Future of U.S. Energy Policy

Sep 9, 2008

National Press Club | Luncheon Speech

Shirley Ann Jackson, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, talked about U.S. energy security, programs to stimulate energy innovation and job growth, and protect the environment. She also talked about creating an energy action plan for the next presidential administration and ways to improve workforce development in the energy .. Read More
Shirley Ann Jackson, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, talked about U.S. energy security, programs to stimulate energy innovation and job growth, and protect the environment. She also talked about creating an energy action plan for the next presidential administration and ways to improve workforce development in the energy industries. She responded to questions from the audience.

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00:02:42 Unidentified Speaker PUBLIC OPINION POLLS THIS YEAR FIND AMERICANS FAR MORE CONCERNED ABOUT ENERGY AND GAS PRICES EVEN...
00:06:09 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, MISS SMITH, FOR THAT WARM INTRODUCTION. GOOD AFTERNOON. WHEN A GREAT NATION FACES GREAT...
00:28:34 Unidentified Speaker ON YOUR LAST POINT, IS THERE ONE THING THAT THE NEXT PRESIDENT COULD DO TO SIGNAL TO THE COUNTRY THAT...
00:28:52 Unidentified Speaker WELL, MANY PEOPLE SAY -- AND I AGREE -- THAT ENERGY USE AVOIDED IS ENERGY GAINED. FEDERAL PROCUREMENT...
00:29:20 Unidentified Speaker SO ON THAT POINT THE GOVERNMENT COULD SAY, WE'RE ONLY DEALING WITH BUSINESSES THAT MEET SOME ENERGY...
00:29:40 Unidentified Speaker WELL, YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNMENT BUILDS BUILDINGS. CONTRACTORS COULD BE ASKED TO MEET CERTAIN BUILDING...
00:30:07 Unidentified Speaker SO IF THE REPORTERS IN THE ROOM ARE GOING TO BE INTERVIEWING THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, WHAT THREE...
00:30:24 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S A QUESTION.
00:30:27 Unidentified Speaker WHAT ARE TWO OTHERS? [LAUGHTER]
00:30:31 Unidentified Speaker ARE YOU GOING TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD IN A TRUE WAY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY FROM MULTIPLE...
00:31:11 Unidentified Speaker WHEN YOU SAY LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE SUBSIDIES THAT ARE PROVIDED FOR ETHANOL?...
00:31:22 Unidentified Speaker YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SUBS DISTHAT ARE INHERENTLY IN ANY NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ARENAS. THEY ARE LOAN GUARANTEES...
00:31:40 Unidentified Speaker PLEASE DO.
00:31:43 Unidentified Speaker TO POINT A FINGER AT. [LAUGHTER]
00:31:45 Unidentified Speaker I'LL PICK ONE THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE ENERGY MIX WHICH COMES FROM MY OWN BACKGROUND. I THINK...
00:32:47 Unidentified Speaker WE HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS WHO HAVE ASKED ABOUT NUCLEAR POWER ALONG THESE LINES. WHY HAVEN'T AMERICANS...
00:33:01 Unidentified Speaker WELL, OTHER COUNTRIES IN MANY WAYS HAVE HAD LESS OPTIONS, FEWER OPTIONS THAN THE U.S. HAS HAD, LESS...
00:35:50 Unidentified Speaker LET ME ANSWER THE LAST PART OF YOUR QUESTION FIRST. HAVING BEEN A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL AND HAVING RUN...
00:37:03 Unidentified Speaker MAYBE YOU COULD SHOW US HOW THAT KIND OF CONSENSUS CAN BE REACHED OR OVERCOME WITH AN ILLUSTRATION...
00:37:23 Unidentified Speaker WELL, WE AGREE ON SO MUCH. [LAUGHTER]
00:37:27 Unidentified Speaker AND I THINK WE'VE LAID OUT A CONSENSUS DOCUMENT THAT ACTUALLY COVERS A BROAD RANGE. AND THE VERY FACT...
00:38:06 Unidentified Speaker A CONFER SAYS, IF NUCLEAR POWER IS REALLY GOING TO BE PART OF THE NEXT ENERGY PLAN, WHAT CAN BE DONE...
00:38:28 Unidentified Speaker IF THERE IS NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION, BASED ON FISSION, NUCLEAR CYCLE, THERE WILL BE NUCLEAR WASTE,...
00:40:43 Unidentified Speaker DO YOU AGREE WITH THE NRC'S ASSESSMENT THAT THE SPENT FUEL CAN SAFELY BE STORED ONSITE FOR THAT LONG...
00:40:57 Unidentified Speaker YES. I BELIEVE THAT IT CAN BE. WE ACTUALLY CONSTANTLY REVISITED THE WASTE CONFIDENCE DECISION WHEN...
00:41:22 Unidentified Speaker AMERICA'S ELECTRICAL GRID DATES FROM THE 1940s, WHAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE TO THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE...
00:41:34 Unidentified Speaker WELL, IN THE SHORT AND IMMEDIATE TERM, WE ACTUALLY NEED TO INCREASE THE DENSITY OF HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION...
