Gerd Leonhard, Green Futurist and Keynote Speaker,

Still, at a moment when gas prices are hovering around $4 a gallon in some states and rising, and when Republican candidates like Newt Gingrich are essentially promising a return to $2.50 a gallon simplythrough the magic of drilling, Obama had some useful real talk for Americans:

You can bet that since it’s an election year, they’re already dusting off their 3-point plan for $2 gas. And I’ll save you the suspense. Step one is to drill and step two is to drill. And then step three is to keep drilling. (Laughter.) We heard the same line in 2007 when I was running for President. We hear the same thing every year. We’ve heard the same thing for 30 years.

Well, the American people aren’t stupid. They know that’s not a plan, especially since we’re already drilling. That’s a bumper sticker. It’s not a strategy to solve our energy challenge.