>> Brian: PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID
TO VISIT A POWER PLANT IN
MASSACHUSETTS TO TALK ABOUT
CLIMATE CHANGE.
WHITE HOUSE SAYS EXECUTIVE
ACTION IS OFF THE TABLE FOR AT
LEAST THIS WEEK.
WELL, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT NEXT
WEEK?
HERE TO REACT FORMER
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY RICK
PERRY.
YOU HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS
DIRECTLY AS SECRETARY OF ENERGY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT
IS GOING TO SAY BESIDES WE ARE
IN A CRISIS NOW?
>> WELL, I DON’T KNOW.
SEEING AND WATCHING THIS
ADMINISTRATION I DON’T THINK
THEY HAVE ANY ORIGINAL IDEAS
ABOUT HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF SOLUTIONS IN
COUNTRY BASED CENTRALLY ON
FOSSIL FUELS.
FOSSIL FUELS HAVE CHANGED MORE
PEOPLE’S LIVES IN A POSITIVE WAY
THAN ANY OTHER SUBSTANCE IN THE WORLD.
WE HAVE GOT SMALL MODULAR
REACTORS.
OUR FEDERAL THEY HAVEN’T --
PERMITTED A NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY
IN LITERALLY DECADES.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR.
OPEN UP OUR OFFSHORE DRILL AND
OUR FEDERAL LAND.
CLEAN AMERICAN ENERGY INTO THE
MIX HERE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
IF YOU DON’T, YOU ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO PUSH COUNTRIES TO GO
BACK TO COAL AND THIRD WORLD
COUNTRIES ARE BASICALLY GOING TO
SAY TO THEM SORRY, YOU ARE JUST
GOING TO DIE.
YOU WILL HAVE TO KEEP USING WOOD
OR COW DUNNING DUNG AND COOK YOU
YOU ARE JUST GOING TO DIE.
>> Brian: ELECTRIC CARS.
6,000 CHARGING STATIONS IN THIS
COUNTRY.
150,000 GAS STATIONS IN THIS
COUNTRY.
ON THE AVERAGE ELECTRIC CAR
COSTS $65,000.
LOW END ACAN I A KIA $40,000.
SUBSIDIES TO THE TUNE OF
$300 BILLION SET ASIDE TO BUY
ELECTRIC CARS THAT ARE GOING TO
BE CHARGED AND ULTIMATELY THOSE
CHARGING STATIONS AND GRIDS ARE
GOING TO BE FUELED BY COAL.
HAS HE THOUGHT THIS OUT?
>> AND DRIVING THE COST OF
ELECTRICITY UP BECAUSE HE IS
GOING TO PUSH MORE AND MORE
SUBSIDIES INTO SOLAR AND WIND
WHICH AT THE END OF THE DAY
CANNOT KEEP THE GRID UP.
YOU HAVE GOT TO HAVE A BASE LOAD
POWER SUPPLY.
EITHER FOSSIL FUELS OR NUCLEAR
TO KEEP YOUR GRID GOING.
I MEAN, SO, PUSHING MORE
INCENTIVES INTO ELECTRIC CARS,
INTO SOLAR, INTO WIND, ALL
THAT’S GOING TO DO AT THE END OF
THE DAY DRIVE UP THE COST OF
ELECTRICITY.
AND WHO GETS HURT WORSE IN THE
PEOPLE THAT CAN’T AFFORD IT.
YOU KNOW, JOHN KERRY, HE DOESN’T
WORRY ABOUT IT HE HAS GOT PLENTY
OF MONEY HE JETS AROUND ON HIS
PRIVATE AIRCRAFT.
>> Brian: GOVERNOR, REAL QUICK,
WEIGH IN ON NUCLEAR ENERGY.
YOU THINK IT’S THE FUTURE?
>> OH, ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK THAT ADVANCED NUCLEAR
REACTORS ARE THE FUTURE.
IF YOU CARE ABOUT THE CLIMATE, I
MEAN, IF IT’S MORE THAN JUST A
THROW AWAY LINE FOR YOU, YOU
HAVE TO SUPPORT SMALL MODULAR
NUCLEAR REACTORS.
THAT’S THE WAY THAT WE ARE GOING
TO ADDRESS THE EMISSIONS ISSUE
IN ANY SUBSTANTIVE WAY.
>> Brian: THERE IS A WAY TO DO
IT SAFER THAN EVER AND WILL
STATES HAVE CONTROL TO MAKE
CHOICES THEMSELVES.
THAT HALLS YOU INTRIGUED.
AND WE HAVE TO HAVE YOU BACK TO
TALK ABOUT THAT, GOVERNOR.
BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT CLEAN BUT
THEY DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT
NATURAL GAS AND NUCLEAR.
I’M NOT SURE WHY.
>> YEAH.
IT’S THE KEY.
I THINK IF YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT
IT.
IF YOU ARE A LEGIT
ENVIRONMENTALISTS.
THOSE ARE TWO THAT YOU HAVE GOT
TO STAND UP AND SAY WE ARE FOR.