If you own a chemical plant and leak a little benzene, you're in big trouble because everyone knows how carcinogenic it is. But coming out of a tailpipe? The government never does anything about that.

Look, I don't think President Obama would have bowed to the ruler of Saudi Arabia if he didn't have oil to the degree that the Saudis do. I think they and other producing states, almost all of whom, except Norway and Canada, are dictatorships or autocratic systems, have thrown their weight around because of oil.

We aren't addicted to oil, but our cars are.

Forget hydrogen, forget hydrogen, forget hydrogen.

My family, we're all WASPs.

American farmers, by making the commitment to grow more corn for ethanol, are at the top of the spear on the war against terrorism.

Countries are effectively paid deference in direct and indirect ways if they're huge oil suppliers.