Hence geothermal nuclear, they remain core and important parts of the department of energys technology program. That said, we have seen big fluctuations in Natural Gas Prices, that have come from a variety of sources. That is something that we have to take into account. We look at the importance of price when we look at Public Interest determination. They impact the price on consumers, on manufacturers, and a lot 6 the issues that you heard here on the panel. That is something were focused on. We think it is very important. But over time, as you look at our research and development program, in the area that i manage which deals with throughout the department of energy, we want to make sure were pushing those technologies here in the United States. Thank you again. Thank you madam chair. I thank the witnesses for being here today. Im very pleased to be here, and also to be a cosponsor of senator barrassos bill. Many people think of the shelf as occurring in the western states, like wyom
Could get a green light to produce something make something, move forward with a project in the United States of america pretty quickly. Now were ranked 41st in the world in the dealing with Construction Permit category by the world bank. Were getting worse. Other countries are Getting Better. Germany, Something Like number eight. South korea is Something Like number 12. And capital is flowing to different places around the world and not coming here because of the time it takes to permit something. Yesterday i introduced legislation with senator mccaskill thats bipartisan, thats a balanced approach to how do you get at some of this permitting. Senator king is a cosponsor of that legislation. Hes got an incredible background in this, having been a governor, but also in the private sector dealing with permitting. What i like about this legislation is it doesnt take away d. O. E. s approval authority, but it says you have to do it in 45 days. I appreciate what mr. Smith said about the fac
Militarily and we also have a shorter Attention Span. These are very longterm problems and also americans dont like the word multilateralism. It has too many syllables in it ends and anism but basically its a matter of cooperating and if you look at these issues it will require American Leadership within a system that other countries play a part in. Otherwise i agree with everything both henry and george have said. But i do think short Attention Span and wont see lateral ways of dealing with it. Im sorry mr. Chairman. Not at all. Senator sessions. Thank you all. Its time for us to think about it our role in what our strategy will be and what we can realistically accomplish in the future and the longer ive been around these issues the more or less dreaming i have become. Dr. Kissinger i think im reading world order and i thank you for your contribution to the World Without book. I think you quote bismarck and maybe you can get it correctly. Unhappy as the statesman who is not as happy a
Respectfully ask that we need a real solution that. Thank you thank you. [ applause ] , next speaker, please. Mr. Mayorvsky, is he still here . Is blithe heims here . Is scott wickey here . Is reed bell here . Good afternoon. Hello. I am blithe heims. I am not a transport expert, but i am a financial expert and i will talk about commonsense and calculating risks. I am here to talk about eliminating the liberty stop on the j line. So commonsense dictates that a train comes around a blind corner at a slow rate of speed. I think i heard 3 Miles Per Hour is the law. We calculated the risk that it doesnt come around the corner at that speed and the operator comes around the corner and there is a child or a cat im a cat lover if you are not familiar with the liberty stop its a rightofway stop, that means that the rightofway is the train coming and its definitely not something smaller in front of that. Calculate the risk of that train coming around the corner and hitting that object . Also co
38 ocean beach, and you have heard today about groceries and carrying grocery bags, and its same problem. If you have to transfer on geary, as you do now, its because and you are carrying groceries you should watch people drop their grocery bags and go running after their apples and oranges. Its not much fun. I think that tep has not delivered as well on its promises. Now were looking at fulton and people are excited about fulton. I see by your manner, but doesnt it seem like a contradiction to you, when you talk about trafficcalming and speeding up muni . I mean, putting islands in the middle of the street and putting bulbs out as you have heard is going to make it more difficult for the buses. And i thought that the fulton was a good street and a good bus, except for the stopping at 6th street. I have seen many disgruntled people getting off at 6th. Maybe they only get the happy ones now, but my neighbors tell me that the crowds begins at 30th avenue. If you are taking a bus from the