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I don't know about the coal interests. but even if he -- the other way to look at it. it takes time. you can't take natural gas and put it into a coal-fired boiler. the natural gas thing is a pretty recent phenomenon. the shale gas, and prices have come down and markets will work. people will start switching to natural gas. it takes time. >> we need government incentives for trucks. they use 25% of imported oil in the country. natural gas is not where we can use it. we need pipelines. >> remember one important thing. nothing we're going to do within any foreseeable period of time will change o...

Meaning state employees drive pre priuses, not suburbans. >> you wouldn't be able to drive in that state. >> i support how your cafe standards -- as tom says, tom, that's one thing we can do. we can conserve right now. maybe we can't figure out how to harness wind and a lot of the other alternative energy sources. we can conserve. >> six years ago we wanted to do a big solar installation at the ranch. to one could do it. four years ago we decided to do it. there were about nine contractors who could do it. they all had a track record. two years ago we put in solar, two houses, heat and water, ...

Worse. for example, let's go with the government deciding a way to improve our lives was in housing. with the community reinvestment act. look this up, please. write it down. community reinvestment act. look it up. it was updated in 1995 to put pressure on the banks -- see if this sounds familiar -- the government, putting pressure on the banks to issue more risky loans so more people could own homes. i don't think any trouble came if that. the federal government now controls, controls 90% of housing finance. last i checked, the housing situation, i think it -- aren't some people saying it's i...

Worse. for example, let's go with the government deciding a way to improve our lives was in housing. with the community reinvestment act. look this up, please. write it down. community reinvestment act. look it up. it was updated in 1995 to put pressure on the banks -- see if this sounds familiar -- the government, putting pressure on the banks to issue more risky loans so more people could own homes. i don't think any trouble came if that. the federal government now controls, controls 90% of housing finance. last i checked, the housing situation, i think it -- aren't some people saying it's i...

Year 2016 models. that will mean fuel efficiency, 10 miles per gallon higher than where we are now. okay? now, the other set of rules, again, i think we've got this right, there is also going to be for the first time ever the rules on co2 emissions from cars, and we'll get those later on. don't know what the standards are going to be but the first time ever the environmental protection agency will impose co2 emission rules on cars. now, that, of course, is the big news that's coming out today. might be rather negative for some of the manufacturers. martha: i was just going to say, we saw that ...