John McCain: Town Hall 04/23/08

John McCain
Town Hall and Press Avail
Inez, KY 04/23/08

TRANSCRIPT:
QUESTIONER: " . . . what can you do as president to release some of the . . . oil in this country? Such as the huge field under North Dakota, South Dakota and part of Montana . . ."

JOHN MCCAIN: "I think part of the problem in that part of the world is the extraction of oil . . . it can be done, it's the cost. Just, by the way, as clean coal technology. We have the technology, but it's very expensive. So we have to get coal gasification and improved technology so that we can trap carbon emissions and we can have clean coal [applause] . . . we're sitting on the world's largest supply of energy in the form of coal but we have to make sure that we can make clean coal technology affordable and available and that's where I would support government research and development to pure research to make progress on coal gasification and coal technology . . . we have to have a careful balance between protection of our environment and exploitation of our natural resources. I respect the view, and support the view of the people of Florida and California who have said, we don't want oil drilling off our shore. That's a decision that I believe states should make those decisions, that I support. I also support the state of Louisiana's decision to have drilling off shore . . . where I frankly am worried most is our lack of progress in nuclear capability . . . the price of oil is probably not going to go down until we become energy independent. [applause] . . . "

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