[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13469]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



             ENERGY SECURITY ACT WILL DIVERSIFY OUR SUPPLY

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, no one can argue and no one can deny that 
the skyrocketing oil and gas prices and the rolling blackouts 
throughout the West do demonstrate the critical need to increase and 
diversify our energy production.
  Alternative fuels, such as wind and solar and geothermal, can produce 
the energy of that future. Abundant on our public lands, these 
resources are clean alternatives that can be produced with minimal 
environmental impact and no emissions.
  In fact, every time we use these fuels, we actually reduce emissions 
by minimizing the need to burn oil and coal to produce the same amount 
of energy otherwise.
  Alternative energies are highly abundant on our public lands, 
especially in my home State, Nevada, which boasts the highest amount of 
geothermal resources in the Nation. The development of geothermal and 
other alternative energies will provide Americans with an additional 
clean energy supply that will help in lowering the prices and reducing 
our dependence on foreign sources.
  The Energy Security Act recognizes the potential of alternative 
fuels, and provides the opportunity to finally develop these clean 
energy resources on our public lands.

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