Obama on Energy Independence, More Than Drilling (Debate 2)

Obama talks about his real plan for energy independence instead of just "drill, baby, drill."

OBAMA: This is one of the biggest challenges of our times.

And it is absolutely critical that we understand this is not just a challenge, it's an opportunity, because if we create a new energy economy, we can create five million new jobs, easily, here in the United States.

It can be an engine that drives us into the future the same way the computer was the engine for economic growth over the last couple of decades.

And we can do it, but we're going to have to make an investment. The same way the computer was originally invented by a bunch of government scientists who were trying to figure out, for defense purposes, how to communicate, we've got to understand that this is a national security issue, as well.

And that's why we've got to make some investments and I've called for investments in solar, wind, geothermal. Contrary to what Sen. McCain keeps on saying, I favor nuclear power as one component of our overall energy mix.

But this is another example where I think it is important to look at the record. Sen. McCain and I actually agree on something. He said a while back that the big problem with energy is that for 30 years, politicians in Washington haven't done anything.

What Sen. McCain doesn't mention is he's been there 26 of them. And during that time, he voted 23 times against alternative fuels, 23 times.

So it's easy to talk about this stuff during a campaign, but it's important for us to understand that it requires a sustained effort from the next president.

One last point I want to make on energy. Sen. McCain talks a lot about drilling, and that's important, but we have three percent of the world's oil reserves and we use 25 percent of the world's oil.

So what that means is that we can't simply drill our way out of the problem. And we're not going to be able to deal with the climate crisis if our only solution is to use more fossil fuels that create global warming.

We're going to have to come up with alternatives, and that means that the United States government is working with the private sector to fund the kind of innovation that we can then export to countries like China that also need energy and are setting up one coal power plant a week.

We've got to make sure that we're giving them the energy that they need or helping them to create the energy that they need.

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[TheVigilandy]

Is it just me, or did anyone else notice that Obama seems to have a pentagram tattoo on the back of his head? It becomes clearly visable at around 2:18.

[hardcorenyc]

Black Pee wee Herman!

[richardcx14]

TOTALLY saw that. wtf.

[nucflashevent]

That's a laugh!

Coming from people who claimed THE EXACT SAME THING regarding anyone who DARED question George W. Bush.

[ScubaSteve1974]

So now he favors nuclear power? Gee, that's news to me!  But I shall follow in the footsteps of the believers of He Who Walks Among Us by not questioning His policies. Dissent is so unpatriotic under Obamunism you know?

[CollegeRingtones]

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