Part 2: CEO Schmidt says green push is in company's best interest Google's push to convince the U.S. government to subsidize renewable energy sources is designed to reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions and its dependence on foreign oil in the next two decades.That's good for the general population, as CEO Eric Schmidt said during a question and answer session after his speech to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco."Why not work on the important problems of the world." But what about for Google's interest? Schmidt made it clear this week that while the company wants to make a difference globally, bringing down the cost of energy is also in Google's best interest. "Clearly, it's in our interest to save money, and to get prices down. We're a big end-user" of electricity, ... [ Read more ]