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Tom Carper: “I want to reflect on what Senator Chambliss just spoke about with respect to energy. There are a wide variety of things…”

On the recordJune 18, 2008
I want to reflect on what Senator Chambliss just spoke about with respect to energy. There are a wide variety of things we need to do: create biofuels, conserve energy. I think we need to incentivize a greater reliance on alternative and renewable forms of energy, including solar, wind, and geothermal. I believe we need to incentivize--and we are incentivizing--a new generation of nuclear powerplants in this country. Nine applications are in. We expect another 30 or so over the next couple of years, a wide variety of things: plug-in hybrid vehicles, very low emission diesel engines, and the list goes on and on. We do not need any one of them. We, frankly, need to do almost all of them.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Discussing the need for diverse energy solutions and renewable energy incentives.

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