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Battery technology is reinventing itself almost every six months -- toward developing more power for longer periods of time.

When has the internal combustion engine last reinvented itself?

Wind Power is emerging as a homegrown American industry. Right now the wind industry is actively hiring technicians to work on windmills - a job which pays six figures a year. In Cali, they can't educate and employ enough people to keep up with the industry's demand. Community and Trade and Tech Colleges are now offering classes in windmill technology and upkeep.

Rep. Richard Shelby has often said sustainable energy is the one true industry that can benefit America. In short, what's green and sustainable cannot necessarily be exported to other countries - like American jobs.

Los Angeles is rapidly emerging to be the greenest million + population cities on Earth. Except for emergency response vehicles, mostly police cars and motorcycles, LA will no longer purchase anything more polluting than clean-burning diesel. The non-emergency city transport fleet is entirely hybrid.

San Pedro dock is slowly converting their hostler tractors to battery power - the trucks are built locally in Santa Ana by a company named Balqon.

No new public structures can be built within L.A. unless they are LEED certified. Millions of dollars are now being saved with less fuel costs and use of recycled building materials. At date, 51 LEED certified Green structures are being built in L.A., which puts a lot of people to work. And that's just L.A.

Solar power still appears to be one of the more popular additions to new home construction in L.A.

So, Green is an industry in its infancy that already employs Americans and manufacturers machinery that creates clean energy. Yeah, it's not quite at the $20 billion a year industry level Clinton projected about ten years ago. but this is a start.

I'm just sayin'...