John Hansen: “let me point out that for 8 years we have just kind of been Moses in the desert wandering, trying to find out where we…”

“let me point out that for 8 years we have just kind of been Moses in the desert wandering, trying to find out where we are going on this thing. I think Mr. Richardson, who is the Secretary of Energy, made an interesting statement when he said, for 8 years we have not had a policy, and now it is about time that we started putting one together. So for 8 years we have kind of wandered around wondering where we were going. In fact, if we did anything, we ruined a lot of areas because of monuments that were not thought out and things along that order. Vice President Cheney was given the assignment to work on the energy program and did a very commendable job. I read it very carefully and, in my opinion, if there is one word that would explain what the present administration has come up with, it is the word ``realistic.'' They came up with a realistic program on how to face some of these things. Now, I enjoy hearing my colleagues talk about all of these wonderful things that are going to happen and how it is going to come together, but when we get right down to it, in all honesty, what is ``going to happen'' is not there.”