Mike Gravel on energy policy

Mike Gravel for President 2008 : “The best way to solve the energy problem is to let prices rise so that alternative energies can become more economic. " August 2007

Senator Gravel states that wind power can be used to convert water to hydrogen, and that the existing energy infrastructure (vehicles, fuel stations etc..) can be modified to run on hydrogen, probably within a five year timeframe. Gravel would also raise CAFE standards immediately so that within three to five years the US would have the same standard as Europe. Gravel would outlaw coal-fired power plants and convert them over to hydrogen-powered facilities. Gravel also states that if the US can have large electrical base-load plants fed by hydrogen, then the US doesn’t need to build new nuclear power plants. He is reluctant to see corn-biofuels as an energy solution as it costs more energy to produce a gallon of biofuel from corn than it does to use conventional fuel, and he is worried about its effects on global food production (August 2007)

Gravel would also like to push electric maglev train systems throughout the country in order to reduce air pollution and CO2 emissions.