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Lee Terry: “So just what we know, 50 to 100 years, and, by the way, I understand one of our largest pockets of natural gas that is…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2007
So just what we know, 50 to 100 years, and, by the way, I understand one of our largest pockets of natural gas that is in Wyoming was made into a Federal monument or a park, making it federally illegal to even drill there. So that is what happens when we find new pockets. We rule them off limits. That just astounds me that we have got that much. And when we are talking about securing our future, wanting to become independent, the other side and us are worried about global warming. And this is a clean fuel. You have stressed it. It is a clean fuel, which is why the policies that we are seeing are moving electrical generations towards natural gas. It makes no sense to me that we won't increase supply at the same time.
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Lee Terry
Nebraska

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Discussing the implications of federal regulations on natural gas drilling and energy independence.

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