No matter what policy initiatives we take on, we are going to need a permanent repository for nuclear fuel based on the law and sound science.

As expanding economies continue to grow, the one source of energy that we can develop rapidly, cheaply and with next-to-no emissions is nuclear energy.

These ideas are part of a larger discussion about addressing the need for more fuel supply, refining capacity conservation, technology improvements and alternative and renewable fuels.

Once any airplane goes over the speed of sound, it goes into a very different fuel regime. The operating costs become absurd. You would not pay a huge premium to fly this airplane.

[Based on computer modeling and initial reports, the Energy Department said it was cautiously optimistic about the nine refineries in the Houston area.] But we really need to look at the Port Arthur region and other areas directly impacted, ... It may still be two or three days before we get a sense of the actual picture.

It doesn't matter that the government opens the strategic reserves because there is very little slack in the refining business,