Denver Channel 4 – U.S. Energy Blueprint Announced ay CSU

9/30/08

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) ? The U.S. Chamber of Commerce says it has a new non-partisan strategy for the country's energy resources. The organization unveiled the plan in Fort Collins because of energy research at Colorado State University.

At CSU, algae beds could soon produce biofuels and new engines pump oil and gas from the ground more efficiently.

"We're working in oil and gas. We're working in wind. We're working in the developing world. We're working in the newest development of algae-based biofuels," Professor Brian Wilson with CSU Engines Lab said. "So a little bit of everything."

Sen. Wayne Allard and other leaders toured what they say is an example of the efforts needed to make the U.S. more energy independent. Gen. James Jones, a former Marine general, says CSU is a model for fighting a true national threat.

"Following my career as a United States Marine, I have a sense of what constitutes a threat to our national security," Jones said. "Failure to adopt a comprehensive and strategic vision to our national and international energy challenges is a security threat of the highest order."

Jones heads the energy program for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He chose Fort Collins to announce an energy blueprint for the next president and Congress.

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