House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s message on energy, already evolving in recent weeks, might have to evolve a little more.
On NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, the speaker twice seemed to suggest that natural gas – an energy source she favors – is not a fossil fuel.
“I believe in natural gas as a clean, cheap alternative to fossil fuels,” she said at one point. Natural gas “is cheap, abundant and clean compared to fossil fuels,” she said at another.
Sure, she hasn’t the slightest clue about how the magical electricity fairies make her wall outlets work. And sure, she’s a heavy investor in the alternative energy sources that would benefit from regulating the hell out of the oil industry. But, man, at least she didn’t say “nuc-yu-lar”. Correctly pronounce the ways we can destroy the nation’s energy industry? Yes, we can!