Mitch Daniels on Energy & Oil Republican IN Governor

Look to US sources of energy; we shoot ourselves in the foot

Some subsidies ok for renewable energy

[However], at the fastest growth rates one can imagine, wind and solar power will still be trivial contributors to our total energy needs for a very long time. And the romantic notion that they will become large sources of "green jobs" in any year soon has been exploded as farcically out of touch with economic reality. We should encourage alternative forms of energy, but it is a willful self-delusion to maintain that these forms of energy are in any sense a "solution" to our economic challenge.

Biofuels oversubsidized but should still be encouraged

Make IN a leader in electric vehicles & solar power industry

Over the last two years, Indiana has been the fastest growing state in wind power, and now businesses seeking to build the equipment for this new industry are coming. Within weeks, you'll see us explode onto the solar power landscape.

Support clean coal as well as alternative energy

Indicate which principles you support regarding energy.
• Promote increased use of alternative fuel technology.
• Support increased production of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil, etc).
• Support providing financial incentives to farms that produce biofuel crops.
• Support funding for improvements to Indiana's power generating and transmission facilities.
• Limit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases linked to global warming.
• Daniels adds, "Indiana has an excellent record on alternative energy, with growing capacity for wind generation, biomass, geothermal, biofuels, and clean coal (including carbon storage and sequestration). We are building one of the nation's largest wind farms in the northeast part of our state, and have one of the largest bio-diesel production facilities in the world being constructed. We have a 'brownfields' program to remediate contaminated sites. We completed the state's largest acquisition of conservation land in 2006."

Set goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025.

A resolution that it is the goal of the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the agricultural, forestry, and working land of the US should provide from renewable resources not less than 25% of the total energy consumed and continue to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber. [Governors also signed letters of endorsement at www.25x25.org]

Rep. SALAZAR: "Our resolution establishes a national goal of producing 25% of America's energy from renewable sources--like solar, wind and biofuels--by 2025. The "25x'25" vision is widely endorsed, bold, and fully attainable. If implemented, it would dramatically improve our energy security, our economy, and our ability to protect the environment.

"I am pleased that more than 20 of my colleagues in the Senate, from both sides of the aisle, are cosponsoring this resolution. In addition, the "25x'25" vision has been endorsed by 22 current and former governors and several State legislatures across the country. The Big Three automobile manufacturers--Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors--are all behind "25x'25" So are many agricultural organizations, environmental groups, scientists, and businesses, ranging from the Natural Resources Defense Council to John Deere.

"These Americans understand that we cannot continue to import 60% of our oil from foreign countries, many of which are hostile to the US, if we aim to be strong and secure in the world. They know that we will have to build a clean energy economy if we are to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. It is time for Congress to take a more active role in our clean energy future. Establishing a national goal--"25x'25" is the first step."