we got 1.6 million signatures in 08, when gas prices were up to $4. if we started there, we would be inside the window you are notice describing. natural gas production has gone up 11% since 2008. the price has crashed, from $7.97 a unit, down to under $3. from 2008 to today, it s crashed. if you had exactly the same pattern in oil that you had in natural gas, you would be paying $1.13 a gallon. i am not projecting that. i am not saying you can get there, but that s the direct parallel in the united states with natural gas in the last four years. chris: let me pivot to another subject. there has been a terrible incident this morning, where a u.s. serviceman, apparently walked off his base in southern afghanistan, started firing at civilians and according to some reports, killed as many as 16. your reaction to that, sir?
we got 1,600,000 signatures back in 08 when as you point out gasoline prices were up to $4. if we had started then, we would be inside the window you re now describing. natural gas production has gone up 11% since 2008. the price has crashed from $7.97 a unit to under $3. from 2008 to today, it s crashed. if you had exactly the same pattern in oil that you had in natural gas, you d be paying $1.13 a gallon. i didn t project that. i m not saying you ll get there, but that is literally the direct parallel to what s happened in the united states with natural gas in the last four years. let me pivot to another subject, mr. speaker. there s been a terrible incident which i assume you know about this morning where a u.s. service man apparently walked off his base in southern afghanistan, started firing at civilians and according to some reports, killed as many as 16. your reaction to that, sir.
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