Statements about Energy
"We have doubled the distance our cars will go on a gallon of gas."
When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, he "stood in front of a coal plant and pointed at it and said, ‘This plant kills.’"
"Oil production is down 14 percent this year on federal land."
"In one year, (President Obama) provided $90 billion in breaks to the green energy world … into solar and wind, to Solyndra and Fisker and Tesla and Ener1."
"After 30 years of inaction, we raised fuel standards so that by the middle of the next decade, cars and trucks will go twice as far on a gallon of gas."
Says Mitt Romney "wants to end tax credits for wind producers."
Says stimulus money went to buy electric cars from Finland as a payback to Obama supporters.
Says Dow Chemical decided to build a plant in Saudi Arabia rather than Oklahoma due to the impact of environmental regulations on the supply of natural gas.
Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as "tens of millions of dollars to build traffic lights in China."
Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as "half a billion to an electric car company that created hundreds of jobs in Finland."
Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as "$1.2 billion to a solar company that's building a plant in Mexico."
In the past three years, "we've added enough new oil and gas pipeline to circle the Earth and then some."
Says oil "production's down where Obama's in charge."
President Barack Obama’s policies have forced "many parts of the country to experience rolling blackouts."
One estimate says there may be "three times as much oil in the United States as there is in Saudi Arabia."
"Right now, American oil production is the highest that it’s been in eight years."
President Barack Obama "put in place historic fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks to lower costs at the pump and reduce dependence on foreign oil."
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