Political Quotes

“I think we all should be applauding the President for raising this issue, because it was not a popular political issue, but it is an issue that needs to be addressed. Because if America is going to grow, and our energy use is growing, but maybe we do not give ourselves enough credit. But while the economy in this country grew 126 percent, energy use grew 30 percent. So we have improved our efficiency, we have done that, very much so. But we need to continue to do so. Now, $10 oil and $1.50 gas a few years ago kind of took our eyes off the ball. It made all other forms of energy noncompetitive. We could not compete with cheap gas and cheap oil. Now, if the prices do not get too high, but stay stably high to where other energies can compete with them, wind and solar and geothermal and fuel cells have a chance of competing in areas, so they can become a bigger factor when they can compete pricewise.”