Clean energy needed now

In a time of economic uncertainty, we need our senators to vote for the American Clean Energy and Security Act to revitalize our economy by stimulating job growth in the clean energy sector. The evidence is overwhelming that if this bill is passed, millions of green jobs will be created. Several studies, including one by the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, estimate that 1.7 million new jobs will be created by these clean energy investments.

Our energy status quo will not sustain us forever. Fossil fuels are non-renewable resources, and we cannot drill our way to energy independence. Before we return to $4 a gallon gasoline, we must invest in a clean energy future that includes renewable energy sources such as wind, geothermal, hydro, tidal and solar that will never be exhausted. The costs of inaction are too high. We must call our senators and implore them to vote in favor of the American Clean Energy and Security Act, and thus, a sustainable economic future.

David Kellner-Rode

Wasilla