"Toward a clean energy future" - C. Boyden Gray

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From dyn.politico.com

"Despite all the rhetoric in recent years, little has been done to address the nation’s energy problems. To get oil, we still send hundreds of billions of dollars of U.S. wealth annually to nations that are not friendly toward us."

"... we need a bridge to a future where our nation’s energy needs are supplied by a mix of lower-emission resources, like cars and trucks powered by clean alternative fuels, including electrification. That affordable bridge is natural gas.

Natural gas, which already generates 23 percent of our electricity, is cleaner than energy sources like oil or coal, which generate deadly fine particle pollution. Natural gas emits nearly 50 percent less carbon dioxide, with almost no sulfur dioxide, particulates or mercury.

New, abundant supplies of natural gas have been found domestically, so it can be the first step toward a new era in which energy generation and use in transportation are homegrown, cheaper and safer."

"Energy security is the most important issue of my generation. It holds future generations in the balance across so many levels. Now is the time to act — for the sake of national security, public health and economic prosperity. Let a new, cleaner energy economy allow America to become a leader in innovation yet again."

- C. Boyden Gray, who served as White House counsel to President George H.W. Bush and as an adviser on energy policy.