Jay Inslee: “the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young) asked a very important question: Where are the technologies that we can use to…”

“the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young) asked a very important question: Where are the technologies that we can use to avoid having to destroy the character of one of our most pristine areas in America? And the answer is that we have technologies today that we simply stopped using 20 years ago. {time} 1600 If you look at this graph, it shows the mileage of our cars that we have. You see, starting in 1975 it went up dramatically because we had a bipartisan consensus to demand to use existing technologies to improve our automobile efficiency. It went up dramatically, almost doubling, almost doubling by 1985. And then what happened? We fell off the wagon, and since that time, our average full economy shown by this middle line has absolutely, absolutely gone down since 1985. The fact of the matter is, these are not future techno dreams that someone has dreamed up in their garage somewhere; they are technologies that exist today. I drive a car that gets 44 miles to the gallon. I am 6'2", 200 pounds; it is totally safe and comfortable. We need to get back on the fuel efficiency wagon as we were in the 1980s on a bipartisan basis and not put a mustache on the Mona Lisa. You say 2,000 acres? It is still a mustache on the Mona Lisa for our most pristine areas.”