****Heads Up: POTUS Speaks on Energy Security, Live 11am EDT! ****

[Clio the Leo]

"Sure, you can drill here and now if you like." :)

On CSPAN2 and...

http://cspan.org/Watch/C-SPAN2.aspx

http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream1

Audio Only
http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/president-obama-speaks-energy-security

[Clio the Leo]

1. Sec. Salazar up now.

sans hat. ;)

[G_j]

2. **

:puke: !

[Clio the Leo]

3. ....

:nopity:

[Clio the Leo]

4. POTUS up now. NT

[Clio the Leo]

5. New auto emissions standardizes to be finalized tomorrow.

Will save 1.8 billion barrels of oil (missed the time frame.)

[Robb]

7. I suspected this.

[Clio the Leo]

6. describes off shore drilling as a short term solution....

.... meant to tide us over until we can make the complete transition toward renewable sources of energy (efforts to which he had just discussed.)

[Clio the Leo]

8. drilling part of a broader strategy to move us away from dependence on foreign oil...

.... must be done in a way that will stabilize the economy in the short term.

[Clio the Leo]

9. "the answer is not 'drilling everywhere all the time.'" NT

[Clio the Leo]

10. "We can see the mounting evidence of climate change..."

"from coast to coast" (last part paraphrased)

[Blaukraut]

11. He just made a good point

When gas prices are high, everyone is an energy expert, but when they go back down, we go back to our old ways. We bear responsibility, too. Not just when it's convenient, but all the time.

[Clio the Leo]

14. exactly

Where is the GOP with their promises of a gas tax cut? :)

[Clio the Leo]

12. "the nation that leads in clean economy will lead the GLOBAL econcomy." NT

[Clio the Leo]

13. Standing in front of a fighter jet run on biofuels....

... half bio fuels rather.

Will be able to fly at twice the speed of sound.

A "war bird" that runs on clean fuel .... I think he just tore a hole in the political universe. :)

[Clio the Leo]

15. "I'm open to proposals from both sides..."

thus proving incorrect those who had declared an end to the bipartisanship rhetoric.

To those who feel that way, I would not advise holding your breath.

[impik]

16. Here's Obama's biggest problem:

He's decades ahead of the American people. One every matter. He's a 21th century president, leading a nation that is desperately stuck in the 20th.

[G_j]

18. omg

what have you been smoking?

[rosesaylavee]

17. Neither side will be happy with this...

Does anyone know where he was referring to when he spoke of Alaska?

[polichick]

19. Did he tell the truth - that there's not enough to either impact imports or curb prices...

...that there is no U.S. oil market, only a world market and what little they get will be used in China?

Did he mention that this is yet another pre-legislation payoff to corporate interests in the delusional hopes that they'll cooperate?