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USA needs to compete with China on renewable energy

“China knows that clean energy creates jobs and, in reducing its reliance on oil, makes it more secure,” “.With its vast renewable energy resources, the United States “can’t afford not to be a globally competitive leader in this important area,” 

Reid: US must compete with China to lead on energy, Google News, 28 April 11 WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States must step up its efforts on renewable energy to compete with China and other countries for global leadership, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday ……The Nevada Democrat said the trip, his first visit to China in a quarter-century, offered “an unmistakable reminder just how hard we have to work to make America competitive with the rest of the world,” particularly on manufacturing and energy……

China, which is notoriously polluted and heavily dependent on fossil fuels such as coal and oil, is investing in clean energy not just because it’s good for the environment, but because it’s good for its economy, Reid said.

“China knows that clean energy creates jobs and, in reducing its reliance on oil, makes it more secure,” he said.

With its vast renewable energy resources, the United States “can’t afford not to be a globally competitive leader in this important area,” Reid said.

Reid said he met with leaders of several Chinese companies, including A-Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd., which is working with several U.S. partners to build a wind turbine manufacturing plant in the Las Vegas area that could employ about 1,000 people. The plant would be one of the largest manufacturing employers in southern Nevada.

April 28, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general