The lesson of the California energy crisis is really quite simple. If you don't build power plants there will not be enough power to support the expanding economy. Prices for all products, including gasoline, rise steeply when the supply is tight. Environmentalists would prefer to see us cut demand through conservation, but that policy alone just isn't realistic. As our economy grows, more electricity and gas will be needed.
Conservation makes sense, always.
But only a resolute dedication to exploration and construction will allow the future of our country to be as bright as its past. I'm Hugh Hewitt.