Richard Lugar actually said...

"Isn't the urgency of this such that a more dramatic push is really in the national interest?"

"about half of our substantial military budget goes, one way or another, to protecting our oil trade"

"We must take whatever actions are necessary to reduce our dependence on foreign oil."

"The Ball State geothermal project provides a practical, real-world example of how large-scale alternative-energy projects are now economically viable today."