Vernon Ehlers: “Energy, energy, energy, energy. That is all we are hearing these days, especially on the floor of the House. Tomorrow we…”

“Energy, energy, energy, energy. That is all we are hearing these days, especially on the floor of the House. Tomorrow we are going to hear even more, energy, energy, energy, because for the first time in 20 years we will be talking about a new national energy policy. What is the big fuss? Why are we so concerned about this? What is energy? What is it all about? Let me put it in the simplest terms I can. Energy represents the ability to do work and, to put it in even more simple terms, you get up in the morning, you say, oh, I feel full of energy today. That means you have got lots of vim and vigor, you are eager to work. You can do things. Or if you get up and say, oh, I'm really dragging today, it means you do not have much energy. But where do we get our energy, our personal energy? From the food we eat. We may enjoy eating for other reasons, but the basic biological reason for eating is because we need the energy from the food that we eat.”