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Quote:	Hillary Clinton on Energy 1/15/2008	View Quote
Published:	1/15/2008	View Person
Submitted by:	Frank K 222 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: I have been consistently against Yucca Mountain. I held a hearing in the Environment Committee, the first that we’ve had in some time, looking at all the reasons why Yucca Mountain is not workable. The science does not support it. We do have to figure out what to do with nuclear waste.

Quote:	Barack Obama on Energy 1/15/2008	View Quote
Published:	1/15/2008	View Person
Submitted by:	Frank K 222 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: I will end the notion of Yucca Mountain because it has not been based on the sort of sound science that can assure the people in Nevada that they’re going to be safe. And that, I think, was a mistake.

Quote:	Barack Obama on Energy 1/15/2008	View Quote
Published:	1/15/2008	View Person
Submitted by:	Frank K 222 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: The reason I voted for it [the energy bill] was because it was the single largest investment in clean energy — solar, wind, biodiesel — that we had ever seen. If we are going to deal with our dependence on foreign oil, then we’re going to have to ramp up how we’re producing energy here in the United States.

Quote:	Hillary Clinton on Energy 1/15/2008	View Quote
Published:	1/15/2008	View Person
Submitted by:	Frank K 222 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: I have a comprehensive energy plan. It does not rely on nuclear power. We should not be siting any more coal-powered plants unless they can have the most modern, clean technology. And I want big demonstration projects to figure out how we would capture and sequester carbon. This is going to take a massive effort. This should be our Apollo moon shot.

Quote:	Hillary Clinton on Energy 1/15/2008	View Quote
Published:	1/15/2008	View Person
Submitted by:	Frank K 222 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: That 2005 energy bill was big step backwards on the path to clean, renewable energy. That’s why I voted against it. That’s why I’m standing for the proposition — let’s take away the giveaways that were given to gas and oil, put them to work on solar and wind and geothermal and biofuels and all the rest that we need for a new energy future.

Quote:	John McCain on Nuclear Energy 12/4/2007	View Quote
Published:	12/4/2007	View Person
Submitted by:	Frank K 231 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: How can you possibly talk about alternative energy sources without nuclear power? It can have a real impact on decreasing greenhouse gases.

Quote:	John McCain on Nuclear Energy 12/4/2007	View Quote
Published:	12/4/2007	View Person
Submitted by:	Frank K 231 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: We can do storage or reprocessing [about the issue of disposing of spent nuclear fuel rods]. Look at what the French and other industrialized countries are doing. It's not a matter of technology, but leadership, and the American people can be convinced this is one of the smart routes to take.

Quote:	Hillary Clinton on Energy 11/7/2007	View Quote
Published:	11/7/2007	View Person
Submitted by:	Frank K 222 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: I happily support corn ethanol, all forms of ethanol, research for cellulosic ethanol, biodiesel.

Quote:	Hillary Clinton on Energy 8/9/2007	View Quote
Published:	8/9/2007	View Person
Submitted by:	Frank K 224 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: Until we can figure out what to do with the waste and overcome the political objections, we should not be putting a heavy emphasis on nuclear.

Quote:	John Edwards on Energy 7/23/2007	View Quote
Published:	7/23/2007	View Person
Submitted by:	Frank K 224 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: I do not favor nuclear power. We haven't built a nuclear power plant in decades in this country. There is a reason for that. The reason is it is extremely costly. It takes an enormous amount of time to get one planned, developed and built. And we still don't have a safe way to dispose of the nuclear waste.

Quote:	Ralph Nader on Energy 7/21/2007	View Quote
Published:	7/21/2007	View Person
Submitted by:	Frank K 221 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: Here they go again. After thirty years without a firm order, the atomic power companies are pushing their radioactive, costly technology for a comeback on the backs of you the taxpayers. The old argument in the Seventies was that nuclear powered electricity would reduce our dependence on foreign oil. With only three percent of our electricity coming from burning petroleum, the pro-nuke lobby is now jumping on the global warming bandwagon.

