"The horn of dilemma of energy politics is what really drives concern about this energy in this country, at the gut level for most people, is high gas prices. And if you really want to fight global warming and try to reduce our carbon emissions, the cleanest, easiest, most rational way to do it would to make the price of gas even higher through very stiff gas prices."

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Source: Senate Passes Energy Bill; Clinton Spoofs 'Sopranos'. PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. June 22, 2007.

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Rich Lowry is a prominent conservative political commentator and editor of National Review, known for his influential insights on American politics.

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