It is critical that we have a comprehensive energy plan to provide affordable and reliable supplies of energy so that our economy will not be dependent on foreign sources of energy.

We need to develop clean, affordable, and reliable energy sources, and frankly, we need to license that technology to the rest of the world.

We need to reduce our dependence on foreign sources of energy.

By encouraging renewable energy sources such as wind energy, we boost South Dakota's economy and we help reduce America's dependence on foreign oil.

Part of protecting our homeland means being less dependent on foreign countries for our energy.

By reducing our dependence of foreign oil and increasing alternative energy sources such as ethanol, we can begin to bring down prices at the pumps, create thousands of new jobs and bring a much needed boost to our economy.