Quote:	John McCain on Biofuels 4/13/2006	View Quote
Published:	4/13/2006	View Person
Submitted by:	Frank K 231 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: I was and remain opposed to subsidies. If ethanol is a viable option, it can compete, as it certainly can with $70-a-barrel oil. I think it ought to be something that ought to be carefully examined.

Quote:	Barack Obama on Fossil Fuels 4/3/2006	View Quote
Published:	4/3/2006	View Person
Submitted by:	Frank K 231 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril. There may still be disputes about exactly how much we're contributing to the warming of the earth's atmosphere and how much is naturally occurring, but what we can be scientifically certain of is that our continued use of fossil fuels is pushing us to a point of no return.

Quote:	Barack Obama on Biofuels 4/3/2006	View Quote
Published:	4/3/2006	View Person
Submitted by:	Frank K 231 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: The challenge we face with these biofuels is getting them out of the labs, out of the farms, and onto the wider commercial market.

Quote:	Barack Obama on Fossil Fuels 4/3/2006	View Quote
Published:	4/3/2006	View Person
Submitted by:	Frank K 231 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: Any strategy for reducing carbon emissions must also deal with coal, which is actually the most abundant source of energy in this country. To keep using this fossil fuel, I believe we need to invest in the kind of advanced coal technology that will keep our air cleaner while still keeping our coal mines in business.

Quote:	Ralph Nader on Energy 6/3/2005	View Quote
Published:	6/3/2005	View Person
Submitted by:	Frank K 222 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: What of solar? Ninety five percent of the tax dollars and subsidies in current energy legislation are slated for the polluters while only five percent goes to energy efficiency and renewable technologies like geothermal and solar power. Big Business plunders while the people sleep.

Quote:	Ralph Nader on Energy 6/3/2005	View Quote
Published:	6/3/2005	View Person
Submitted by:	Frank K 222 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: Ten years ago Japan's solar electricity output was less than half that of the U.S.A. Now Japan is looking to bigger export markets for solar and is 50 percent of their domestic electricity from solar power by 2030, giving new meaning to the "land of the rising sun."

Quote:	Barack Obama on Nuclear Energy 5/26/2005	View Quote
Published:	5/26/2005	View Person
Submitted by:	Frank K 231 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: As Congress considers policies to address air quality and the deleterious effects of carbon emissions on the global ecosystem, it is reasonable – and realistic – for nuclear power to remain on the table for consideration. Illinois has 11 nuclear power plants – the most of any State in the country – and nuclear power provides more than half of Illinois’ electricity needs.

Quote:	Arnold Schwarzenegger on Energy 2/28/2005	View Quote
Published:	2/28/2005	View Person
Submitted by:	Frank K 221 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: Today, in California where we are famous for the sun, we are going to put the positive benefits of that sun to good use. Through the 'Million Solar Roofs Initiative' and the willingness of the building community to join us in this effort, we will succeed in providing a stable alternative source of energy."

Quote:	Arnold Schwarzenegger on Energy 9/26/2003	View Quote
Published:	9/26/2003	View Person
Submitted by:	Frank K 221 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: I would sign an executive order to ensure that California has a network of [hydrogen fueling] stations in place to allow motorists to fuel cars with hydrogen by the year 2010, with fueling stations every 20 miles on California's major interstate highways.

Quote:	Hillary Clinton on Energy 4/1/2002	View Quote
Published:	4/1/2002	View Person
Submitted by:	Frank K 222 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: We are providing a single industry [ethanol] with a guaranteed market for its products -- subsidies on top of subsidies on top of subsidies and, on top of that, protection from liability. What a sweetheart deal.

Quote:	John McCain on Biofuels 12/13/1999	View Quote
Published:	12/13/1999	View Person
Submitted by:	Frank K 231 days ago	View Comments (0)
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Quote Details: I’m here to tell you that I want to tell you the things that you don’t want to hear as well as the things you want to hear. And one of those is ethanol. Ethanol is not worth it. It does not help the consumer. And those ethanol subsidies should be phased out and everybody here on this stage, if it wasn’t for the fact that Iowa is the first caucus state, would share my view that we don’t need ethanol subsidies. It doesn’t help anybody.