00:43:05 Unidentified Speaker AND THE INTEROPERABILITY, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT ONLY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN STEP IN TO REQUIRE...
00:43:20 Unidentified Speaker TYPICALLY, FERC HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR LONG-RANGE -- THE FEDERAL REGULATORY AGENCY COMMISSION,...
00:43:58 Unidentified Speaker THE QUESTIONER SAYS, DO YOU ENDORSE A CARBON TAX? DO YOU ENDORSE A TEN-YEAR GOAL OF ENERGY INDEPENDENCE?...
00:44:16 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I THINK WHERE ONE IS TALKING ABOUT A CARBON TAX OR A CAP AND TRADE OR SOME OTHER KIND OF TRADING...
00:45:16 Unidentified Speaker WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE IDEA OF TAKING THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF THE U.S. AG SUBSIDIES AND SAYING ANYBODY...
00:45:34 Unidentified Speaker WELL, IN FACT, THINGS LIKE THAT ARE HAPPENING NOW IN THE SENSE THAT -- THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS AND COMPANIES...
00:46:19 Unidentified Speaker HOW SHOULD AMERICANS BEHAVE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS TO WORK TOWARD ENERGY SECURITY? AND SHOULD DEVELOPERS...
00:46:31 Unidentified Speaker YES. [LAUGHTER]
00:46:36 Unidentified Speaker YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN AREA CALLED BUILT ECOLOGY WHICH WE HAPPEN TO HAVE A FOCUS IN AT THE POLYTECHNIC...
00:47:43 Unidentified Speaker SPEAKING OF THE COUNCIL, IT'S A LARGELY BUSINESS-ORIENTED ORGANIZATION. WHAT HAS IT DONE TO EDUCATE...
00:47:54 Unidentified Speaker WELL, IT'S DONE A LOT. I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, THE INITIATIVE ITSELF HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER, AS WE INDICATED,...
00:48:54 Unidentified Speaker IF INDEED THERE IS A LOT GOING ON, HOW COME WE SEE SO FEW E85 TANKS IN THE COUNTRY?
00:49:05 Unidentified Speaker E85 IS ONE THING. AND AS I SAID AT THE OUTSET, THIS IS A COMPLEX ISSUE. AND IT REQUIRES A COMPLEXITY...
00:49:32 Unidentified Speaker A QUESTION SENT IN WAS AMERICANS COULD SAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF GAS BY TELECOMMUTING. HOW AMENABLE...
00:49:46 Unidentified Speaker I CAN'T GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC NUMBER IN TERMS OF HOW MANY BUT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT FOR YOU. BUT, IN FACT,...
00:51:05 Unidentified Speaker IF AMERICAN COMPANIES IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE FUEL STANDARDS IN THE LONG RUN, HOW WILL COMPANIES STAY...
00:51:15 Unidentified Speaker WELL, IT TURNS OUT THAT A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES AND COMPANIES THAT EMANATE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES ALREADY...
00:52:06 Unidentified Speaker THE QUESTION SAYS, IF EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT RENEWABLES, WHY IS CONGRESS RELUCTANT TO PASS AN EXTENSION...
00:52:26 Unidentified Speaker I NEVER ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY CONGRESS DOES OR DOES NOT DO CERTAIN THINGS. [LAUGHTER]
00:52:34 Unidentified Speaker HOW ABOUT A LITTLE SPECULATION?
00:52:36 Unidentified Speaker WELL, AT THE MOMENT, CONGRESS PROBABLY HAS OTHER THINGS ON ITS MIND WITH ITS MEMBERS WORKING TO BE...
00:53:27 Unidentified Speaker THE QUESTION SAYS, LAST YEAR PRESIDENT BUSH SIGNED THE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY ACT, WHICH...
00:53:52 Unidentified Speaker AS I SAID, I CAN'T SPEAK TO POLITICAL WILL, BUT I CAN SPEAK TO OPPORTUNITY AND POTENTIAL MANDATE....
00:54:43 Unidentified Speaker DOES AMERICA HAVE -- YOU MENTIONED THIS A LITTLE BIT BUT THE QUESTIONER, I GUESS, IS HUNGRY FOR A...
00:55:02 Unidentified Speaker WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I ON MULTIPLE FRONTS HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT FOR A NUMBER...
00:57:36 Unidentified Speaker WE'RE ALMOST OUT OF TIME BUT BEFORE ASKING THE LAST QUESTION, A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO REMIND...
00:58:17 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
00:58:20 Unidentified Speaker AND NOW FOR THE LAST QUESTION. YOUR FONDNESS OF HONEY BEES FROM YOUR CHILDHOOD, I WONDER IF YOU HAD...
00:58:42 Unidentified Speaker WELL, WHAT MISS SMITH IS TALKING ABOUT IS WHAT'S CALLED CCD. IT STANDS FOR COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER...
01:00:45 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE]
01:00:55 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, VERY MUCH, DR. JOHNSON, FOR COMING. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND THE NATIONAL...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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