CBS asks Granholm about 'silver lining' to high gas prices: Do they 'push us closer to renewable energy?‘
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Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm answered softball questions on CBS and MSNBC over what the Biden administration is doing to combat high gas prices.
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Fellow co-host Tony Dokoupil also suggested Americans suffering economically could be a good thing because it would hasten the transition to green energy."Do you see this as a silver lining then to the pain many Americans are feeling? It will accelerate the move you mentioned?" he asked.Granholm agreed that it was "important" to transition but denied there was anything positive about the hardship Americans are facing.
"I don’t think there’s a silver lining," she said, adding, "Pain does not have a silver lining."The Biden official has been criticized for less sensitive responses to the gas price crisis, in previous months.
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