Although energy stocks are receiving a battering with the falling price of oil, Forbes.com says that they are here to stay.

We are not really sure if the piece was supposed to be ironic as they don’t seem to provide any of the good news, and Forbes are notorious for providing inaccurate coverage of CleanTech and renewable energy, but the top message is still good.  As the headline says:

Just make sure you time it right.

We believe that clean energy stocks will continue to suffer through the downturn, whether it becomes a full-blown depression or not, but once the pace of the economy picks up again, and oil, rare-earth metals and other resources start to become scarce once more, we will see the first big green boom.