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We invested in seven and development and commercialization. we invested in battery technologies, we are interested in figuring out how we can improve efficiency across the system, both in buildings and transportation sectors and you name it, we're all about increasing energy efficiency and finding new renewable clean sources of energy. it's one of my highest priorities and i think it's got to be one of our highest strategic priorities as an economy. it has the potential to be an enormous growth industry. here's the challenge that we have. we don't yet have the technological breakthroughs that ...

Than energy. because the recovery act -- of the recovery act we've finally jump started the clean energy industry in america and made possible 200,000 jobs in the clean energy and construction sectors. let's take one example. consider the investments that we have made in the kind of batteries used in hybrid and electric cars. you have heard about these. before the recovery act was signed, 98% of the world's advanced battery production was done in asian countries. the united states sid did less than 2% of the advanced battery manufacturing that will be the key to these high-mileage low-emission...

Energy sectors. take one example. consider the investment we've made in the kind of batteries used in hybrid and electric cars. you've heard about these. okay. before the recovery act was signed, 98% of the world's advanced battery production was done in asian countries. the united states did less than 2%. of this advanced battery manufacturing that's going to be the key to these high-mileage, low-emission cars. then we invested in new research in battery technologies. and supported the construction of 20 battery factories that will employ tens of thousands of americans. factories that can mak...