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Chris Wright: “The world runs on hydrocarbons when I was born, and it will…”

Featuring: Chris Wright, Republican | Secretary of Energy | National

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Chris & Liz Wright on Iran, Solar, Nuclear, & Card Counting | KMP Ep.34

Published | Video Starts at 22:14

But I truly believe we will launch the nuclear renaissance during this administration. What's your favorite source of energy? Is it coal, petroleum, solar, Nuclear? Got to pick one. What's your favorite? Well, The world runs on hydrocarbons when I was born, and it will when I die, and it will when our kids die. So look, if you. If you're human betterment. Yeah. You know, oil, natural gas, and coal, you know, they run the world for the next generation of what could be meaningful and contributory to the future. (22:14–22:20)

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Asserts that hydrocarbons will continue to be a primary energy source for the foreseeable future.

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