I like his energy independence plan.

"End fossil fuel subsidies, and reinvest the savings in a long-term extension of the Production Tax Credit and Investment Tax Credit. These credits are critical to a healthy wind industry, and make rooftop solar installations affordable for homeowners and businesses. Yet Congress regularly lets the credits expire, leading to a boom-bust cycle of development that hurts job creation and investment."

Oil companies have been making millions on subsidies, and they don't need that money! Right now oil prices are about half what the were last year at this time, and in my area gas is now $3.24, last year it was about 60 cents more than it is now, and that just doesn't make sense to me. We have been subsidizing them for years while they continually manipulate prices so "they" can keep making huge profits. They can do this because they know they can get away with it. We need to cut the "welfare" to the billionaires who don't need it.

Clean energy is the way to go, and talking about it is not enough. I think O'Malley will actually do something about it, not just talk about it. He is the only one with a plan that I know of right now, and I like his plan,

Create a new Clean Energy Jobs Corps to partner with communities to build clean energy infrastructure, retrofit buildings to be more energy efficient, and expand our fields and forests so they can absorb more greenhouse gases.

And with his record as Governor - those will NOT be low paying jobs. I could see him going The New Deal way with this. Fed Gov jobs. It's too big to rely on private industry.

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Iowa and Maryland prove it. Both of our states set standards and targets to encourage investment in renewable fuels. Iowa did this first among states, and now is a leader in biofuel production and wind generation. Last year, the number of Iowans working in the wind industry increased by 50 percent. In Maryland during my time as governor, we doubled our renewable portfolio standard and created thousands of new green jobs.

Now is time to take this progress to the next level. New technologies now put an independent clean energy future decidedly within our reach as a nation. With a comprehensive climate and energy plan, we can create up to five million new jobs in the next decade alone.

This is why, as president, I would use my executive power on day one to declare the transition to a clean energy future the number one priority of our federal government. And this is exactly what I’m coming to Iowa to talk about over the Fourth of July weekend.

For starters, we must train the next generation of workers to lead this transition to clean energy. I have called for creating a new Clean Energy Jobs Corps.'