Obama Q+A at the 2010 House Republican retreat: on Energy & Oil


Barack Obama: Big promoter of clean coal technology & nukes

Rep. CAPITO: I represent the state of West Virginia. We're resource-rich. We have a lot of coal and a lot of natural gas. But our miners and those who are unemployed are very concerned about some of your policies in these areas: cap and trade, an aggressive EPA, and the looming prospect of higher taxes. In our minds, these are job-killing policies.

Pres. OBAMA: I know that West Virginia struggles with unemployment. That's part of the reason why I've said that we need a comprehensive energy policy that sets us up for a long-term future. For example, nobody has been a bigger promoter of clean coal technology than I am. Testament to that, I ended up being in a whole bunch of advertisements that you guys saw all the time about investing in way for us to burn coal more cleanly. I've said that I'm a promoter of nuclear energy, something that I think over the last 3 decades has been subject to a lot of partisan wrangling & ideological wrangling. I think that that has to be part of our energy mix.

Source: Obama Q&A at 2010 House Republican retreat in Baltimore Jan 29, 2010

Shelley Moore Capito: Cap-and-trade plus aggressive EPA are job-killing

Rep. CAPITO: I represent the state of West Virginia. We're resource-rich. We have a lot of coal and a lot of natural gas. But our miners and those who are unemployed are very concerned about some of your policies in these areas: cap and trade, an aggressive EPA, and the looming prospect of higher taxes. In our minds, these are job-killing policies.

Pres. OBAMA: I know that West Virginia struggles with unemployment. That's part of the reason why I've said that we need a comprehensive energy policy that sets us up for a long-term future. For example, nobody has been a bigger promoter of clean coal technology than I am. Testament to that, I ended up being in a whole bunch of advertisements that you guys saw all the time about investing in way for us to burn coal more cleanly. I've said that I'm a promoter of nuclear energy, something that I think over the last 3 decades has been subject to a lot of partisan wrangling & ideological wrangling. I think that that has to be part of our energy mix.

Source: Obama Q&A at 2010 House Republican retreat in Baltimore Jan 29, 2010

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