The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:
(a) It is essential that the state, in cooperation with the federal government, use all practical and commercially feasible means to promote the prompt and efficient development of energy sources which are renewable or which more efficiently utilize and conserve scarce energy resources.
(b) The promotion of energy sources which reduce the degradation of the environment and which protect the health, welfare, and safety of the people of this state is in the public interest and serves a public purpose.
(c) It is essential that the state, in cooperation with the federal government, use all practical and commercially feasible means to promote the development and commercialization of advanced transportation technologies to conserve energy, reduce air pollution, promote economic development and jobs, and protect the health, welfare, and safety of the people of the state.