Political Quotes

“I just talked to my local school district, who paid $2.80 for gas last year. They have now purchased this winter's gas for $5.40. Last year they paid as high as $12 one month because they had not purchased ahead. When people this winter start paying $10 per thousand for gas, they may think, is it smart to lock up the whole West Coast for gas drilling? Is it smart to lock up the whole East Coast for gas drilling? Is it smart to lock up all of our shoreline except Texas and Louisiana? Those are the only two places I believe they are allowing drilling to happen. Is the environment compromised there? I do not think so. We have the technology to get gas out of the ground today in a very environmental-friendly way. In a country like Norway, they drill all the way around themselves. They do not have their coastlines ruined. They have not ruined their environment. But natural gas is what they use, and I am told they have the model system of drilling offshore. We are going to have to look at all of those things. Prices will force people to take a broader look at this issue, because $10 gas will be painful when we are heating our homes.”