Posted on 03/03/2012 11:17:55 AM PST by Red Steel
Savannah, Ga. - It's not just Energy Secretary Chu who Newt Gingrich says should be replaced in the administration. The candidate is suggesting Interior Secretary Ken Salazar needs to step down as well.
"If the president would replace Dr. Chu with one of the people who has developed North Dakota Oil and then replace the Secretary of the Interior with one of the people who has developed North Dakota oil, in about 90 days you would have a revolution in developing oil and gas in the United States."
A scattered audience of approximately a hundred people gathered in the sweltering Savannah heat to listen to the former House Speaker deliver a half-hour speech. Polls indicate Gingrich may be widening his lead to double digits in Georgia and the candidate continued his call for President Obama to increase domestic energy production.
To critics who say $2.50 gas is impossible, Gingrich pointed to the price of natural gas, which he said has fallen amid increased domestic production.
"You tell me why it can't happen to oil," he said. "Now, all of our many friends will say, well, you have to understand oil is a world market. True. Natural gas is a world market. Well natural gas is more locally defined. True. How much more locally defined? Twenty percent? Thirty percent? You can't tell me supply doesn't have some impact."
He mocked Obama referring to algae in his Miami energy speech. "Do you know how whacked out you have to be?" Gingrich exclaimed, estimating it would take another 25 years before algae would produce significant amounts of commercially viable energy. "What does the president expect us to do between now and then?"
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Energy secretary Chu should be removed, and his Department should be disbanded
“Do you know how whacked out you have to be?” Gingrich exclaimed, estimating it would take another 25 years before algae would produce significant amounts of commercially viable energy. “What does the president expect us to do between now and then?”
Twenty five years is a WAG, I would say more like if ever!
After all, you would have to be whacked out to concentrate on algae when the worlds supply of crude continues to be discovered in quantities that make the claims of running out seem positively ignorant.
Brilliant!!! Newt!!!
Thats about as good as Your Moon Colony of 1000 Moonnauts in 8 Years!!
How about throwing the entire Obama HUSSEIN Muslim Terrorist Admistration out ASAP!!!
He mocked Obama referring to algae in his Miami energy speech. "Do you know how whacked out you have to be?" Gingrich exclaimed, estimating it would take another 25 years before algae would produce significant amounts of commercially viable energy. "What does the president expect us to do between now and then?"
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