Not only will the development of coal-to-liquid and environmentally friendly sequestration technologies increase our energy security, but these advancements will also help create better, higher-paying American jobs.

Ethanol has reduced our nation's dependence on imported energy, created thousands of jobs, reduced air pollution, and increased energy security. And renewable fuels cost less at the pump. It is a growth fuel that fuels opportunities for millions of Americans.

When you start to think about energy security, you must discuss global energy security, because there is no other type.

We've started working out systemic long-term measures for strengthening energy security, as set down in the presidential decree of 27 December 2005, which envisages an integrated approach to this issue.

Energy is an issue of national security in which governments, and the state companies that they have established, are likely to be involved for a long time.

Cutting edge technologies have allowed us to utilize coal's diverse potentials. Not only are we using coal in cleaner and more environmentally sound methods, but importantly, we can turn coal into gasoline and diesel.