India need to develop clean energy solution: Obama

Highlighting the importance of reducing dependence on oil, US President Barack Obama has said that India and China, countries having huge population, need to rapidly develop clean energy solutions.

"If everybody is dependent solely on oil, as opposed to energy sources like wind and solar. If we are not able to figure out ways to sequester carbon and that would allow us to use coal in a non-polluting way. If we don't diversify our energy sources, then all of us are going to be in trouble," Obama told reporters on Thursday in response to a question on his meeting with the Saudi King and US' effort to reduce dependence on foreign oil.

"Our goal has to be is to advance a clean-energy solution, in this country, that can strengthen our economy, put people back to work, diversify our energy sources," he said.

"Interestingly enough, you are seeing the Saudis make significant investments, both in their own country and outside of their country, in clean energy as well. I think they (Saudis) recognise that, you know, we have got a finite supply of oil.

There are going to be a whole host of countries, like China and India that have huge populations, need to develop rapidly," Obama said.