With world demand for ever-increasing energy needs, cost effective extractable fossil fuels that become harder to obtain and extract, environmental restrictions and concerns, there is great need for renewable and alternative energy. More resources of energy will eventuality have to be explored. With need comes opportunity. We foresee Idaho as a leader in the development and application of alternative fuels and sources of energy. The leaders of these technologies today will be the suppliers of tomorrow. Idaho needs to be at the forefront of supplying and developing resources for the future.

We do not have to give-up the comforts of life but we may have to amend how we access those comforts. The various environmental protection agencies must realize in order to protect the environment in the long run; it is to create an environment where clean, reliable, and renewable energy are easily produced.

We need environmental stability as well as economic security that are in support of one another. We need both and it is irresponsible to sacrifice one for another. We need to help create and establish alternative energy resources and industries for economic, environmental, and national security. We need to explore energy solutions that are environmentally stable and economically secure by introducing plans that promote energy independence and employment security. If we want more financially and ecologically sound energy and materials we must meet the industry with the need of the ever-increasing demand for energy and products. We need to speed up the process of exploring long-term sources of energy and exploring ways to make them more reliable and less expensive to produce.  

If we want clean, reliable, renewable or alternative energy that is cost effective and more environmentally friendly we have to create an environment that encourages it and start when and wherever we can. We have to create an environment that encourages businesses and programs that produce or encourage it, but more importantly create infrastructure. We need to promote renewable energy supplies/markets that provide energy resources for National, Environmental, and Economic Security – whatever that may be.

The solution will come from a combination and utilization of all renewable, clean and alternative resources. Relying on one particular energy resource is not the answer, no matter what that may be. Although we may disagree what renewable, clean or alternative energies are more effective, efficient, promising, and environmentally safe and economical, any stable gain is beneficial. We need to focus on all the various renewable energy resources. All renewable and clean naturally replenishing sources of energy need to be explored. Renewable or clean energy markets of tomorrow will be a combination of all. Support for all of the various types of renewable and/or clean energy industries will be needed to contribute in creating environmental stability and economic security.

·    Help encourage and promote Idaho’s energy independence.

·    Help introduce, encourage, promote and explore incentives, plans and energy solutions that promote energy independence, energy supply security, environmental stability, and economic/employment security. Let us create infrastructure.

·    Help support Idaho to be at the forefront of supplying and developing new resources for the future.

·    Help Idaho’s’ energy efficiently and conversion to renewable, clean, and alternative energy that is used for individual, homeowner, and consumer uses for public and private use.

·    Help reduce the taxes and supplement the individual homeowner for more efficient energy use and to produce self-sustaining renewable energy rather than supplement power companies every year or so. Let us create some infrastructure. Let’s make the power and energy companies brokers of energy supplies, instead of brokers of energy shortages and debt.

·    Tax breaks on energy independence and efficiently used for individual, homeowner, and consumer for public and private use.

·    Create opportunities and energy efficiency for renewable, clean and alternative energy in Idaho through tax breaks and incentives for both public and private use.

·    Work on eliminating state taxes on various aspects, products and applications of renewable energy for both public and private use. Including: resources provided; development; products/materials specifically used in the creation, production and distribution to the point of sale of these products.

·    Help stimulate and create new industry, employment and business opportunities encouraging and involving various aspects and application of renewable, clean and alternative energy opportunities.

·    Help create new industry/employment opportunities in Idaho by helping to establishing Idaho as major processor, exporter and competitive center for these much needed emerging renewable, clean and alternative energy technologies and supply markets.

·    Help search out ways to export these products, whenever and wherever possible. It would be a great boost to Idaho’s economy to have a ‘corner’ on some of these emerging markets. These are the markets of the future and Idaho deserves its place in history.

·    Help Explore and reduce costs for effective and reliable renewable, alternative and clean public and private transportation.

·    Help continue establishing minimums for ethanol content and other renewable and/or clean energy in Idaho.

·    Extend tax breaks for renewable and/or clean energy. Extend tax breaks and incentives for renewable energy, installation and parts used in systems that utilize all other forms of renewable and/or clean energies as well as alternative energy and/or clean efficient vehicles.