. >> many of my constituents are employed by nissan and in supply chain jobs. prime minister confirm that the £20 million grant awarded to nissan under the previous government in march will be honored, in order to develop the next generation of electric cars? >> let me welcome the honorable lady to her place and say that i, too, have visited the nissan plant near sunderland. it is an absolute wonder to see the incredible investment that has gone in there and the many jobs that have been created, not just at that plant but in the supply chain. i want to see electric cars being developed, and when i was at nissan we discussed that specifically. as for the grant, i do not have a specific answer for her -- >> ah! >> it's a funny, old thing. i'm going to give accurate answers, rather than make them up on the spot. >> hear hear. >> i shall be delighted to let the honorable lady know via a letter as soon as possible. thank you. >> noting the very high standards of professional care in the nhs in stroud, may i ask the prime minister to lend his support to the stroud ma

-- the first fully electric car with a range of 100 miles plus, put out by nissan. i am going to get on the waiting list. to send a message to toyota, honda, and ford -- if americans get serious about getting off of oil. i would not by another drop of oil if i could help it from any of those companies. host: he mentioned the exxon valdez spill, which happened. about 11 million gallons of oil were spilled by the exxon valdez when that happened. now, but bp oil leak or spill -- and the bp oil leak or spill, the coast guard estimates to hundred and 10,000 gallons of oil are coming out of the pipe a day. it is day 46, which means approximately 9.4 million gallons of oil at this point. it is almost duty at this point, estimated if not already bigger than exxon valdez but already estimated as the same size. missouri, mike, independent line. what do you think about drilling in the gulf? caller: no, not the way they are going. it was your program that i've learned there was another valve that they could have put on their well, that a lot of the wells off the coastal have fo

the volts, the nissan leaf.they'll have a much better chance of surviving if the price of oil is not cheaper than what really it should be. host: massachusetts, independent line. caller: yeah, listen. why are we approaching this oil from -- [inaudible] host: why are we approaching in the wrong way? caller: yes. host: what do you mean by that? caller: we're letting people drill off our oceans. without any justification, by the way. we're paying for their mistakes. why? guest: you know, i couldn't agree more. if the proper regulation was in place to do this, and if we had a better sense that the oil companies really understand the challenges, the material challenges -- i mean, technically has identified oil very deep, but we don't have great materials to handle that oil. we're talking maybe on the deeper route two miles down to the ocean floor, another seven miles down below the ocean floor with 20,000 pounds of pressure below and then thousands of pressure above. you've got temperatures diametrically opposed, ver

the volts, the nissan leaf. they'll have a much better chance of surviving if the price of oil is not cheaper than what really it should be. host: massachusetts, independent line. caller: yeah, listen. why are we approaching this oil from - [inaudible] host: why are we approaching in the wrong way? caller: yes. host: what do you mean by that? caller: we're letting people drill off our oceans. without any justification, by the way. we're paying for their mistakes. why? guest: you know, i couldn't agree more. if the proper regulation was in place to do this, and if we had a bett sense that the oil companies really understand the challenges, the material challenges -- i mean, technically has dentified oil very deep, but we don't have great materials tohandle at oil. we're talking maybe on the deeper route two miles down to the ocean floor, another seven miles down below the ocean floor with 20,000 pounds of pressure below and th thousands of pressure above. you've got temperatures diametrically opposed, very hot oi