This interview is a great illustration of political bungling. Including it here is also a perfect beginning to my blogging career and asks the question:

DO OUR POLITICIANS HAVE A CLUE?

BROKAW: …. if we work our way off carbon-based fuels, in the meantime, this is not going to happen overnight.
PELOSI: You can have a transition with natural gas. You can have a transition with natural gas. That is cheap, abundant and clean compared to fossil fuels.
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PELOSI: I'm -- I'm investing in something I believe in. I believe in natural gas as a clean, cheap alternative to fossil fuels.
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PELOSI: The fact is, the supply of natural gas is so big, and you do need a transition if you're going to go from fossil fuels, as you say, you can't do it overnight, but you must transition.These investments in wind, in solar and biofuels and focus on natural gas, these are the real alternatives.

Nancy Pelosi is helping to shape the nation's energy policy. But shouldn't someone tell her that natural gas is a fossil fuel?