Town Hall Debate - Alternative Energy: How should we deve...

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http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/vidLink.php?b=1223430464&e=1223430581&n=001 MR. BROKAW: Here's a follow-up to that, one-minute discussion. SEN. MCCAIN: Sure. MR. BROKAW: It's a simple question. SEN. MCCAIN: Sure. MR. BROKAW: Should we fund a Manhattan-like Project -- that developed the nuclear bomb -- to deal with global energy and alternative energy? Or should we fund 100,000 garages across America, the kind of industry and innovation that developed Silicon Valley? SEN. MCCAIN: I think pure research and development investment on the part of the -- of the United States government is certainly appropriate. I think once it gets into productive stages that we ought to obviously turn it over to the private sector. By the way, my friends, I, I know you grow a little weary of this back and forth. There was an energy bill on the floor of the Senate loaded down with goodies, billions for the oil companies. And it was sponsored by Bush and Cheney. You know who voted for it? You might never know. That one. You know who voted against it? Me. I have fought time after time against these pork barrel -- these, these, these bills that come to the floor. And they have all kinds of goodies and all kinds of things in them, for everybody, and they buy off the votes. I vote against them, my friends. I vote, I vote against them. But the point is also on oil drilling, oil drilling offshore now is vital, so that we can bridge the gap. We can bridge the gap between imported oil which is, which is a national security issue as well as any other. And it will reduce the price of a barrel of oil, because when people know there's a greater supply, then the cost of t

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