"It is in our vital interest to diversify Americas energy supply and the way forward is through technology. We must continue changing the way America generates electric power by even greater use of clean coal technology, solar and wind energy, and clean, safe nuclear power. /applause/ We need to press on with battery research for plug-in and hybrid vehicles, and expand the use of clean diesel vehicles and biodiesel fuel. We must continue investing in new methods of producing ethanol /applause/ using everything from wood chips, to grasses, to agricultural wastes."
"We have made a lot of progress, thanks to good policies in Washington and the strong response of the market. Now even more dramatic advances are within reach. Tonight, I ask Congress to join me in pursuing a great goal. Let us build on the work we have done and reduce gasoline usage in the United States by 20 percent in the next ten years. /applause/ When we do that we will have cut our total imports by the equivalent of three-quarters of all the oil we now import from the Middle East. "