Matteo Renzi: “That is correct. One of the arguments that we are hearing is that the old oil technology, that old dark industry of the…”

“That is correct. One of the arguments that we are hearing is that the old oil technology, that old dark industry of the past, is going to ruin the environment. And it is a falsehood to think that new technology and lessons learned from the past are not going to be used. The language requires, absolutely requires that the newest and best technology of our oil industry, the American oil industry, be used at ANWR. The gentleman from Utah talked about the ice roads. What we are going to do when we go into ANWR, if we are allowed to drill, if we are allowed to remove those resources and provide for the energy needs of our country, we will build a frozen sheet of ice, many feet thick, in order for the tractors and the vehicles to move in on. So that when in the springtime the ice melts, there will be no impact to the tundra. Absolutely none other than the small areas where the oil is actually extracted. But that small impact has got to be weighed in balance, in a rational balance, with the needs of this Nation and the security of this Nation.”