Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.
Sustainable energy is the equivalent of the U.S. moon shot.
If I were emperor of the world, I would put the pedal to the floor on energy efficiency and conservation for the next decade.
What the American family does not want is to pay an increasing fraction of their budget, their precious dollars, for energy costs.
Coal is my worst nightmare.
A cap and trade bill will likely increase the costs of electricity. . . . These costs will be passed on to the consumers. But the issue is, how does it actually...how do we interact in terms with the rest of the world? If other countries don't impose a cost on carbon, then we would be at a disadvantage. . . . We should look at considering duties that would offset that cost.
Since I walked in the door as secretary of energy, I've been doing everything in our powers to do what we can to reduce these gas prices. ... So, of course we don't want the price of gasoline to go up; we want it to go down.
