic development czar for America today or if I were in charge of economic planning for Las Vegas and Nevada today, I would start by making a complete and total commitment to a clean energy future because I think you can create more jobs there than anywhere else." Read more [2].

(In response, a group of Nevada leaders have started a new company. Read more [3].)

Pennsylvania Governor Rendell has suggested a new renewable energy strategy that he calls American Energy Harvest. Read more [4].

And Indiana Governor Daniels commented at the opening of a new biofuels station in November: "There is no more important economic cylinder than agriculture, and there is no more important part of our agricultural strategy than renewable fuels. We are going to lead the nation in soy diesel." Read more [5].