US President Barack Obama listed energy as one of three critical areas to the nation’s economic future in his first State of the Union address Feb. 24.“We know the country that harnesses the power of clean, renewable energy will lead the 21st century,” Obama said, adding, “Yet it is China that has launched the largest effort in history to make its economy energy efficient. We invented solar technology, but we’ve fallen behind countries like German and Japan in producing it. New plug-in hybrids roll off our assembly lines, but they will run on batteries made in Korea.”Obama told the joint session of the 111th Congress: “Well, I do not accept a futu...