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I say we cant afford not to change how we produce and use energy. because long-term costs to our economy, our national security, and our environment are far greater. so im happy to look at other ideas and approaches from either party. as long as they seriously tackle our addiction to fossil fuels. some have suggested raising efficiency standards in our buildings like we did in our cars and trucks. some believe we should set standards to ensure that more of our electricity comes from wind and sol...

Energy. long-term costs to ourerm coto economy, our national securityur and our environment are far greater. so im happy to look at other ideas and approaches fromon either party as long as they seriously tackle our addiction to fossil fuels. some have suggested raisingn our efficiency standards in our o buildings like we did in cars t. and trucks.f some believe we should set standards to ensure that more of electricity comes from wind win and solar power. others wonder why the energyin ofdustry...

We cant afford those costs right now. i say we cant afford not to change how we produce and use energy, because long term costs to our economy, our national security and our environment are far greater. so im happy to look at other ideas and approaches from either party, as long as they seriously tackle our addiction to fossil fuels. some have suggested raising efficiency standards in our buildings, like we did in our cars and trucks. some believe we should set standards to ensure that more of o...

Finally makes clean energy the profitable kind of energy for americas businesses. now, there are costs associated with this transition. and there are some who believe that we cant afford those costs right now. i say we cant afford not to change how we produce and use energy. because long-term costs to our economy, our national security, and our environment are far greater. so im happy to look at other ideas and approaches from either party. as long as they seriously tackle our addiction to fossi...

Boat. they also managed to take over what the navy is calling a pirate mother ship. and the obama administration set tougher efficiency standards for new vehicles. by 2016 the national average for cars will be 39 miles per gallon for cars, 30 miles per gallon for light trucks, that is well above current standards. each automaker will have a different set of fuel economy goals based on what kind of cars, trucks, and suvs they make. well, we had a rare wildlife visit to the "newsroom" earlier ...

>> i guess where i dispute that is how -- how do we break our dependents on foreign oil when the total available oil in the reserves that were just opened up, according to the eia, if were able to extract all it which may take around ten, 12 years which is 7 billion gallons estimates. consume in a single year in this country. once again the politics of drilling ahead of this summer driving season, are one thing, an argument that this is a comprehensive energy strategy -- or even part of it -- to...

Produce profits. it can either lay off employees or eventually these costs have to be borne by someone and typically it is borne by the consumer. >> reporter: efficiency standards on appliances like refrigerators the forum says will cost more than $25 billion. >> just take a look at fiscal year 2012 when the administration admitted it was the most expensive in the ways they did cost accounting. >> reporter: quote, simply focusing on costs ignores the high net benefits to americans from many regu...