the federal government has not been, i don t think has been as negative as some have characterized it. natural gas and oil and hydraulic fracturing, a lot of the 3-d seismic technology used in this got its start in federal labs. the independents that were responsible for the breakthroughs in natural gas fracturing were helped tremendously by a federal subsidy on natural gas production. it was a dollar a million btus at a time when natural gas prices were very low and it s hugely significant. you might think of that as being a better federal policies. it was a subsidy put on when needed and taken off when wasn t needed. there are a number of things goinging on in terms of the federal government now. the president was out in oklahoma just a few months ago encouraging the federal agencies across the board to speed up in permitting processes for infrastructure developments. and, you know, a lot of things are happening, i think, that are much more positive than what you often see
to make new rules to curb greenhouse gas emissions, and so that that s, you know, one part of the coin. the second, we asked a second question. there s a more detailed issue coming up with how to handle pollution and mercury issues at nuclear power plants, and so, again, this question should the congress intervene on this issue, and so we gave the response of the poll three options, one is what the business community wants is let s halt these rules because it could cause increased prices in electricity, could cause rolling blackouts. the second option was what environmentalists want which is just put the rule in place. this is necessary for public health and the public really took the third choice which is, yes, we should keep this rule, but what we really need to do is make more times to make sure that the companies and the businesses can implement the rule without increasing electricity costs or causing blackouts or any of those negative impacts. shane goldmacher, thank
i mean the idea here is that you would price in the long-term environmental of carbon emissions. the market would appropriately price how much fossil fuels are really compromising us. barack obama has supported that, it has not moved in congress after the original passage of waxman markey in house. i don t really know what mitt romney means to do to make us energy secure and energy independent if he doesn t have a plan to get us off oil in the long run. if obama saying that he was forcing the auto industry to change their products. but again t new republic writes that mitt romney s climate protection plan of 2004 included more car pooling, public transport, tax breaks for hybrid vehicle. again, is this another reason why romney never mentions his period as governor, because it literally contradicts everything that he says during the campaign?
a lot of times mitt romney has edged around this as have other are you for cap and trade? i mean the idea here is that you would price in the long-term environmental of carbon emissions. the market would appropriately price how much fossil fuels are really compromising us. barack obama has supported that, it has not moved in congress after the original passage of waxman markey in house. i don t really know what mitt romney means to do to make us energy secure and energy independent if he doesn t have a plan to get us off oil in the long run. if obama saying that he was forcing the auto industry to change their products. but again t new republic writes that mitt romney s climate protection plan of 2004 included more car pooling, public transport, tax breaks for hybrid
no matter who s elected, i predict unemployment is at 6% in four years. if it takes advantage of our natural gas and oil and coal. it is what he s for. education. millions of our kids are getting a third world education. if you re going to talk about education this is the civil rights war of our era. the election will be decided in a dozen battleground states. the president has a narrow lead in three of them. 48% is enough to put the president ahead of romney, in florida, virginia and ohio. the president has been on the attack. he s saying, well i 25 years in the private sector. with a special understanding of how our economy works. he s hoping you don t remember the last time we tried it his way. good evening, i m martin bashir in for lawrence o donnell, tonight on the campaign trail, president obama rallied support in iowa where he pressured mitt romney to explain how bain capital prepared him for the presidency. he doesn t really talk about what h