taken our eye often ball. we ve got to get in this economic competition to build lithium ion batteries and electric cars and biofuels so we can start building these products here and selling them to china. we ve made a start the first lithium ion battery plant which will replace gasoline is under construction this fall in holland, michigan with laid off american auto workers. that is a vision for this country that is both our destiny and the best hope we have to grow two to three million jobs in the next several years in this country. i think that s what we need to talk about. greta: i hate it is huge, very important. the wildlife. the magnificent mountain range, beautiful. then you have this coastal area. frankly, it is it has some beauty, but that s the area where they want to do the
how many? 15,000. we have about 3,200 freshmen just starring. today was move-in day, day one. tomorrow is move in day, day two. it is a large university, private university, it is has done so well the various rankings it just received a ranking of an a in terms of the seriousness and the rigor of the course work here. but it is a great university with a proud tradition here in texas. so that you for asking. greta: now back to your prior career. you used to be a united states court of appeals judge for the d.c. circuit. sb-10 he 70 injudges handed against governor brewer that the united states part of their request. how is it going to play out in the court of appeals? an appeal has been filed. it has been expedited because an injunction was ended. so we are going to see briefing over the next two
nothing as impactful as we have seen lately. greta: what do your critics object to? they indicated we came on too fast, too large and didn t give people time to adjust. i think they were right. we looked at our relationships, one of the things we want to do is develop a longer term relationship with the communities. we said yep, you are right. we are going to cut back on the number of units. greta: that sounds like a pr issue no, it is not. not in the least. greta: i m not being critical. did they have any genuine ks about what your company was doing? what was the worry? the worry obviously is you talked about. they worry about oil spill, clearly on top of the list. we put too much noise in the water. greta: what happens then? these people are very dependent on mammals it is an
impossible to have the valdez exxon happen again? i would say it is next to i am pop. some of the people the next to i am pop. the people they have operate the people they have operating these tugs are some of best guys in crowley s fleet. they are the cream of the crop. these guys have had tanker experience, barge experience, freight ship experience. a lot of these guys have got unlimited licenses they can sail anywhere in the world. we have the best people available to man and operate these tugs. greta: coming up, both sides of this explosive oil drilling battle here. first the vice president of shell alaska. then a congressman who has been to anwr, tan a look and opposes drilling there. on another topic, you know things are going to be weird when rush limbaugh and harry reid are both squaring off with speaker pelosi.
even in seen in the gulf of mexico have not been evident here. we just talked about our response plan in place from the beginning. the work we ve done on environmental impacts the work that [ inaudible ] looking at environmental assessments. greta: when would you expect your drill to be up and running? we ve got a short drilling season here. we can drill in open water from the 15th of july to the 31st of october. greta: that s it? that s it. greta: what happens to the rest of the year? any spills, leaks? not a spill, not a leak. greta: never at shell? in the long history, 100 years, of course. greta: in the last 20 years? one of the best players in the industry. greta: in 20 years you haven t had a spill or leak? we ve had spills but we ve cleaned them up.