How should the federal government go about passing energy legislation that will help Western states?
Huntsman: The most important thing we can do is to embrace a meaningful incentive that actually attracts the manufacturers of capital equipment, and then allow the producers of energy the opportunity to build new, world-class facilities. That takes land, and that takes an updated and enhanced grid system in order to deliver the energy. And it’s something that is very difficult to do on your own, state by state. It’s something that really does require federal assistance and support because it crosses borders. NJ: Some Republicans do not believe that carbon is a contributing factor to global warming. What is your stance on that? Huntsman: Every physics department in the country, every meteorology department in the country, every academy of sciences in the Western world, has pretty much weighed in on this as an issue. There is a substantial body of science that would lead to: This is an emerging problem and the fact that humans do contribute to the problem. Therefore, it’s up to us as pol
