By George Shears

The America Clean Energy and Security (ACES) bill was recently passed in the U.S. House of Representatives by a very narrow margin and now faces what is likely to be an even more challenging uphill battle for passage in the U.S. Senate.

One major concern voiced by those who are opposed to the passage of this bill is that it will roll back oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear and bio-fuels, resulting in less energy and, therefore, continued dependence on foreign oil.

Two other major objections are that it will markedly increase energy and utility costs and that it will send manufacturing jobs overseas, contributing to even higher unemployment than exists now.

The following video, however, lays out a highly compelling and diametrically opposite interpretation. It shows, in fact, how this landmark legislation offers an elegant and relatively rapid way to switch to clean energy while simultaneously creating around 2 million new jobs. As a means of ushering in the new “Industrial Green Revolution,” this highly innovative plan has many other important benefits as well.

The main presenter in this video, Van Jones, is the founder of Green for All and is currently the Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality.

He is also a TIME Magazine 2008 Environmental Hero, and NY Times Bestselling author of The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Solve Our Two Biggest Problems (Harper One 2008). This book has been endorsed by Al Gore, Tom Daschle and Nancy Pelosi.

The simple new paradigm that Van Jones presents in this video is very down to earth and realistic. At the same time, it is truly transformative in its scope and offers some much needed hope for our collective future.