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Discuss. i want to make sure we understand what the natural gas conversation is in this regard. there is, however, a significant unresolved issue with all energy problems. whether the cost of the war or the toxicity into the system because of the burning of oil, et cetera. natural gas is not without its own issues, at the least when it comes to the trust between the national people, the regulators and the industry. and theres enough evidence of breaches in the water tables associated with natura...

Vehicles instead of oil. they were even joined by t. boone pickens, a businessman who made his fortune on oil. but who is out there making the simple point that we cant simply drill our way out of our energy problems. >> how close are we to a real conversation with the natural gas legislation thats proposed this week, with the presidents speech this week directly referencing you, and how close do you feel you are in the scope of what youve been through the past three years? >> were close. but th...

>> a very simple way to get rid of the plutonium is to use it as a fuel in power plants, generate electricity, charge the utilities for the fuel, and make money for the public person instead of just spending it. >> many groups, including the world future council, call for a complete phaseout of nuclear power. quote, nuclear power is neither the answer to modern energy problems nor a panacea for climate change challenges. so, what would replace nuclear? environmentalists argue investing money in ...

Level ofs to deal with thinks energy problems. >> i hope they are, but well see. weve been through crisis after crisis. after the third-party revolution, all this will be different. >> i like it. thank you for joining us over the past few months. thanks, guys. >> thank you. >> i do think personally we can do more. in fact, a lot more. efficiency alone is a frontier -- check out my block today where i outline how we can krael clean in sources, i dont care where you are, industrialists, environmen...

Happened in japan. one is that we have to plan further ahead and not worry about short-term fluctuations which the spr may or may not address. planning for your long-term supply and demand is critical. b, we cannot concentrate on the oil demand in one area of the world. in fact, were getting 35% of our oil from a very narrow geographic region that could suffer its own earthquake, social more of a nature induced and makes us very, very vulnerable and as i said earlier, the future of nuclear energ...

Report by the permanent subcommittee investigations that there was substantial evidence that there may have been a conclusion that the large amount of speculation in the current market significantly increased prices. this was back in 2006. what parts of this dodd-frank are not being implemented that is going to make it so we dont know for sure whats happening today? >> you know, its a really interesting conclusion there, chuck. ive covered the oil industry for probably 15 or 20 years now and eve...

Parties. as long as the corporations, oil companies which dont have the ability to vote in the elections, contribute to both democrats and republicans, we will never have a national effort to solve our energy problems. steve in florida writes for the life of me i just dont understand all of you drain america first people. if we can, we ought to buy and use others oil and buy and save ours. when the rest of the world goes dry or becomes hostile well have plenty. does it matter? isnt the oil take ...

Foreign oil? -- how much more dependent on foreign oil? >> you mentioned my book lights out, i urge you to read it outlines some steps we can take as a country so we are not faced with those tough choices. we have waited too long to make tough choices on energy and that is catching up to us. we are lucky now the worldwide demand has been suppressed due to the recession. it is not good news we have a recession but it has kept the price of oil within a reasonable level. once the economies of the w...

Foreign oil? -- how much more dependent on foreign oil? >> you mentioned my book lights out, i urge you to read it outlines some steps we can take as a country so we are not faced with those tough choices. we have waited too long to make tough choices on energy and that is catching up to us. we are lucky now the worldwide demand has been suppressed due to the recession. it is not good news we have a recession but it has kept the price of oil within a reasonable level. once the economies of the w...

Consider also the stimulus bill. it didnt just throw a lasso around our entire economy, yank and yank it back from the brink, it also pumped about $100 billion into the crumbling embarrassment of our national infrastructure and transportation system. it was the largest investment in infrastructure since ike. for solving our countrys energy problems, something obama has compared to man walking on the moon, it contained about $60 billion in spending and tax incentives for renewable and clean energ...