How much do Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper (who seeks to succeed him as governor) agree or differ on energy policy?

See what they said about each other at the recent Sustainable Industries Economic Forum in Denver…

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUV8tn5AEa8

HICKENLOOPER: “Before I get started I want to recognize our great governor, Bill Ritter over there, because he’s done more to do, to mold public sentiment, in terms of his ability to…This week he officially named Colorado, our renewable energy standard, the highest in the Rocky Mountains, the second highest in the United States. That brand, what people think about when they hear the word ‘Colorado’ is critically important to our, to the future of our economy, to the quality of life, to the choices that our children and grandchildren will have. And certainly I think one of his legacies will be that Colorado is now associated with the new energy economy. We are one of the leaders, really, on the vanguard of how these transformations are going to take place.”

RITTER: “I would just acknowledge that the mayor said some very nice things about me, but back at him. He has been a great partner. He was elected in 2003. I wasn’t elected governor [until 2006]. I started serving in 2007. But in that time frame we’ve had, clearly, a synergy in how we think about sustainability and how we think about energy issues. And to have the mayor of the largest city in the state thinking in the same way in how we move forward and how we make progress has been very helpful.”