Nancy Pelosi's natural gas

Wall Street Journal:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s message on energy, already evolving in recent weeks, might have to evolve a little more.

On NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, the speaker twice seemed to suggest that natural gas – an energy source she favors – is not a fossil fuel.

“I believe in natural gas as a clean, cheap alternative to fossil fuels,” she said at one point. Natural gas “is cheap, abundant and clean compared to fossil fuels,” she said at another.

The speaker apparently was trying to contrast her support for expanded use of natural gas as a motor-vehicle fuel, and many Republicans’ preference for more domestic oil drilling — particularly through opening up more of the Outer Continental Shelf for exploration.

But according to naturalgas.org, an educational Web site maintained by the Natural Gas Supply Association, “natural gas is the cleanest of all the fossil fuels.”

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Her ignorance on energy seems unbounded. If she were really interested in natural gas she would not be opposed to offshore drilling because there is estimated to be several trillion cubic feet of natural gas that could be recovered from areas that are now restricted.

I am sure Rush Limbaugh will have this sound bite cued and ready for his show Monday if he can work it in with all the goofy stuff Obama and Biden have said this weekend too. The Republican House members who have been pushing the drilling debate should also make good use of this sound bite.

Whether the rest of the media will followup is doubtful. Democrat gaffe's seem to have a short to non existent shelf life.

Comments

  1. Nathan Mallonee12:23 PM

    This article might shed a little light on why Pelosi is so keen on natural gas:

    http://www.therelevantelephant.com/blog/entry/nancy_goes_natural

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