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tomorrow. charles: the rules are going to change. he promised he would change the rules. who would invest in that environment. sandra: and this is jen granholm to bring prices down. the only way out of the boom and bust cycles is to break that sole reliance, diversifying our fuel sources by deploying clean energy. sandra: she maintains the only way out is clean energy. finish with this and quick thought on it, charles. this is the energy industry pleading with the president, inviting him to visit u.s. energy sites ahead of going to saudi arabia to ask for help. before you board air force one for the middle east we hope you will consider taking another look at made in america energy. u.s. energy reserves, produced to among the highest environmental standards in the world, are theens an in the global quest for reliable energy supplies. that s not what s happening. he s not going to visit those
energy secretary say this. i will play the soundbite. bret: okay. there is some nice pictures but the energy secretary said this. hold on. our nation remains overly reliant on oil and fossil fuels. we will feel these price shocks again. the only way out of these boom and bust cycles is to break that sole reliance and that means diversifying our fuel sources by deploying clean energy. bret: aren t they saying really what the goal is there? it is a goal. it s a long-term goal, bret. we have 2 million a little more than 2 million electric vehicles on the road. 270 million vehicles. that s the fleet you have to replace. that s a 20-year process at best. that s not a tomorrow solution. bret: okay. kevin, as always thank you. thanks for having me.
but i do think one of the other things, and you talk about inflation, i think- that is the really big thing. everyone in the west hopes, hopefully, in six to nine - months, maybe a year, l we ll get some resolution and everything will go back to normal, but i think- the reality is it will never again in our lifetime be i considered to be acceptable, strategically or politically, i to be that reliant on russianl fuel sources, and that means huge investment in renewables, finding other fuel sources. - that means these energy prices we see are notjust a blip - or a spike, this is a step change in energy costs for western economies which will take years i and will take huge amounts. of money out of the economy, so i think the economic ramifications of this - are pretty long term. i want to pick up on that. part of the conversations that the world has been having about the energy transition and need to transition,
one thing russia would consider a victory is they have managed i to split the european union on their approach to how. they re going to deal. with this gas problem. some people say they ll pay in roubles, some i people say they would not, so they ve managed to - put a crack in that. the sanctions are very damaging to the russian economy, - you could see output fall 15 20% there. i but i don t think enough in the short term to - deter vladimir putin in his endeavours. l but i do think one of the other things, and you talk about inflation, i think- that is the really big thing. everyone in the west hopes, hopefully, in six to nine - months, maybe a year, l we ll get some resolution and everything will go back to normal, but i think- the reality is it will never again in our lifetime be i considered to be acceptable, strategically or politically, i to be that reliant on russianl fuel sources, and that means huge investment in renewables, finding other fuel sources. - that means these ene