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Huckabee addresses energy independence in South Carolina

-- Emma -- 08/22/2007

When asked about his support of a renewable energy standard at a gathering at Beef'O'Brady's in Fort Mill, S.C., yesterday, Mike Huckabee said that the United States can become energy independent in a decade. He said that he believes our fuel should be homegrown and environmentally friendly, and cited biofuels, wind, solar, and hydrogen as important sources of fuel that our country should pursue.

 

While Huckabee did not directly answer the renewable energy question in Fort Mill, he was more specific in a July interview, in which he expressed disappointment that the Senate energy bill passed earlier this year rejected a renewable energy standard of 15 percent by 2020. In the same interview, he offered support for the Senate bill's provision increasing fuel economy to 35 mpg by 2020.