[george bush today on energy] just the words spoken

"Energy is -- look, let me just put it bluntly: We're too dependent on oil. Now, see, low gasoline prices may mask that concern. [I fret that the] low price of gasoline will make . . . us complacent about our future when it comes to energy. I want to tell you that I welcome the low gasoline prices. However, it's not going to dim my enthusiasm for making sure we diversify away from oil. We need to diversify away from oil for economic reasons. We live in a global world. When the demand for oil goes up in China or in India, it causes the price of crude oil to rise. And since we import about 60 percent of the crude oil we use, it causes our price to go up as well, which means the economy becomes less competitive. And then, of course, there's the national security concern for oil. Why? Well, we get oil from some countries that don't particularly care for us. And we will continue to research to make sure America's less dependent on foreign sources of oil. I believe wind power has got the opportunity to help. All we need is to put a couple of windmills right there in Washington, D.C. and we'll be less dependent on foreign sources of energy. Nuclear power is renewable, and there are no greenhouse gases associated with nuclear power. One of the problems we've had is that nobody wants to build any plants. They're afraid of the cost of regulation and the litigious nature that surrounds the construction of nuclear power plants. [Now I have to leave to] get my limousine filled up by hydrogen."