recommendations would limit carbon dioxide emissions from new power plants to about 1,000 pounds per m oawthetory in tht paragraph of the "new york times." the obama administrational proposed rule to control power plants, first of, would go far towards closing out an era of old-fashioned, gener. your thought? >> the proposed rule as i understand it is a step in the right direction. it doesn't apply to existing power plants. it doesn't apply to plant that is permitted any time within the next year, but it says that after that, if -- if a company waoto configure it in such a way that they don't have more emissions than this 1,000 pounds per megawatt hour of electricity produced. i think that's a reasonable way to begin reducing the greenhouse emits from our various xide power plants. >> so when you say reasonable, is it something that republicans would support? >> well, again, you know, the rhetoric i've heard so far is that they're strongly opposed. this is the end of the world. if we were to limit the emissions from these coal fired power plants in the future, but to my mind, the real questio