Schwarzenegger on Energy and Environment

Posted By: Nick

 
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke some sense about energy and the environment this weekend, and I can’t imagine his party is very happy with him over this.  I have to give it to the guy, he does what he thinks is right, party politics be damned.  And on this issue, he is dead on.  We need to invest heavily in our energy future and we can’t be fooled by the lie that opening up drilling will have any real effect on oil prices.

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First of all, let me tell you, anyone who tells you that drilling, nuclear power, alternative fuels, fuel cells, solar, all of those things will bring down the price right now is pulling wool over your eyes because we know that all of those will all take at least 10 years.

It’s refreshing to hear anyone speak truthfully about this issue.  We have no solution that will fix things tomorrow.  We’re going to have a tough time with oil prices for a few years or more.  That’s why we need to start addressing this problem right now.