"Obama pushes jobs for clean energy22:01 AEST Sat Apr 2 Linking...

"Obama pushes jobs for clean energy22:01 AEST Sat Apr 2

Linking economic growth and energy independence, President Barack Obama says shifting the country away from imported oil and toward cleaner forms of energy will help continue a trend that has led to 1.8 million new jobs in the past 13 months.

Obama used his weekly radio and internet address on Saturday to promote his ideas for bringing down petrol prices by decreasing US dependence on foreign oil.

A blueprint he outlined in a speech this week calls for increasing domestic oil exploration and production, making cars and trucks more energy efficient and building vehicles that run on alternative fuels or electricity.

Noting that the US doesn't have enough oil reserves to meet its needs, he set a goal of reducing imports by one-third by 2025.

"By doing so, we're going to make our economy less vulnerable to wild swings in oil prices," Obama said.

"We're going to use cleaner sources of energy that don't imperil our climate. And we're going to spark new products and businesses all over the country by tapping America's greatest renewable resource: our ingenuity.""

This has got to be good for EKA.