I can't quite put it as eloquently as he did, but he reminded me that we need a national energy policy of which coal needs to be an integral part. Which is a national security concern. It is up to all of us to remind folks that we can safely mine coal and we can cleanly burn it with the right technology. As a matter of fact, the Senator and I, Senator Byrd, were not only talking about the use of technology at home, clean coal technologies here at home, but also being able to have clean coal technology as part of an export policy, so that nations that have not developed like we have will be able to utilize the technologies that have been developed, much of which have been developed right here in the state of West Virginia. The energy situation in the country is very serious.
Demand is greater than supply.
And we can affect demand, and will. We'll work on conservation measures. But we also have got to understand that we need to work on the supply side, Senator, and coal is in abundant supply here in America. And my job and the job of others will be to convince many in the country who don't believe we can have a clean air policy and burn coal at the same time. I believe we can.