Editorial: A Carbon Education
August 26, 2008
Nancy Pelosi recently diluted her opposition to offshore drilling, but we’re beginning to wonder if the House Speaker even knows why she opposed increasing domestic energy supplies in the first place.
Ms. Pelosi appeared Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” where Tom Brokaw gently pointed out that the various Democratic alternative energy ambitions are “not going to happen overnight.” Replied Ms. Pelosi: “You can have a transition with natural gas. That, that is cheap, abundant and clean compared to fossil fuels.” Later, she again said that “I believe in natural gas as a clean, cheap alternative to fossil fuels,” and that wind, solar, biofuels and “a focus on natural gas, these are the real alternatives.”
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Posted 26 Aug 2008