包括投資銀行、能源公司主管、政府官員和提倡乾淨能源團體的多方代表，都認為美國眾議院應盡速修法，遏止持續仰賴石油，並將製造能源過程中的環境成本反應在價格上。
11月29日在華盛頓特區展開的美國再生能源會議上，不同領域的與會人士皆表達同一看法，華爾街基金經理、布希政府官員、英國石油公司（BP）代表都認為政府早該意識到，美國使用石化燃料並釋放溫室氣體卻未付出任何代價的現象。
這次會議焦點在美國國內和國際間關鍵性的能源和環境政策。眾議員正朝向議長裴洛西(Nancy Pelosi)所呼籲的方向，亦即「減低石油依賴性、促進有效使用能源使用的歷史性能源法規。」
針對這項法令，裴洛西29日表示，「我們已有很大進展，希望在下週達成最後共識；這份能源法案並為眾議院立下2008年研擬氣候變遷因應方案的基礎。」
看守世界機構資深研究學者、也是能源和氣候變遷計畫執行長索因(Janet Sawin)表示，潔淨能源的擁護者必須說服民選官員，「推動乾淨能源對企業是轉機而非危機。」
「我們需要說服政治領袖，再生能源絕對會增加就業機會，」索因表示，全世界再生能源業已提供250萬個工作機會。
能源部助理部長卡斯納(Andy Karsner)則認為，政界和業界對於氣候變遷問題「指陳有餘，解決不足。」為幫布希政府當前的再生能源進展辯護，並為「石油癮」解套，卡斯納呼籲節約用油，並倡用再生能源，減少石油消耗速度和溫室氣體排放量。
A diverse group of investment bankers, energy executives, government officials and clean energy advocates has agreed that the environmental cost of producing energy should be factored into its price, and that Congress must develop energy policies that move away from fossil fuels.
At the American Council On Renewable Energy conference, Wall St. money managers, self-described conservatives, a Bush administration official, and energy company BP spoke as one, declaring that fossil fuels have gotten a free ride in emitting greenhouse gases, and that the day of reckoning is long overdue.
The conference is focused on influencing energy and environment policymaking at the national and international levels.
Congress is now moving forward with what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls "historic energy legislation that will reduce our dependence on foreign fuels and promote energy efficiency."
"We have made significant progress toward completing this package and hope to have a final agreement next week," Pelosi said Thursday. "This energy package will lay the groundwork for the Congress to move forward next year with comprehensive action to address climate change."
Clean energy advocates should convince elected officials that promoting cleaner energy is not a risk to industry but an opportunity, said Janet Sawin, a senior researcher and director of the Energy and Climate Change Program at the Worldwatch Institute.
We "need to convince political leaders that renewable energy is about creating job opportunities," she said. Sawin said that 2.5 million jobs have been created worldwide in renewable energy.
Andy Karsner, an assistant secretary of energy at the U.S. Department of Energy, said that politicians and industry have climate change "problem identification in spades, but not enough problem solving."
While defending the Bush administration for its recent progress on renewable energy - citing the President's "addicted to oil" mantra - Karsner called for more action on fuel economy and renewable fuels to reduce oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
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