Energy is and important issue in the election because the U.s is having a problem with the petroleum and the petroleum is the most important material, because from the petroleum we have energy for our cars and electrisity. But the U.S.A is without petroleum and is the country that uses the most petroleum in the world, so the president that is going to be have to find a solution for this problem. Both of them have different ideas for this problem Obamas ideas are to find amother form of energy and stop using petroleum, McCain thinks the same but he also want to keep using petroleum and for that he wants not to get petroleum from other countries put to drill here. They wanted to use more of solar energy and other forms of energy and not petroleum. I think Obama idea is the best solution because petroleum is causing pollution in the eath and is bad.