caller: when i was in new york mario comeau would not allow a nuclear plant to open up. and said to congress keep the rates for transmission low, so now we are in a critical situation. we are vulnerable. you mentioned iran. we sent word we sent a virus in. andped up their centrifuges they even have banking. they know how to do it. thank you. a goodthe northeast is example, especially on gas pipelines. an issue has prevented the building of a gas pipeline that would bring natural gas to the parts of the northeast and last winter they had import russian fuel to stay warm. move that enhances u.s. energy security. it is electricity, it is natural irannd a good point about because they understand how to get in different parts of our system that may only indirectly touch on energy but still be points of vulnerability. host: how reliant are we on our -- on other countries for our energy usage? guest: the good news is not really. we have made extraordinary progress in the last two decades that we are now the largest energy producer in the world, along with our canadian and mexic

caller: when i was in new york mario comeau would not allow a nuclear plant to open up.aid to congress keep the rates for transmission low, so now we are in a critical situation. we are vulnerable. you mentioned iran. we sent word we sent a virus in. andped up their centrifuges they even have banking. they know how to do it. thank you. a goodthe northeast is example, especially on gas pipelines. an issue has prevented the building of a gas pipeline that would bring natural gas to the parts of the northeast and last winter they had import russian fuel to stay warm. move that enhances u.s. energy security. it is electricity, it is natural irannd a good point about because they understand how to get in different parts of our system that may only indirectly touch on energy but still be points of vulnerability. host: how reliant are we on our -- on other countries for our energy usage? guest: the good news is not really. we have made extraordinary progress in the last two decades that we are now the largest energy producer in the world, along with our canadian and mexican nei