Issue Priorities: Energy

Background:
With our increasing reliance on imported oil, finding domestic, alternative energy sources has become paramount to our nation’s continued economic prosperity. Oil is the greatest source of energy in the world, used for everyday necessities from transportation and agriculture to making plastics and hair dyes. With the inevitability that the availability this finite resource will one day peak and wane, the U.S. must work towards becoming energy independent and developing new technologies.

Visit these websites to learn more, and get the facts:

Energy Information Administration: http://www.eia.doe.gov/

California Energy Commission:

Click here to see what progress California is making in the field of Alernative Energy: http://www.energy.ca.gov/